News
BDC validation project
Great interest in TEFA validation
Parallel to the large-scale validation project with the Association of German Mushroom Growers, two other partners from Switzerland and Austria are now also testing our peat-free...
Material assessment in Cuijk
The validation project of the BDC goes into the next round. On 22 February 2022, an extensive material inspection took place at our partner Legro in Cuijk, the Netherlands....
CORMO casing: Future solution for the mushroom industry
In an extensive project, the Association of German Mushroom Growers “BDC” is testing the potential of our CORMO casing as a sustainable alternative to black peat casing soil. So...
Cormo News
Saving 332 kg/m3 of CO2: TEFA makes it possible
We were aware that we were making a major contribution to CO2 savings and climate protection with our TEFA cover soil, after all this is one of CORMO's main concerns. However,...
With TEFA, climate protection and value creation go hand in hand
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November 2021, the participating countries agreed as never before that the global energy transition must be accelerated in order...
New cooperation with Suter Champignon
There is nothing more valuable to us than a trusting cooperation with the mushroom industry, because we want to develop our TEFA casing according to demand and under the premise...
On the trail of the “holy grail” with CORMO
Mushroom Business reports in the September 2021 issue on the enormous potential of our CORMO casing. Under the title “Searching for the holy grail”, the current challenges of the...
Interesting facts
Price monitor
According to sector insiders, ex production prices for black peat are currently rising by 8% per year. The rise in prices is related to reduced extraction in northern Germany and...
Law on peat reduction in Switzerland
A stepwise ban of peat utilisation is planned along with the introduction of the CO2-law in Summer 2021. It is planned to give the mushroom and vegetable producers a transition...
Initiative for the ban of peat in France
The French national assembly was presented the law proposition no 3291. The proposition foresees to end peat extraction in France and ban peat imports from other countries 6...
Further projects
CORMO Press pot earth
CORMO press pot earthTEFA is a fibrous structural material with a low nutrient content, similar to peat. On this basis, CORMO develops application specific ready-to-use blends....
BABS foam
BABS foamCormo developed several specific applications. They are now being validated at a commercial scale, together with industrial and scientific partners. CORMO filter for...