Work on a new manufacturing facility for Jiffy International at Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands is due to start this winter.

It will include a 25,000 sq. production area and 550sq.m. office space as well as a harbour facility.

Jiffy is a worldwide supplier of environmentally friendly propagation systems, hydroponic systems, growing containers and growing media for the horticultural industry. It has substrate manufacturing locations strategically located near peat bogs in Canada, Estonia and Swedenm with additional production facilities in Sri Lanka, USA, Spain, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway, producing substrates, peat pots, Jiffy-7 pellets, Preforma propagation systems and, for the hydroponic industry, coir grow blocks and grow bags.

At the new location in Zwijndrecht, peat and other raw materials will be processed and mixed into high-quality substrates for the professional grower. The existing harbour basin will be converted into a sea port allowing coasters to dock at the new location.

Work starts this month November and is scheduled for completion on 1 July 2016.