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Meet the team behind Chemport

A small team, with a green ambition and a huge network. That is who we are. And you can benefit from this by contacting us.

Funding

Henri Kats

Are you considering locating your business in the northern Netherlands? Henri can help you to get funding. Contact Henri for any questions around funding.

Acquisitions

Sil Faber

Are you considering relocating or expanding your business in the northern Netherlands? Sil can help you to get the right location, find the relevant network parties and guide you in getting the required permits.

Project assistent

Heleen Roovers-Gerdes

Heleen assists in projects, events and the coordinating of meetings. Want to get in touch with certain contacts in the Chemport team? You can contact Heleen.

Hydrogen as feedstock, Permits and Funding

Soraya Ludema

Are you considering locating your business in the northern Netherlands? Soraya can help you to get funding and guide you in getting the required permits. Soraya is also contact person for questions related to hydrogen as feedstock for sustainable chemistry.

Circular Polymers

Ineke Ganzeveld

Are you looking for support on innovation, research or education related to circular plastics? Contact Ineke.

Biomass and CO2 as feedstock, Business Development

Maaike van Heeren

Do you need help to grow your business? Do you need advice to green your chemical processes? Are you searching for partners to expand your business? For any questions related to the chemical industry and its key players, Maaike is the go-to contact person.

Marketing & Communication

Amarenske Klatter

Are you (almost) located in the Chemport region and do you have news? Contact Amarenske to amplify your message.

Early stage development and human capital

Ronald Hesse

Are you outgrowing research at the university and are you considering starting up your own business? Ronald can help you to get started.

Education specialist

Rob van Linschoten

Rob is our linking pin to the knowledge institutes in the Chemport Region: University of Groningen, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, van Hall Larenstein and NHL Stenden. You can contact Rob for education or research related questions.

Specialist Fryslan and Heerenveen

Wiebo de Vries

Are you interested in the Heerenveen region, in the province of Fryslan? Contact Wiebo. He can help you finding the right location for your business, and he has a good network in the circularity branche.

Specialist Drenthe and Emmen

Matthijs de Jong

Are you interested in the Emmen region, in the province of Drenthe? Matthijs knows the way. He can help you finding the right location for your business, and he has a good network, both in the industry as well as in the knowledge institutes.

Circular Polymers

Cor Kamminga

Do you want to connect to the value chain for Circular Polymers? Cor is the go-to person when it comes to connecting companies.