Twenty year ago , growers asked Bato Plastics for custom request for 20,000 grass , but nowadays we ’re talking much larger numbers . An ordination for 200,000 pots , clip or other customer - custom requests does n’t storm sales managing director Hans Luijkx and his teammates anymore .
Hans Luijkx
That ’s why Bato is focussing extra on custom horticulture products nowadays . “ Growers are scaling up and become great enough to invest in a customer specific mould , used to injection cast their own products . This is done to solve a technological issue with the crop , to optimise growing or to give a production its own , distinctive identicalness . ”
Bato has made its own products for a foresightful time , and the party from Zevenbergen , the Netherlands , sells them across the whole world , via dealers . Customising has always been their strength , but especially in the past few years the focus on custom product has increase . The company also has its own Research & Development department , for three years now . Here , product technologist draw the whole intersection development ‘ from musical theme to terminate merchandise ’ .
cultivator ’ needsCustom request also come from suppliers , but Hans notices that the material demand and need commonly come from the grower , the last customer . The requests are very different . “ I do n’t really see a cherry-red line in them . It varies from grow questions , for which we find resolution together with the agriculturalist , to asking for a special sizing , shape or bid for substrate BIN or decorative pots for ornamentals . ”
Next to that , sustainability has an increase role in the instauration and development of gardening products . “ today we can render a large part of our products based on biobased and fully biodegradable material . Some of our merchandise are even compostable under the correct circumstances . The biggest challenge stay guaranteeing the same quality and lifespan , with less plastic . ”
Bato is build up impost made product together with clients
external as wellCustom order add up from all over the world . “ Although we chiefly issue to dealers , we hump many growers personally and visit them regularly . That way , they sleep with where to see us for specific customizing question . International customers as well . For example , we made special substrate bins for an American customer , per his asking . Same cash in one’s chips for a well - know Dutch client , I went over there with our intact categorization because he asked for it . The matter he was looking for was n’t in there , so we embark on develop the ideal Cartesian product based on his wish and demands . I ’m not saying that everything is potential , but definitely a lot . And because we are reactive and able to shift rapidly , we mark that our client appreciate us . ”
For more information : Hans LuijkxBato Plastics[email protected]www.bato.nl
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