Kekkilä-BVB expands its business to the horticultural market in China in full scale. Kekkilä-BVB’s brands, Kekkilä Professional and BVB Substrates are already having a foothold in the Chinese market. Sustainability is at the core of Kekkilä-BVB’s business and supporting China’s high ambitions in sustainability developments. Water is a rare and expensive resource in China. Kekkilä-BVB’s substrates that lower water usage and require fewer fertilizers will bring savings for growers and enable more efficient use of these important resources. Kekkilä-BVB’s new office is located in the port city of Qingdao in Shandong province.
Kekkilä Professional and BVB Substrates for professional growing offer a wide product portfolio with qualities that stimulate and support desired plant growth. Chinese horticulture and vegetable production is going soilless fast, investments are flowing into high-tech greenhouses and substrates are in high demand. By establishing an office in China with local personnel Kekkilä-BVB is providing sales and after-sales support in Chinese for this growing but demanding market.
“This is an important step in our growth strategy. With our solid experience, know-how, and production capacity we are best positioned to work together with the professional growers in the Chinese market to ensure future food production sustainably”, says Juha Mäkinen, CEO of Kekkilä-BVB.
Main benefits
Kekkilä-BVB products offer consistent performance and good properties throughout the growing period. A maximum enhancement of root development can be gained thanks to a strong and stable structure with very low dust content as well as proper drainage and overall hydrodynamics. Company’s local professionals ensure that growers will find the correct substrate for their growing needs. “We can cater to the growers in China with a wide variety of standard blends, as well as tailored substrates to fit the exact needs of different crops, varying growing conditions, and for larger individual growers. All our substrates have one thing in common: the use of high-quality raw materials. An elementary part of our offering is sharing the know-how in growing.” says Guido Linders, Director BU Professional growing of Kekkilä-BVB.
