The numbers
- Employees: over 1,300
- Roses: nearly 30 varieties
- Production: 90 million roses annually
- Plants: lifespan depends on growth and market location
- Harvest: 365 days a year, 4 times a day
- Greenhouses (polytunnels): 65 hectares
- Location and position: Addis Alem, Ethiopia, 50 kilometres from the capital, Addis Abeba, 2,100 metres above sea level
- Transport: daily and fully managed by us
- Customers: worldwide
- We supply worldwide, but most flowers go to Germany.
Timeline
1989
1989
our parents, Wim and Truus, started growing flowers instead of vegetables. Linssen Roses is born.
1993
1993
the company expands, and Wim and Truus buy the location at Horstweg in Hout-Blerick, in the municipality of Venlo.
1999
1999
the sons Peter, Ruud, and Hans take over the company from their parents.
2002
2002
the year of our first adventure abroad. We set up our Kenya rose farm.
2004
2004
we expand our company by setting up a rose farm in Ethiopia.
2008
2008
the company in Kenya is sold.
2010
2010
production in the Netherlands is gradually decreased.
2013
2013
production in the Netherlands is stopped entirely. The Venlo location is now being used for unpacking the roses and distributing them for sale.
