Ridder.

Ridder, founded 1953, sells greenhouse climate and drive systems and the Ridder Tomato Harvesting Robot (historically GRoW with MetoMotion). Official harvest page: dual arms, AI 3D vision, 12-colour ripeness grading, LiDAR AGV. Official June 2026 still shows the green Ridder-branded robot on pipe rail. Official about names Pascal Piepers as CEO and Erwin Althof as CTO.

NL · NetherlandsHQ Honderdland 131, 2676 LT Maasdijk, Netherlands ↗View on mapFounded 1953Visit manufacturer ↗

Overview

At a glance.

Markets: Tomato harvest

Recorded people

The team.

Pascal Piepers

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CEO

Erwin Althof

LinkedIn Bio

CTO

Product family · 1 recorded

The machines.

Ridder

Ridder Tomato Harvesting Robot

Ridder-branded tomato harvesting robot (historically GRoW with MetoMotion). Official harvest page: dual arms, AI 3D vision, 12-colour ripeness grading, LiDAR AGV. Official June 2026 still shows the green Ridder-branded robot on pipe rail.

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