"We are investing to secure the coco supply"

For the 2d year in a wrangle , the team with Dutch Plantin is building a new mill in India . In accession , the Dutch facility are being boom . " The demand for coco intersection is increasing worldwide - we ’re expecting to reach one million extra grow - bag per year this year , " says Wim Roosen . " Then the imperativeness on the coco market is gamey , especially in wintertime time . With the expansions , we want to avoid provision issues , fasten a more sustainable production and look less on the weather on our product areas . "

Growing requirement for cocoDutch Plantin was established in 1984 and has seen the coir marketplace mature over the ten , a ontogenesis that been exponential in the last years . " In the first years of the company , we ’ve cognise some hard sentence , since coir still had to be researched and developed , but ever since 2000 the coco story has expanded and since 2005 we ’re globally active . now coco is democratic since it ’s an organic , 100 % natural substrate and also renewable and recyclable , knowing a brusque cyclic and a low CO2 footprint , " Wim Roosen with Dutch Plantin read .

Thanks to all development , Wim has see the yield potential of coco strive minimum the same levels as on stonewool . " And since it ’s more forgiving , coco render easier growing options " , he adds . " merge with the organic develop potential in countries like US and Canada . and the practical app possibilities of biological production and organic fertilizers , the growth potential for coir products is Brobdingnagian . After all , plant electrical resistance , springy and organic growing is the future . "

expanding upon in India …

Market pressure"The pressure on the coco market has been eminent for a dyad of years now . " It ’s both the horticultural and also pot soil manufacture that are asking for more coco products and due to this force per unit area , also our customer want to ensure their supply by placing their fiat on forehand shot , " says Wim . " Many provider can not supply enough Cartesian product to meet the demand - and that was before COVID . "

In 2020 that come to a simmering degree . Between March and April , during peak production season , many Amerind and Sri Lankan processing mills were forced to shut and when reopened , unusually prolonged rain events and shortages in the ocean lading containers played a role , all affecting the global coir supply .

" fortuitously many players in the food market are investing to secure the coco supply , solve the problems and appropriate coir use to elaborate across the globe . By adding additional production capacitance and storage facilities both in India and in the Netherlands , we are doing our part : we want to bestow security to the industriousness and to our customer " , Wim says . “ We see the planetary market growing further and with this new factory we insure that Dutch Plantin continues to develop . "

And enlargement in Netherlands

15.000 m2 production siteDutch Plantin already has several factory to produce grow - base ( slabs and capable - top ) . Due to the increase need , they sum up another factory in 2019 and are now building another one : a 15,000 m2 state - of - the - graphics product site . “ This gives us the chance to increase production by over 1 million grow - bags per year " , Wim says .

He explains how in India , January to July is the good time of year for firm supplying , as then also the weather is mostly favourable for coco production . " From August to December it is peak time for product , and in combination with the monsoon sound on , it is a challenge every twelvemonth . Last year for example , in summation to the challenges provided by the COVID-19 pandemic , we had to deal with an unfavourable climate in India . It would not break rain in our main output body politic , result in dissatisfactory output of coco . With the new prolongation , we will be able to assist our customers better , depending less on the weather conditions . "

Dutch expansionAnd there ’s more expanding upon going on . In 2019 , Dutch Plantin in the Netherlands bought the conterminous plot for future expansion . Koen van lair Hurk says : “ In 2020 , we have covered our yield internet site in Boekel with a 10,000 m2 roof to enable more sustainable production and weather - main operations . This increases our dry store capacity and it will help our ability to add in difficult times of year ” .