In February this year an announcement was made that Lambert Spawn Europe had a change of ownership. Champfood sold all their shares to Lambert Spawn USA and transferred the daily management to Ies Hooglugt who was already responsible for the European business. Ies and his team of Lambert Spawn searched for several possibilities to establish an European production site and concluded in 2018 on a production facility in Venlo. In May this year the construction of this facility started and the site will be fully operational in the first half of 2019.

The same production process and knowledge of spawn in the US will be used in the Dutch production site. Therefore the same quality of spawn can be guaranteed as well as the possibilities to distribute faster and more efficient to their customers. The new production site will be responsible for producing and distributing spawn to the European, African and Middle Eastern market and has his own distribution channel. Recently they have added Kieran Smyth to their team, who will be responsible for the English and Irish Market. Growth and delivering quality spawn is the keyword for Ies and his team. Lambert Spawn also has a strong focus on innovation, in which the factory in Venlo will also play an important role.

Next to the introduction and launch of a complete new production site, Lambert Spawn will also celebrate their 100th anniversary next year! In May 2019 they will celebrate this huge milestone together with the official opening of their production site, so write down May the 21st. (day before the Dutch Mushroom Days) in your agenda! More news will follow in the coming weeks and months.