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Our story begins in 1885. At that time, growers in Westland, The Netherlands started growing grapes in simple glasshouses (serres) and growing vegetables and fruits under flat glass. In the Pepersteeg in 's-Gravenzande, founder Cor Brinkman sold mainly rope, bags, nets and tarpaulin for the flat Westland barges to growers around 's-Gravenzande. Our company grew rapidly along with the growth and development of horticulture in Westland and was at the forefront of many developments such as irrigation, harvest processing, automation, growing from the ground, biological crop protection, etc. Basically, Royal Brinkman is still doing exactly what it started doing over 135 years ago: supplying horticultural products that enable growers to improve their crop yields.