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A production facility for high-tech stone wool agro-substrates was launched in Tatarstan.

The first line to produce mineral wool substrates for plants growing will be commissioned in October 2018.

Duijvestijn Tomaten has developed successful tomato production, growing this vegetable on basalt substrate.

Scientists from the Basalt Glass Lab, part of Perm State National Research University used CBF (continuous basalt fiber) as a substrate for growing plants on vertical walls by hydroponics method.

TechnoNICOL Far East intends to manufacture not only insulating materials but also basalt substrate at its production facility located in the city of Khabarovsk.

The largest Lipetsk greenhouses company Dolina Ovoschey announced plans for construction new greenhouses where the plants are grown on basalt substrate. The total area of the new complex in the Krasninskiy region is 20 hectares and the amount of investments is 6 billion rubles.

Basalt substrate ECOVER GRUNT is ECOVER’s new development that uses hydrophilic mineral wool based on basalt fiber. The novelty is certified for the use in greenhouses to grow plants by the hydroponic method.

Launched in late 2015, the automated greenhouse complex produces 20-30 kg of cucumbers grown on basalt mineral wool. During the academic year, the students manage to harvest up to 6 tonnes. But the college authority plans to increase production volumes to 20 tonnes per a calendar year.

This year the company is planning to produce 32.5 thousand cubic meters of a mineral wool substrate for greenhouses, and to export at least 8 thousand cubic meters. This exceeds by 35% the export supplies in 2016 when 6 thousand cubic meters of the mineral wool substrate was shipped to the foreign customers.

A supplier of green walls, UK-based firm Biotecture has a patent for hydroponic modular living wall systems on basalt substrate.