Yesterday Arend-Sosef was officialy declared bankrupt by the court. One of the causes of bankruptcy is the bad situation in the Dutch horticulture. "Our company relied on the Dutch market; together with the poor conditions on this market this was fatal for us", said Bart Sosef . The reorganization of the company , which was schedules for this year, came to late last week when the bank decided to stop financing. Currently a curator researcher the financial situation of the company. Sosef: There are still some cost-effective components in our company, but it is not up to us to talk about this, we need to listen to the trustee. "In the meanwhile, The company gets many support from the Dutch sector. Also on a Facebook page and via a dedicated Twitter account , co - founded by Horti Alliance , the company gets a lot of support . "Maybe this has some influence on the curator ," explains Joep Hendricks Horti Alliance . "We want to show the potential of the company , the loyalty of customers and partners . The company has still some very strong elements. To us, Arend-Sosef is an important partner . It is up to the trustee to review the opportunitie, but the heart of Arend-Sosef still has a potential. "
Also at Arend-Sosef these actions are obviously noticed . "We are greatly supported by the expressions of sympathy. It is really huge and it is superb ," says Bart Sosef. But there is yet to make a big step. "If customers want to support us, it would be appreciated if they payed the outstanding invoices, that would greatly helped us."