SL firm selected as supplier for the world’s largest high-tech greenhouse in Japan
View(s):Japan has become the first country in the world to build the most high-tech greenhouse with the installation of the SARA greenhouse in Kasaoka city. It is the largest single site advance glass greenhouse project with the latest technology available in the world to grow tomatoes, bell peppers and butterhead lettuce.
SARA Inc decided to work exclusively with Sri Lankan firm RIOCOCO’s brand coir growing medium. This project involves operations of advanced greenhouse horticulture and biomass power plant. The cost per acre to build this greenhouse is five times higher than the per acre cost of the normal high-tech greenhouse. SARA developed a new climate control system for semi-closed greenhouse settings.
“Then the next important thing was to select a suitable growing product, which can pair with the climate control system and here RIOCOCO was selected,” the local firm said in a media release.
“This is a great and a unique opportunity for RIOCOCO to prove that they are the market leader in coir growing media brands in the world and to win recognition for Sri Lanka as a country to be a part of the Japan’s most high-tech greenhouse operation,” it said.
The opening ceremony was held in the Kasaoka city greenhouse premises on June 21 where Susantha Shan Halamba, Chairman and CEO of RIOCOCO Lanka (Pvt) Ltd in Sri Lanka and the Ceyhinz Link International, Inc, in Texas, US presented the Sri Lankan flag to display inside the greenhouse. He thanked the management of SARA for giving this great opportunity to RIOCOCO to be a part of the prestigious project.
This was the first time a “Made in Sri Lanka” coir growing medium product was selected to be used in a most hi-tech greenhouse complex in the world. RIOCOCO coir growing medium products are sold in 52 countries worldwide and it was the only Sri Lankan-based company which has been awarded the world’s most prestigious international business award, Stevie Gold Award in the US.