Innovative Water Concepts International
Saving millions of litres of fresh water every day
Nice to meet you!
Innovative Water Concepts International was founded in 2004 by Ton Winters and Tjerk Nijdam. With their groundbreaking invention of the Undine® cleaning technique, they quickly became recognized as experts in cleaning within the food industry.
Today, we are active in countries around the world. From our production center and headquarters in the Netherlands, we ensure that our international network is optimally aligned with the needs of our customers. Our local experts understand the market and culture, ensuring we are always close by.

Ton Winters
Technical Expert
"With a plastic Bic pen you can write the same words as with a golden fountain pen."

Twan Koenen
Process Expert
"Stay curious. Keep wondering why things are as they are."

Pete van Poorten
Process Expert
"Make a customer, not a sale."
How it all started
Genius products are sometimes invented by accident. Everyone uses them once in a while—think about the microwave, penicillin, and champagne. The Undine® can also be included in this illustrious list. It has already saved millions of cubic meters of water. But how did it all begin?
The local municipality refused to grant Ton Winters an environmental permit because his farm was using too much water. When an air compressor broke down and started spraying a mixture of water and air, Ton came up with an ingenious idea: could he rinse his leeks with less water? It turned out to be a breakthrough, and Undine® was born.
Meet the inventor
Get acquainted with Ton Winters, the Dutch leek farmer that became a prize winning and world wide entrepreneur in this video from 2002:
Craftsmanship instead of 'box movers'
Contamination-free production environment
Adaptive and lean production process
