The biotechnology company KF Bioplants, a joint venture of Florist De Kwakel b.v., based in Aalsmeer, and Kumar GenTech (subsidiary from Kumar Properties), based in Pune – India, has received an important token of international appreciation from the Dutch ambassador in India, Mr. C. Niehe. During the official opening of the second KF laboratory in Pune, Mr. Niehe presented, in the name of Dutch minister of agriculture Mr. Veerman, the Holland Award to the managing director of KF Bioplants, Mr. Manish Jain.

At December 15th the official opening of a new laboratory took place at a location just outside the Indian city of Pune. This “state of the art” laboratory is equipped with modern cooling chambers, initiation room, six growth rooms and multiplication rooms. In this optimal production facility, young plants from several floricultural products like Gerbera, Anthurium, carnation, Limonium, Lilies and Zantedeschia (Callalily)  will be produced but also consumer products like bananas and potatoes. This includes a 2 hectare greenhouse complex for the hardening of young plants.

The inauguration ceremony was directly followed by a speech of the Dutch ambassador regarding the relationship between India and The Netherlands and the investments of Dutch companies in India. Especially the cooperation and the enormous growth of KF Bioplants were mentioned. Mr. Niehe praised the unique accomplishment of KF Bioplants in the development and support of the Indian floriculture sector and the future possibilities of a new potato project in cooperation with the Dutch potato breeding company Meijer.

The new laboratory of KF Bioplants is based in the outskirts of the major Indian city Pune and has a surface of 2500 square meters. Next to this new laboratory KF Bioplants owns a second laboratory in Pune with a surface of 3000 square meters.

KF Bioplants is a joint venture of Florist De Kwakel b.v. and Kumar GenTech and Tissue Culture in Pune. The joint venture started in 1997 and has been growing in the past years to become a worldwide player in the area of young plant propagation. At this moment KF Bioplants exports to approximately 25 countries and is market leader at the local market with the delivery of starting material to growers.