Jan Lievens is an engineer who is at the forefront of applied postharvest technologies and specializes on preserving quality after harvest of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
Jan believes that innovation is the key to success and has achieved many ground-breaking results in his field over the years.
He has implemented a postharvest philosophy which works worldwide. He has given a respectable number of seminars worldwide and in Egypt they gave him the title of “Postharvest Gynaecologist” during his farm visits.
He developed and is still designing airflow friendly cartons, pallets and tunnel systems in the industry and is kept in high regards by all his clients.
He is also known to be direct and straight forward and is not beating around the bush as all too often others do in this industry.
Jan has a Graduate Civil Engineering title from the Technical University in Antwerp Belgium behind his name and has numerous training courses, postgraduate and technical skill course in his bag.
His hobby is Formula 1 and that is no surprise as he uses this as a reference point for the assorted designs he creates.
