Six Northern Ireland companies selected by Invest Northern Ireland to participate in the Going Dutch programme have completed an informative, challenging and commercially rewarding visit to the Netherlands as part of the Going Dutch Programme.
The companies, the second cohort in 2009, took part in the programme from June October to enable them to assess and access the Dutch market.
The company executives engaged in 32 individual on-site appointments with influencers, intermediaries, and end users over a 3 day period.
The photos below record the variety of projects and the visits to host Dutch companies.
Boomer Industries PVC Extrusions and SAM Mouldings MDF Mouldings meet a Dutch recreational home manufacturer to view materials being used.
Canal Lock Gates Wooden Lock Gates - meets with leading Dutch manufacturers and potential alliance partners.
Finnis Organic Worms The Worm Works Composting Wormery demonstrates the product to Amsterdam school garden teachers.
Moyfab Tool Company Precision Engineered Components and Tooling tours a leading machine builder to discuss component and sub assembly requirements
Roy Edwards Fine Arts Framed Reproduction Prints engages with a furniture agent at the Home Trade Centre in Nieuwegein.
On the way to a meeting in Fryslan, The Worm Works van parks up on the Afsluitdijk and learns about this amazing feat of Dutch water management constructed in the 1930s - a 32 km causeway dike damming off the Zuiderzee, a salt water inlet of the North Sea, and turning it into the fresh water lake of the IJsselmeer.
Going Dutch participants enjoy an Indonesian Rijsttafel - a mini banquet of nasi padang - side dishes served in small portions, accompanied by rice prepared in several different ways. Typically Dutch !
