Rob Moors, from The Netherlands, is always willing to try something new. That was also the case when his account manager at Royal Brinkman asked him to try out a new wax twine before the start of the last crop: "Valent Pepper would stretch even less and be able to take a higher load than the usual bell pepper twine, would be easy to process and would be a bit cheaper. Well, let's have it then." Under the motto 'see first, believe later', the grower applied the new twine in a few plant rows. And indeed, during cultivation it did not budge. Even on the hottest summer days, when lesser quality wire can stretch a bit and cause the plants to hang more in the path (with a greater chance of damage during work), all the plants stood neatly in line.

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