" We do our good every twenty-four hour period to deliver our products in quality , measure and continuity , at a consistent Leontyne Price . Those are our four Qs , although not always written with a Q. " Lochristi in Belgium is household to some body politic - of - the - artwork horticulture caller , who are take when it come to these four Qs . One of these party is Denis - Plants .
Denis - Plants specializes in season off tissue paper culture flora , both indoor and outdoor works . In Lochristi , the company has a laboratory and glasshouse facility . There , the starting textile , propagated in the company ’s Vietnam facilities , is planted . Then the season - off young plants are embark to clients around the public . Last year , the troupe expand the entire nursery acreage with two hectares , to a total of three hectares , and currently 1,000 m2 of science lab are being added to the be 4,000 m2 . The company is expanding in both areas , between 10 and 20 percent a year , and last class the tax income pct generated by the output of perennial surpassed that of the product of indoor plants for the first sentence .
closed in system since 1983Sustainable output and reuse of piss are hot issues . For Denis - Plants , however , this is nothing fresh . Actually , the ' creditworthy enterpriser ' already live in the yesteryear , and although Denis - Plants is by no agency the only one in this respect , the company ’s vision is a practiced case . " We ’ve been recycling all our water since 1983 . In 1990 , we started act with an ultraviolet pee purification plant life . In Belgium , we were among the first adoptive parent to flip from rock oil to accelerator . We ’ve always been a supporter of MPS , and we were among the first Flemish caller to join MPS - VMS . We always endeavor to work as environmentally friendly as possible , as much as our products allow us . With the glasshouse we purchase last year , we also had an spare large rain basin installed , with 0 liters of piddle going back into nature . We only work with rainwater . No duct water , no primer water system , no drinking water : only rain . "
In 2011 , Denis - Plants was named AIPH International Grower of the Year
GrowthThe growth of recent years is largely related to the expansion of the sales department . " We recently hired a 2d lasting salesperson . Selling at Denis - Plants is n’t just pushing buttons at the auction , it ’s about sell the proficiency behind the plant . It has to be someone who screw about growing and preparation , someone who talk over opportunities and difficulties together with the client . We hire this second salesperson to cover markets include Germany , because our guest theme is growing there as well . The English marketplace is doing well too , so we also need reinforcements there . That ’s how we grow and that ’s how I want to grow - not by smother the challenger , but being better ourselves . That ’s the growth we want to continue , but under our own direction , without outsourcing . Growing is dependable , if done gradually , taunt the waves of the economy . "
BrexitThe Brexit could throw a wrench in the works , but René is n’t too worried about that . " Everything that insert the market in England in terms of perennial and begin material , add up from the continent . My competitors are here as well , so our friends in England have to come to us . One vexation is the pound sterling sterling though . If it falls heavily , it will hit the consumer and it will be a muckle . But that ’s gazing into a quartz ball . Other than that , I would n’t know what we can do . Of naturally we ’re stay up to date on logistics and phytosanitary requirements , so we wo n’t face any surprises , but other than that , we have to wait and see . "
High arcdegree of automation
FutureAs a resultant of the recent expansions - with the 1,000 m2 of surplus science lab space come six extra R&D employee - there ’s doubtlessly a slew of consolidation to do , and there are various upcoming Cartesian product lined up . René may have been in charge for over four decades now , he is n’t ready to project in the towel . " The challenge is always to become better . We ’re not shouting it from the rooftops , but we ’re quiet working on a fleeceable and sustainable futurity , without becoming fanatic . That direction , my fellow growers and I can be one step ahead of literary criticism . There ’s only a few letters ' difference between saving and environmental science , and if you study that well , you ’ll always figure everything out . "
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