Rijkens Food&Tech
- Type
- Professional Service Provider
- Location
- Breda, Netherlands
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Plant-based, Food processing robotics & machinery, Waste efficiency, Upcycled ingredients / valorisation, Food ingredients & products
- Technologies
- Processing, Platform technology, Platform & Service technologies, Process automation, Robotics & Automation, Physical modification
About Rijkens Food&Tech
Rijkens Food&Tech is a Dutch agrifood-focused service provider that supports companies operating at the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology. The company positions itself around connecting sectors, bringing together marketing support, project leadership, and network-driven problem solving.
Its work is aimed at organizations that need help with strategy, communication, market insight, or making the right business connections. The website emphasizes a practical approach: turning a clear strategy into an executable plan, with experience drawn from both theory and practice.
Rijkens Food&Tech also operates through the Visitor concept, which helps clients outsource trade fair visits and turn them into actionable market intelligence and lead generation.
Core Values
- Connection and networking: The company repeatedly stresses the importance of linking people, sectors, and opportunities, using relationships as a practical business tool.
- Pragmatism: Strategy is presented as valuable only when it can be translated into an executable plan and concrete results.
- Sector knowledge: Rijkens Food&Tech highlights experience in agro, food, and technology, combining technical understanding with commercial and organizational insight.
- Energy and entrepreneurship: The organization presents itself as entrepreneurial, hands-on, and driven by enthusiasm for organizing, inspiring, and bringing people together.
Unique Aspects
- Cross-sector focus: Rijkens Food&Tech explicitly works at the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology, which shapes both its advisory work and its networking role.
- Visitor trade fair outsourcing: Its Visitor service is a distinctive offer that lets clients outsource trade fair attendance and receive a targeted report, contact list, and trend overview.
- Broad experiential network: The company says it uses a wide network of experienced specialists, bringing in additional partners when needed.
- Founder-led with deep background: Paula Rijkens is presented as the entrepreneur and project leader behind the business, with experience in multinationals, SMEs, education, and government.