Recognition Award winner announced at Land.Technik AgEng2025
adminPeter van der Vlugt has received the Recognition Award from the European Society of Agricultural Engineers with the in a ceremony at the VDI Land.Technik AgEng2025 Conference in Hanover, Germany on 7th November 2025.
This award acknowledges personalities who represent the European idea of EurAgEng in a special way and promote it to the professional public.
EurAgEng owes a huge debt of gratitude to the many people who have given time, energy, and enthusiasm to the Society in many different ways.
His nomination stated:
After a first working experience in an industrial setting, Peter van der Vlugt joined the Kverneland Group in 1996 as a software/hardware engineer. Working on multiple projects for customers, he left a good impression: A positive person who people can easily approach and with a sense of humor. Combining these personal skills with his professional skills and a family background in farming, Peter van der Vlugt grew within the Kverneland electronics department to positions of Project Manager and R&D Manager. During this period, he worked at many projects from the early stages of precision farming and was actively participating in the development of the ISO-11783 (ISOBUS) standard. Being good and pleasant in cooperation, Peter van der Vlugt works with passion and enthusiasm on projects to achieve the best possible result within the corporate environment.
His huge engagement in the ISO 11783 standardization process brought him into contact with the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF). Peter van der Vlugt has been a member of the AEF Steering Committee since the beginning and was elected as AEF Vice- Chairman in 2008. In autumn 2012, he was formally elected as AEF Chairman during the General Assembly meeting of that year.
The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) is an independent organization. Today eight manufacturers and three associations are working as core members together with 200 general members. Peter van der Vlugt efforts as the AEF Chairman have made the AEF into the success it is today.
Ten years later and having chaired over 300 meetings he has stepped back from the Chair Group role. During that time his knowledge and business experience have been instrumental in positioning the AEF for future growth.
The EurAgEng awards panel was unanimous in its verdict, and said 'We are delighted to be able to make this award to such an internationally respected professional. His dedication, determination and ability to draw the industry together is a testament to his standing as an agricultural engineer.'
The European Society of Agricultural Engineers congratulated Peter van der Vlugt for his sustained industry support and winning this significant award.
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