• Koppert Canada opens first production facility in Leamington, Ontario

  July 29, 2025

  Ontario . The new site is dedicated to the production of our trusted Natupol hives , supporting one of our most valuable partners in nature: Bombus impatiens [...] accessibility to the market. It also creates local employment opportunities. All of this ensures a responsible and future-proof operation from day one. Want to [...] values that align closely with Koppert's mission. We’re proud to become part of this dynamic region. And we remain committed to supporting Canadian growers

• What do resilient plants mean to food production and human health?

  February 17, 2021

  Koppert Biological Systems at the end of last year to mark the Year of Plant Health, the series highlights the importance of plant health and how it is linked [...] the world of sustainable agriculture and horticulture – will be the featured by webinar organizer, Jungle Talks, during the final webinar of a 3-part series [...] session with be the Creative Producer of ‘Resilience Food Stories’ platform, Hanneke van Hintum, and Manager of Public Affairs at East West Seed, Maaike

• High-tech insect production

  January 11, 2021

  the city of Rotterdam, after which a plot of grassland near Berkel en Rodenrijs was purchased for the construction of a three-hectare, state-of-the-art [...] took care of the purchase of the location and the permit application process. Following a year and a half of preparations, the construction of the production [...] beginning of 2019, and the second phase has recently been completed. A lot of preparation went into the project, as Peter Maes explains: ‘We had lots of sessions

• trial results wireworm control

  reference Average of 4 fields in Italy Since 1986, many years of experience have gone into the selection, production and quality control of our beneficial [...] nematodes Results in irrigated potato Wireworms damage in irrigated potato (% of potatoes with holes) 2023, Italy 80 20 60 15 Damage (%) Efficacy (%) [...] beneficial nematodes. Each of the nematodes produced by Koppert has been selected to target specific pest insects. How does it work? After application, the nematodes

• ‘Knowing & recognizing’ now available in 4 languages

  May 23, 2018

  For effective control of pests and diseases through the use of biological control agents, knowledge of their biology is therefore of utmost importance. A [...] make-over in 2017 and now counts 443 pages of the latest information, dozens of illustrations on the life cycles of insects and 700 photographs on the most [...] success of the English version underlined the urgent need to have the information available for other horticultural and agricultural regions of the world

• How Integrated Pest Management adds value to your outdoor crops

  December 14, 2023

  necessary at all.' Main drivers of IPM The need to manage pesticide and insecticide resistance is one of the main drivers of IPM adoption. By following best [...] and the distributor. Leveraging our collective knowledge – of biology, of the business and of the market – is so important. Because in the end, we want [...] Koppert. 'New rules restrict or even ban the use of many chemical pesticides and insecticides. On top of that, governments as well as retailers are setting

• Inspiring webinar series on Plant Health

  March 4, 2021

  highlight the importance of plant health on people’s health. In the third session of the plant health series, the Creative Director of ‘ Resilience Food Stories [...] various aspects of plant health and how it connects to human health. The keynote speakers discussed their viewpoints with an online audience of young professionals [...] healthy people The kickoff webinar featured Stijn Baan of Koppert Cress and Mark van der Werf of Koppert Biological Systems who connect plant health to

• Koppert to play a role in EU ‘food revolution’ consortium

  November 22, 2016

  European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)*, a body of the European Union, was made last week. EIT Food says the future of food is high on the [...] Hofmann, Senior Vice President of the Technical University of Munich said: ‘The partnership will put Europe at the centre of a global revolution in food [...] ty of food across Europe.’ Building a sustainable food system Speaking on behalf of Koppert Biological Systems in the Netherlands, the Director of Strategic

• Corporate Brochure Koppert 2022

  knowledge are the key in this process. One of our of plant health and the production of both greatest areas of positive impact has macro- and microbiological [...] inform a growing number of visitors of visitors from a growing number of that include foreign ambassadors, EU countries. The journey of discovery through [...] advice are the key to success. One of the best examples of our positive impact has been in tomato cultivation where the use of crop protection chemicals has

• Natutec Drive – On the road to precision biological control

  March 10, 2021

  different versions of Natutec Drive that take care of distributing predatory mites and insects essential for the biological control of pests and diseases [...] diseases in the cultivation of fruit and vegetables in a variety of situations. Three versions of Natutec Drive The patented technology makes it possible to apply [...] 'Besides the time and expense of applying biologicals by hand, the biggest advantage of using Natutec Drive is the uniformity of application which is very