{"id":104393,"date":"2026-01-07T10:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/?p=104393"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:04:58","slug":"45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strong roots in horticulture for steady growth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture. The year 2025 marked 45 years of innovation, partnership and unwavering commitment to horticultural businesses in France and Africa. \u2018Stronger together\u2019 is more than just a motto here; it is a philosophy that is lived and breathed and continues to drive success.<\/p>\n

Adapting to a changing market<\/strong><\/p>\n

The horticultural landscape in France has changed significantly over the last two decades. Production space in greenhouses is shrinking, businesses are facing rising costs and stricter sustainability targets, and competition, particularly from Spain and Morocco, is becoming increasingly fierce. In this challenging market environment, success depends on more than just a good product. It requires partnerships, flexibility and trust.<\/p>\n

Klasmann-Deilmann France has responded to this by fundamentally rethinking its business model, transforming itself from a pure supplier into a local producer and solution provider. The two production sites in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rh\u00f4ne and Le Sen now ensure faster delivery, greater flexibility and substrates based on regional, renewable raw materials. \u2018We are close to our customers, both geographically and in our way of working,\u2019 says Managing Director Lionel Debauge. \u2018That makes all the difference.\u2019<\/p>\n

Successful support for horticultural businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supporting nurseries has always been at the heart of Klasmann-Deilmann France’s mission. The team works closely with customers to understand their specific crops, growing conditions and commercial objectives. Whether they are tree nurseries, large vegetable producers or strawberry farms, if they are looking for reliability, crop security and innovation, the Klasmann-Deilmann France team is the right partner.<\/p>\n

One example of this is Growbag Advanced: a high-performance, fully compostable substrate solution specially developed for the technical and ecological requirements of modern vegetable and berry production. \u2018Today’s growers need substrates that allow them to achieve more with less effort: less water, less fertiliser and better yields,\u2019 explains Debauge. \u2018We combine technical innovation with practical support to make this possible.\u2019<\/p>\n

Klasmann-Deilmann France doesn’t just deliver a product and then walk away. The team offers expert advice on everything from irrigation strategy to nutrient management. The company also works with independent research stations such as Invenio and CATE to collect field data and help customers make informed decisions and optimise their cultivation practices.<\/p>\n

A unique customer approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the reasons for Klasmann-Deilmann France’s continued success is its customer-focused model. Unlike its competitors, the French team handles all customer interactions \u2013 commercial, technical and logistical \u2013 directly. This approach ensures continuity and accountability, as well as a deep understanding of each grower’s operations.<\/p>\n

\u2018Everything we do \u2013 from production planning to on-site visits \u2013 is geared towards helping our customers succeed,\u2019 explains Debauge. \u2018Because when they grow, we grow too.\u2019<\/p>\n

Looking to the future<\/strong><\/p>\n

After 45 successful years, Klasmann-Deilmann France is looking firmly to the future. The roadmap includes further expansion of local production capacities, continued investment in alternative raw materials such as GreenFibre and bark humus, and the development of new substrate concepts that combine sustainability with outstanding technical performance.<\/p>\n

Above all, however, the team will continue to do what it does best: stay close to the market, work hand in hand with horticultural businesses and constantly push the boundaries of what substrates can achieve.<\/p>\n

\u2018I am already looking forward to the 50th anniversary,\u2019 says Lionel Debauge. \u2018It will be more than just a celebration \u2013 it will be an opportunity to thank all those who have been and continue to be part of this journey and to share our vision for the future.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strong roots in horticulture for steady growth Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture. The year 2025 marked 45 years of innovation, partnership and unwavering commitment to horticultural businesses in France and Africa. \u2018Stronger together\u2019 is more than just a motto here; it is a philosophy that is lived and breathed and continues to drive success. Adapting to a changing market The horticultural<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[671],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France - Klasmann-Deilmann<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France - Klasmann-Deilmann\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Klasmann-Deilmann\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-07T09:04:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Annette Schindler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Annette Schindler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Annette Schindler\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d49f7c13f73b7ed2a379b67860ca862\"},\"headline\":\"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-07T09:04:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":597,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Company\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/\",\"name\":\"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France - Klasmann-Deilmann\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-07T09:04:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d49f7c13f73b7ed2a379b67860ca862\"},\"description\":\"Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Klasmann-Deilmann\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d49f7c13f73b7ed2a379b67860ca862\",\"name\":\"Annette Schindler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6187481f9efb3f35697c7e6a8994c8eca86b16438b2a0cd1125c6ade3ff297e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6187481f9efb3f35697c7e6a8994c8eca86b16438b2a0cd1125c6ade3ff297e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6187481f9efb3f35697c7e6a8994c8eca86b16438b2a0cd1125c6ade3ff297e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Annette Schindler\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/klasmann-deilmann.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/annette-schindler\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France - Klasmann-Deilmann","description":"Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France - Klasmann-Deilmann","og_description":"Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture.","og_url":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/","og_site_name":"Klasmann-Deilmann","article_published_time":"2026-01-07T09:04:58+00:00","author":"Annette Schindler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Annette Schindler","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/"},"author":{"name":"Annette Schindler","@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8d49f7c13f73b7ed2a379b67860ca862"},"headline":"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France","datePublished":"2026-01-07T09:04:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/"},"wordCount":597,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Company"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/","url":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/","name":"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France - Klasmann-Deilmann","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-07T09:04:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8d49f7c13f73b7ed2a379b67860ca862"},"description":"Since its foundation in 1980, Klasmann-Deilmann France has grown from a small sales office to one of the leading substrate suppliers in French horticulture.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/45-years-of-klasmann-deilmann-france\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"45 Years of Klasmann-Deilmann France"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/","name":"Klasmann-Deilmann","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8d49f7c13f73b7ed2a379b67860ca862","name":"Annette Schindler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6187481f9efb3f35697c7e6a8994c8eca86b16438b2a0cd1125c6ade3ff297e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6187481f9efb3f35697c7e6a8994c8eca86b16438b2a0cd1125c6ade3ff297e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6187481f9efb3f35697c7e6a8994c8eca86b16438b2a0cd1125c6ade3ff297e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Annette Schindler"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com"],"url":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/author\/annette-schindler\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104406,"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104393\/revisions\/104406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}