
‘High-tech greenhouses the direction for Chinese horticulture’
As part of a joint venture with Haofeng Food Group, in 2018 the Chinese state-owned building materials company China National Building Material (CNBM) set

Ultra-thin glass: the way forward for the low-energy greenhouse?
Glass just 0.55 mm thick has been around for some time now. It’s on every mobile phone and tablet. It’s extremely light, strong and

Include painting pipes in a proper maintenance schedule
Every hectare of greenhouse contains an average of 10-15 kilometres of heating pipes. High relative humidity, temperature fluctuations and wear and tear from mechanical

“Sharing crop data helps build knowledge on diffuse roof”
Diffuse glass is becoming routine in new build greenhouses – and much more quickly than anticipated. But it is still difficult for growers to

Glazing on the prototype of the ‘Greenhouse of the Future’ generates electricity...
Maurice Kassenbouw is building a prototype for the ‘Greenhouse of the Future’ at the Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo. The most remarkable aspect of this

Eparella opens one of world’s biggest algae greenhouses in Austria
Greenhouse builder Debets Schalke has a built one of the largest greenhouse for the cultivation of algae in the world in Austria. The greenhouse

WUR innovative horticultural greenhouse increases water efficiency in Lebanon
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) embarked on a project in Lebanon last spring to improve water efficiency in horticulture and increase production. The greenhouse

Smart greenhouse roof materials with reversible optical filters
The Smart Materials project is investigating the next generation of smart, adaptable materials that will soon be available for use in greenhouses around the

Good start to cucumber cultivation in Chinese Solar Greenhouse
There are around one million hectares of greenhouses in China. Many of these are so-called ‘’Solar Greenhouses’: greenhouses with a wall that stores solar

Always a breeze in greenhouse Van der Avoird, even when there’s no wind
Van der Avoird Trayplant, in the south of the Netherlands, made such specific demands on the greenhouse ventilation that the builder’s computer program was

First cucumbers harvested in Winter Light Greenhouse
Recently, harvesting of cucumbers started in the new Winter Light Greenhouse at the Greenhouse Horticultural Department of Wageningen University and Research Centre in Bleiswijk.

Potential for greenhouses to make sustainable leap in the tropics
Thanks to a united effort, an educational greenhouse project has been set up in the east African country of Rwanda. Its aim is to

Bom Group introduces Winterlight Greenhouse concept: 10% more light
BOM Group will present a completely new greenhouse concept at the Greentech: the Winterlight Greenhouse. This concept, in combination with a new type of screen

Revolutionary greenhouse technology delivers higher yield and better quality
Japanese producer Kagome has recently completed its first season with a new tomato greenhouse complex designed and built by the Japanese company Daisen in

Russian greenhouse project Agro-Invest captured on video
Agro-Invest is a turn-key greenhouse project in the Kaluga region, a special economic zone located 300 km from Moscow. The first 20 hectare of

BOM Group is building 18 hectares of greenhouses for 4Evergreen
Dutch bell pepper producer 4Evergreen is considerably expanding its acreage in the Zeeland Smidsschorrepolder. The company of the brothers Grootscholte has asked the BOM

Kubo to supply turnkey Ultra Clima greenhouse in China
Fruit juice producer Haisheng, a Chinese company with more than 2,000 employees, recently ordered an Ultra Clima greenhouse from Kubo. This fully closed 12-hectare

‘More than anything else, we simply want to remain the best.’
In the course of the past 50 years, the BOM Group has developed from an innovative greenhouse builder, heating systems installer and screening specialist

Thermoflor builds sustainable production hall for Kébol
On Saturday 19 March, Amaryllis specialist and flower bulb exporter Kébol in Rijsenhout will be opening the doors of its new building to interested

Kubo to build 190 hectares of solar greenhouses in Oman
Greenhouse builder KUBO is building a 190-hectare solar greenhouse complex for PDO, Oman’s largest oil producer. Instead of crops, the greenhouses will be containing