"Norfolk company has formed a partnership with the Chinese... which will enable it to become the UK's largest producer of orchids.
Suttons Horticulture, based in Terrington St Clement, has joined together with Chinese plant company Floranational to set up S-Flora, which will grow 1m orchids over the next 18 months. ... Floranational is China's leading producer of... orchids, and its expertise will be used to start off orchids in China and Taiwan before they are imported to Sutton's seven-hectare glasshouse site at Pinchbeck, near Spalding. Suttons supplies 16m plants a year to supermarkets... making it the number one supplier to British multiple retailers. It employs around 160 people in Terrington St Clement, with another 140 jobs at its two Lincolnshire sites. ... Suttons - a separate company from Devon-based Suttons Seeds... was set up 10 years ago and started off selling a few shrubs, but now supplies supermarkets with everything from cut flowers to flowering plants, indoor plants and outside plants." article URL : http://business.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=BIZOnline&category=Business&tBrand=bizonline&tCategory=business&itemid=NOED12%20Oct%202006%2008%3A11%3A35%3A417 *********** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
