Russia: Eco-Culture acquires greenhouse complex in Leningrad region
The greenhouse complex was built in 2014; the first stage has a capacity of 6.2K tonnes of vegetables – cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce. Total turnover of the greenhouse company and its trading house amounts to approximately 1 bln. RUB (17 million USD). The products are distributed under the trademark “S chistogo lista”.
Eco-Culture announced the intention to build greenhouses in the Leningrad region in the autumn of 2016. To implement the project, a 60ha site was selected in Pikalevo. It was expected that the project would be implemented in 3 stages by the end of 2020. The capacity of the future project was estimated at approximately 45K tonnes of tomatoes a year.
Agriholding “Eco-Culture” is under the control of Stavropol businessman Aleksandr Rudakov and former Duma member of the Tula region Andrey Petrenko. The company owns two greenhouse facilities with a total area of 52 ha in Stavropolye. It also has distribution centres in the Stavropol territory and in Moscow.
Source: Greenhouse business management