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Van de Bilt seeds and flax bv was founded as a sowing seed company for flax cultivation in 1897. This family business has grown into a well-known company in the West-European sowing seed and flax industry. The company is characterized by having a vertically integrated production structure; meaning that there are several links of the agricultural chain under one roof.
Van de Bilt Seeds and Flax in a nutshell:
- Breeding and Selection
Development of new varieties for fiber flax, oil flax and sowing seeds.
- Cultivation of flax in the Netherlands, Belgium and France
Flax cultivation districts in all the important European cultivation areas.
- Production and sales of certified sowing seeds
Fiber flax, oil flax, winter wheat, summer barley, corn etc.
- Flax straw processing
Modern scutching factory for the transformation from flax straw to fibers (short & long).
- Refinement of long fiber and the production of hackling sliver
Two efficient hackling lines comb the fibers and pull it into a sliver.
- Trading flax sowing seed, fiber flax and other flax products
Global export of linseed and fiber flax (short fiber and long fiber).
- Production and trading of fine oilseeds
Flax sowing seed, blue poppy, evening primrose and rapeseed.