TreeMania partners at “Baumpraxis” event

TreeMania partners at “Baumpraxis” event

Four partners from the German-Dutch INTERREG project TreeMania were part of the annual "Baumpraxis" event at Schloss Dyck in Jüchen at the end of August. The one-day seminar, which was organised by the working group "Baum im Boden", dealt this year with the topic "Wurzelraum".
Website for TreeMania project launched

Website for TreeMania project launched

In the German-Dutch INTERREG project TreeMania, led by GIQS e.V. as lead partner, many of the planned activities are in full swing. Appropriately, the lead partner has now launched the project website, which documents all activities and results.
Podcast with TreeMania partner Marcel Steegh

Podcast with TreeMania partner Marcel Steegh

Director Marcel Steegh from TreeMania partner Whysor B.V. is the latest guest on the Internet of Nature podcast, which was created as part of the Horizon2020 project Connecting Nature. In the eighth episode of the podcast, Marcel Steegh talks about his roots in tomato farming, his ever-changing relationship with nature, his career in the telecoms industry and how he found a new passion applying emerging IoT, sensor and Big Data technologies to better monitor the soil.
Burning Bernd launches burning ketchup on the market

Burning Bernd launches burning ketchup on the market

Unter Begleitung von GIQS e.V. wurde mit „Burning Bernd“ pünktlich zum Beginn der Grillsaison ein neuartiges Lebensmittelprodukt auf den Markt gebracht. Der innovative Flambier-Ketchup wurde im Rahmen des INTERREG V A-Projekts FOOD2020 in einem Innovationsprojekt mit vorgelagerter Machbarkeitsstudie entwickelt. GIQS war als FOOD2020-Regionalpartner für NRW Ansprechpartner für den Leadpartner Robert Meyer Catering GmbH aus Gronau und Smart Material Printing B.V. aus Enschede.
Jubilee: 20 years of GIQS

Jubilee: 20 years of GIQS

Die Interessengemeinschaft Grenzüberschreitende Integrierte Qualitätssicherung (GIQS) e.V. feiert in diesem Jahr ein rundes Jubiläum. Sie bestand am 28. März 2021 seit 20 Jahren. Ende 2000 war GIQS aus einer gemeinsamen Idee der Universitäten Bonn und Wageningen heraus geboren worden, die eine gemeinsame deutsch-niederländische Initiative zur Verbundforschung in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft starten wollten.
SoilMania new GIQS member

SoilMania new GIQS member

With the beginning of 2021, GIQS e.V. welcomes a new member. Since the beginning of January, the Dutch start-up SoilMania B.V. based in Beers (province of North Brabant) has been part of the GIQS network. SoilMania is an association of four entrepreneurs who are also part of the INTERREG project TreeMania supervised by GIQS as lead partner.