Apr 5, 2018

Philips Lighting Adds Two to Horticulture Unit

Philips Lighting has added two staff members to its Horticulture LED Solutions business unit in North America.

Ries Neuteboom and Jan Chechalk both focus on high-wire fruits and vegetable food crops as part of the North America support team. Neuteboom is working as key account manager and Chechalk as plant specialist in tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.

“I am happy to add both Ries and Jan to the team in North America,” said Ron DeKok, director of North America Horticulture at Philips Lighting. “Ries has a wealth of experience working with innovative growers in Europe that have already adopted LED technology, and can offer his LED technical expertise and seamlessly transfer this knowledge to North American growers.”

Neuteboom has worked at Philips Lighting since 2013, where he was key account manager for the Benelux region of Philips Lighting Horticulture.

Chechalk comes to Philips Lighting with extensive experience in vegetative crops, working at both Amco (tomatoes) and W Martens Greenhouses (high-wire and traditional cucumbers) in his native Ontario, Canada. He has also worked in ornamental crop production.