DLF celebrates £4.5m facilities upgrade
The next phase of DLF’s UK headquarters £4.5m facilities upgrade officially opened at the end of June featuring the completion of major developments.
Opened by DLF’s UK managing director John Larson, the upgraded facilities include a Titan mixing plant, robotic packing lines, expanded UK native wildflower production and all-new trials and showcase area; A Living Catalogue.
Operations have been underway for almost two years, featuring Titan, the UK’s largest seed mixing plant, with a 48-bin twin mixer and fully automated packing line.
A central point to DLF’s operation, it supplies more than 14,000 tonnes to the UK market, correlating to almost 30,000 individual customer shipments.
Celebrating with members and press across the industry, they were invited to see DLF’s UK wildflower sites.
With over 80 acres across three sites and 50 different native flowering species, the wildflower production is managed by Klaas Broersma and a dedicated team.
Industry press were invited for a tour of the upgraded facilities
A Living Catalogue at the headquarters is a centrepiece landscape zone demonstrating mixtures across the DLF portfolio.
Derek Marriot-Smith, DLF’s amenity sales and marketing manager says the company is “pleased” to share the facilities upgrade to the industry. He adds:
“The new additions and significant investment put us in a fantastic position to support the needs of the sectors in which we operate both today and tomorrow.”
The site-wide facility upgrade intends to lead seed trials, product development, training and education of staff, distributors and customers.
