About WAM Pennings

About us

W.A.M. Pennings is one of the biggest bulb growers of the Bollenstreek and grows crops on 160 hectares of land. We are known for our big assortment and our competitive price.

W.A.M. Pennings has 20 permanent employees to run the business with. In the busy times 80 season employees are hired to help us to harvest our bulbs and process the harvest. To bring in the harvest we use ten tractors which are full time busy on the country. Also there are driving 20 forklifts around the company to take care of the intern transport. Take an overwatch of our company, in this dronefilm.

History

1951 Sir W.A.M. Pennings started the company on his own when he was aged 17. He focused on growing a large number of varieties with a specialty of the tulip. He also focused on delivering small numbers very fast.

1990 W.A.M. Pennings was one of the first bulb growers that peeled his bulbs with machines . Many bulb growers followed.

1995 In this year the company was taken over by the son of W.A.M. Pennings, Simon Pennings

1999 In the summer of 1995 a fire destroyed 2/3 part of the company. The damage ran into the millions and the havoc was immense. The company has since been rebuilt and it is ported to work according to the most modern cultivation and processing capabilities.

2005 In this year a work area just for exportation of bulbs has been realized. In this part of the company bulbs are being packed and made ready to be exported.

2015 An enclosure on the square was built. The company is now one piece without squares between it.

Environment

W.A.M. Pennings is a company who uses as less as possible pesticides to protect its crops. We are from the beginning member of Milieu Project Sierteelt which is a Dutch program to look after Dutch companies when it comes to using pesticides.

We are also MPS-A+ certificated, an international mark. MPS is about working durable, so using as less as possible protecting for crops, low energy usage, and so on.
We are also PrimaBol certificated, a mark of the KAVB, a Dutch corporation of flower bulbs.

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