GreenTech Amsterdam 2024: what happened
GreenTech Amsterdam 2024 brought more than 12,200 attendees to RAI Amsterdam on 11–13 June, with greenhouse climate, water and automation at the centre.
- Dates
- 11–13 June 2024
- Where
- RAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Attendees
- > 12,200
What happened at GreenTech Amsterdam 2024
RAI Amsterdam hosted and organised GreenTech Amsterdam on 11–13 June 2024. According to the organiser, more than 12,200 attendees took part over the three days. The exhibition deals with horticultural production technology: protected cultivation, environmental control and the management of growing processes. Its ground is the glasshouse and the growing cycle itself, rather than the trade in harvested produce that dominates fresh-produce fairs.
Climate, light, irrigation, nutrient supply and harvest organisation were the main threads in 2024, and they kept crossing over. Adjusting one setting changes conditions for the others, so growers looked for control systems that are clear to operate and data they can act on. Water was a recurring subject, with efficiency discussed together with water quality, recirculation and what each crop needs.
The visitor list ran from vegetable and ornamental growers and glasshouse managers to the designers, automation firms, advisers and investors working with them. One useful distinction on the floor was between firms selling a single device and those taking charge of a whole subsystem. What separated them was how they handled commissioning, training of greenhouse staff, compatibility with existing kit and support after the sale. Over a full season, a poorly set parameter or a few days of downtime can cost more than the gap between two quotes.
GreenTech 2024 suited growers focused on the production environment. It was a practical place to sort award concepts from products ready to order and from ideas that still need work before they reach a commercial greenhouse. Offers were most convincing when they tackled a defined problem. Typical examples were uneven conditions across a glasshouse, awkward handling, heavy resource use or data scattered across systems. Any promised saving needed a stated starting point to be credible.
Highlights
- More than 12,200 attendees at RAI Amsterdam, 11–13 June 2024
- Climate, light, irrigation and nutrition as interlinked controls
- Single devices compared with complete production subsystems