BBBLS B.V. , experience for its innovative soap house of cards nursery insulation , has been hold belly-up . The Dutch - Norse start - up was stuffy to delivering a demo greenhouse in Monster to prove how the technology mould in the Netherlands . The planned merry curtain raising of the greenhouse in Monster failed to materialize this spring . The direction file for bankruptcy itself last hebdomad . There is Leslie Townes Hope that something positive will yet come forth from the bankruptcy .
hold out through hard times"We are trip up on the real commercial breakthrough , " explains Matthijs Plas . He had been the CEO since 20 March 2025 , following the unexpected death of the father and the face of the fellowship , Anton Paardekooper , in December 2022 . After that , the scale - up went through a hard time . " Emotionally , it was a tough sentence for the team , and financially we also start into a negative spiral , " he says .
It is precisely that emotional face that now make them eager to continue . " We are trying to front forward , but that is easier suppose than done . " The company has file away for bankruptcy itself . Last fall , it was still in the operation of another round of investment . Anton ’s dying , among other thing , meant that a new investment ultimately failed to happen .
culmination of demo greenhouseMeanwhile , BBBLS aver it was " very close " to deliver the demonstration nursery . An agreement was reached with Koppert Cress under which BBBLS could make the greenhouse on the cress plant grower ’s premise in Monster . The heading was to see if the cress grower could achieve the same refinement volumes and product timber as in its other in - family glasshouse and do so with significantly low-spirited energy prerequisite .
" Now that the company is bankrupt , we will go into into give-and-take with the trustee about this , " Bart van Meurs of Division Q , the cress raiser ’s institution company , expose the day after the bankruptcy . " This will have to show what prospects there are to deport and try the glasshouse . We still hope that this promising engineering can contribute to attain horticulture more sustainable . "
ware potentialThat is also what the team of the Dutch - Norwegian shell - up hope . " The recent lookup for additional investiture has given us substantiation of the potential of our intersection , " say Matthijs . " As far as we are touch on , that is where to start further word with a number of parties . "
The BBBLS piece of the greenhouse on Assendelftlaan in Monster stands . The technological cultivation equipment was n’t achieved . " But the greenhouse is also not go in one go with this bankruptcy , " stresses Jan - Willem Kruijt , market analyst and business organization developer for BBBLS . " The greenhouse works , but there are just no polish scheme and plants in it yet . "
Demo greenhouse in Monster under twist
A failure need not be last , he point out . " It can also be the occasion to arrive at a better version of yourself . " At BBBLS , they hope that it will eventually still come to an opening and a test of grow in the nursery . The only question now is how and which company will make that occur . Matthijs : " crucial are the software package and hardware , but particularly the people . The trustee is also looking at that . The knowledge is in people ’s heads . "
Norway already has four greenhouses insulated with soap bubbles . Those greenhouses were realized by BBBLS ' Norse baby company , BBBL Solutions AS .
The Central Netherlands District Court judge failure on the Hague - based ship’s company on 4 July . The failure was cross-file under reference number : 16.mne.23.256.F.2025-03-03 . Mr. K.C.S. Meekes of De Advocaten van Van Riet in Utrecht was appoint regent .
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