The agricultural technology business platform AgritechMurcia, has a new incorporation. We are talking about Originalius, a company belonging to Caliplant Group specialized in the design and distribution of different coconut fiber based substrate solutions.
According to Juan Luis Jiménez, CEO of Caliplant Agro, “the incorporation of Originalius to the industrial and research ecosystem of AgritechMurcia is an opportunity to share experiences and technologies with the aim of working for a more efficient and sustainable agriculture”.
Precision substrates
“At Originalius, Jiménez continued, we design precision substrates.”
“”Our wide range of products responds to the ‘side-by-side’ work we carry out with each of our with each of our customers in search of customized solutions”.
“We have substrate solutions for cultivation in different formats, as well as water collection and systems for collecting and optimizing water and nutrients, as well as pots for nurseries nutrients, as well as pots for nurseries and a wide range of general supplies for the daily management of crops,” he stressed.
Although Originalius begins its journey in 2019, its parent company, Caliplant Agro, has more than 20 years of experience in the hydroponic cultivation sector and the development of substrates with technology.
This division, “allowed us to put on the market all our knowledge and all the experience accumulated within our business group through new and improved solutions for our customers.”
“These solutions are generated through a Research and Development department that, following the specific specifications of each customer, creates ‘a la carte’ substrates, capable of adapting to different crops, soils and climates.”
Products that make a difference
“The work is focusing on substrates adapted to the Mediterranean climate with medium or low greenhouse technology.
Mediterranean climate with medium or low greenhouse technology and also to cold climates where our customers in both northern Europe and North America have high-tech greenhouses where we seek to design substrates that intervene as little as possible in the crop and that can be managed 100% by growers”, emphasized Juan Luis Jimenez.
And that can be managed 100% by the growers”, Juan Luis Jiménez emphasized.
In addition, he continued, “the line of development of substrates for blueberries and red fruits in general is making a big difference between our customers and their competitors, especially in Morocco and California”.
Global market
Originalius exports its products and technology to more than 15 countries, including the United States, Morocco, Peru, China and Azerbaijan: United States, Morocco, Peru, Peru, China and Azerbaijan, in addition to several European countries.
“By being able to adapt our substrates to specific specifications, we are able to work with customers in different latitudes facing different soil and climate situations.”
Caliplant Agro’s CEO also wanted to highlight the quality controls that have been implemented and that “allow us to guarantee control and traceability of our products from the factory to our customers’ facilities anywhere in the world”.
Strengthening synergies to meet future challenges
“We had already collaborated in the past with most companies that are already integrated into this platform and now we are able to consolidate new synergies of great value to meet new challenges and work on a common ‘brand’ high quality as a representation of Murcia in Spain and beyond our borders.
to consolidate new synergies of great value to face new challenges and work on a common ‘brand’ of high quality as a representation of the Region of Murcia in Spain and beyond our borders,” he concluded.
