Kekkilä-BVB

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Kekkilä-BVB is one of Europe’s biggest companies in professional growing and the largest producer of horticultural peat. It is a market leader in the Nordic countries with its well established Kekkilä Garden and Hasselfors Garden brands. In Western Europe, Jardino and Veenbaas are well known among consumers, and global growers use Kekkilä-BVB’s well known growing media products sold under the BVB Substrates and Kekkilä Professional brands. Products and services are aimed at professional growers and home gardeners, bedding peat and horticultural raw material customers, landscapers and bedding peat customers. The total turnover of these operations amount to approximately EUR 250 million. The company employs around 500 people in Finland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany, Estonia and Spain. Products are exported to 100+ countries. Kekkilä-BVB is a part of Vapo Group. Vapo has a 520-million-euro turnover and it employs about 850 people. Vapo has three divisions; Grow & Care, Energy and New Businesses.

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“Nowadays, sustainability has become a seemingly unavoidable buzzword. Grow22 will bring the focus back to real, impactful actions and host meaningful conversations about advancing the green future for our industry”.

Juha Mäkinen, CEO of Kekkilä-BVB

This is an important step in our growth strategy. With our solid experience, knowhow and production capacity we are best positioned to work together with the professional growers in the Chinese market to ensure future food production sustainably

Juha Mäkinen, CEO Kekkilä-BVB

We can cater to the growers in China with a wide variation 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 knowhow in growing.

Guido Linders, Director BU Professional growing, Kekkilä-BVB

This is an important step in our growth strategy. With our solid experience, knowhow and production capacity we are best positioned to work together with the professional growers in the US market to ensure future food production sustainably.

Juha Mäkinen, CEO of Kekkilä-BVB

“For Kekkilä-BVB, sustainability is about a change in how we as a company do business, taking into account the whole value chain. We are focusing on how we can help our customers in the most sustainable way. Using sustainable raw materials such as Accretio in our products helps our customers in their way of doing sustainable business.”

Guido Linders, Director BU professional growing

“It is quite natural for horticultural companies to talk about sustainability, since we are all contributing in making the world a greener place one way or the other. But that is not enough. It´s all about how we do it”

Juha Mäkinen, CEO of Kekkilä-BVB

“With big size comes also big responsibility. It is our obligation to promote biodiversity and to participate in preventing the effects of climate change. We have taken the stand to be a promoter for sustainable horticultural business and to enable our customers to meet their sustainability goals”

Juha Mäkinen, CEO of Kekkilä-BVB

“To ensure our customers’ success and that the growth results are optimal, we have done extensive tests before launching our products with sphagnum moss. We see that as part of our responsibility.”

Juha Mäkinen, CEO of Kekkilä-BVB

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Kekkilä-BVB, the European market leader in horticulture expands business to China

Tue, Jun 01, 2021 08:58 CET

As part of its growth strategy 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 strong 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 less fertilisers will bring savings for growers and enable more efficient use of these important resources. Kekkilä-BVB’s new

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