Iberflora interview Oleguer Bures , President of the United States of the Association of Soil and Substrate Preparers ( APTYS ) and manager of Burés , a substrate selling company with a long history in the sector . Iberflora analyzes with him what is the current position of the sphere of land and substratum preparers . Every year , Iberflora will be the office chosen by APTYS to have got its yearly rule .
The closure of some peatlands and a smaller peat harvest than in the previous year were already strain prices by the end of 2021 , But , also , the generalized splashiness of recent month has further spark the cost of these production and all the auxiliary products ( plastics , Pallets , cartonnage , etc . ) . How do Oleguer Bures assess the sales run of substrate companies in 2022 ?
What has been the step-up in the cost of yield of substrate suppliers nationwide ? Has this increase been transferred to the final consumer ?
A poor peat harvest in 2021 generated some tensions in the sphere because during some moments there has been little availability and some suppliers have not been able to ply peat . all the same , the peat provision problems terminate when the effort was closed in May . 2022 . justly now they are in full harvest and it is early to auspicate how this campaign will go . Sales for 2022 have been slightly below 2021 . The demand for flora and horticulture products , in oecumenical , grew a lot in 2021 due to the pandemic as people could not leave menage . The convinced part is that the phone number for 2022 have been somewhat above sales of 2019 , the pre - pandemic year .
" In the last yr we have suffered problem of increase costs of ocean freight of containers , supply to an increase in the price of fuels that increase the prices of transport and machinery to swear out the product . Moreover , it is well-defined that the growth in inflation will finally translate into an increase in Price for our customers that will have a direct impact on the consumer in general . , even though company have adjusted allowance to the maximum . Packaging is a separate event because behind it there is labor , the wear and tear of induction , plus the increase in moldable cost . " Over the retiring twelvemonth , this step-up was dandy than 20 % and , even , in some types of plastic the raise strain a 40 % of step-up in its price .
Effectively , the addition has gain the terminal consumer because there is no other remediation . The gain are too high for any company to take on . Moreover , it must be use up into account that the fees on plastic waste that will enter into forcefulness next year will leaven , again , the Leontyne Price of box substrate .
What the expectations of the companies are for the next campaign?Right now it ’s too early to predict what ’s live on to occur . , we are in the thick of a novel harvest ( usually the collection of peat is carried out from May until the close of September ) and we ca n’t prefigure what ’s go to happen , although the messages that come to us are optimistic . Regarding other natural materials for manufacturing substrates , there is no relative incidence except coco due to rising tape transport prices that will make coconut - based substratum more expensive .
substratum cooking companies have been working for geezerhood in R&D to tender more sustainable products . Some of them base their action on the renaturalization of peatlands , while others opt for more sustainable substrates based on coconut palm fiber , Woods , mulch , and volcanic gravel .
Will we see in the coming years the use of peat replace by other more sustainable materials?“In Spain , just , we are pioneers in alternative substrate to peat because here we have very trivial and we have always had to look for other options . For example , vegetable compost has a worldwide predominance in horticulture acres . On the other bridge player , there is the coconut that we have introduced years ago , although now its growth is slowing down due to the gamey costs of bringing it from India and Sri Lanka . alternative such as wood fibers have been come forth powerfully for some years now . They say they are more sustainable , but in reality , the energy cost to obtain them is very high . Therefore , we should hit the books whether peat or Natalie Wood fiber is more sustainable . But what is clear is that it enrol the market powerfully . , it is being used more and more and is a clear choice to peat and coconut and that , now , is present in many of the substratum manufacturers . "
APTYS has a constant presence in every edition of Iberflora , as a meeting place between associates that promotes professional relation back .
What plans does the association have for the next edition of the contest?“Iberflora is a capital show window to show all the news of the sphere and , for long time , our partners are regular exhibitors . substrate are one of the most represented sectors at the Valencian fair , with the largest stands , after those of the plants . and , in this variation , as in previous class , APTYS celebrate our annual conventionalism , making it coincide with the fair and taking advantage to hold it out in the same facility and , A ) Yes , organize the face - to - look encounter with our married person . "
Iberflora is prepare a young , more experiential , and innovative concept in 2022 , Iberflora New Generation , an result to work , but also to learn and have fun . Has Oleguer heard of Iberflora New Generation ?
What do expect from the next edition of Iberflora?“Iberflora is an splendid meeting piazza for professional and friends of the sphere , a space to learn and coach and the best vitrine both nationwide and internationally . Moreover , year after yr the reasonable surprise us with the latest innovations and the Iberflora New Generation is the next dance step to becoming a more existential fair . Therefore , we are discussing from the tie how we can get together , because from APTYS we are concerned in everything that is the forwarding of the sector . We desire that the inflow of visitors to the reasonable grows year after year and we will help as much as possible to make it so . In the face of this next edition of Iberflora we hope to find to the level best the normality that we have lost in the last editions due to Covid and , of course , exceed the numbers of the inflow of world in the pre - pandemic registers . "
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