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logoCompanies like Montes Del Plata and Forestal Oriental replaced the plastic pots by degradable paper Ellepot

The production of young plants in South America has won a great ally: the Ellepot. The technology consolidated in Europe consists in production of degradable paper pots that ensures better quality of young plants and allows automation of nurseries more efficiently.

With customers over 60 countries the Danish Ellegaard landed in Brazil in 2004 believing in the great potential of the forestry sector. Since then it has conquered the market and the admiration of clients.

The beauty of the entire system is the simplicity. The Ellepot machine fills a degradable paper tube with substrate. Then the tube is cut into "Ellepots" which will be ready for propagation of seeds and cuttings.

paper 1The main advantages of the Ellepot System are faster and healthy root development, reduction of transplant shock, up to 40% faster transplanting, improved crop timing, streamlined and uniform production among others.

Today more than 60% of the costs of growing young plants are labor costs. The Ellepot System is designed to reduce these costs and offer more competitiveness to forest nurseries.

CONSOLIDATED MARKET
Ellegaard’s solutions are definitely conquering the market and that is the result of more than 20 years tradition of the brand and the benefits for the forest nurseries.

Uruguay got the first forest nursery of the world 100% projected with degradable pots.

Montes Del Plata in Uruguay produces approximately 20 million eucalyptus young plants /year. The company which belongs to the groups Stora Enso and Arauco is a pioneer in the adoption of the Ellepot technology.

"We are preparing our nursery for the next 20 years. Therefore we have invested in an innovative system, which has long-term projection as the degradable pots, "says Francisco Ferreira, assistant manager of the company's research and nursery. “Before joining the product, the company tested other alternatives, but chose Ellepot for its quality and flexibility", he complements.

Another Uruguayan company Forestal Oriental (UPM) built up a nursery based on the automated Ellepot system and produces about 15 million young plants / year.

In Brazil forestry companies already working with the Ellepot technology are Tecnoplanta, Angicos, Camará, Eucapinus, Eucalipto do Brasil, Verde Novo Landebo among others. In Chile, Arauco Group has already adopted the Ellepot System.


fscAUTOMATION OF NURSERIES

Elleggard offers customized solutions for production and selection of young plants from small to large producers. Automatic and semi-automatic Ellepot machines can produce up to 40.000 degradable pots per hour in different heights and diameters.

FSC CERTIFICATION

The degradable paper used in Ellepots has FSC certification, Rainforest Alliance and Veriflora.

Click and watch the videos with the automation system of nurseries:

http://ellepot.dk/equipment/ellepot-machinery/fully-automatic-machines/flexline.html


For further information please contact:

Darcy Werneck
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