Horticulture
Horticulture
From structures to twine.
Our horticulture businesses work with commercial growers in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Between them they supply the structures, films, netting, crop support and growing inputs that protect a crop and hold marketable yield through the season.
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WHY TAPEX
What we do.
Tapex Group covers the full horticultural supply chain, from protected cropping structures through to growing inputs. Some of our solutions include:
Greenhouse Structures
Commercial greenhouse structures engineered for Australian growing conditions.
Polytunnels
Premium polytunnels for soft fruit, vegetable, herb and flower growers in the UK and globally.
Cropping protection
Protected cropping films, netting, shade systems and crop support inputs for NZ horticulture and viticulture.
Cropping support
Crop support twines, clips and training systems.
Compostable twines
Compostable growing twines that replace conventional plastic crop support products without compromising on field performance.
We've spent more than 40 years building the structures Australian growers depend on. The conditions here are unlike anywhere else, and our products are built to match.
— REDPATH IDEAL GREENHOUSES
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OUR PORTFOLIO
Our horticulture brands.
Tapex Group's horticulture businesses operate across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Each supplies the structures, films, netting and growing inputs that commercial growers rely on to protect crops and maximise yields season after season.
Redpath Ideal Greenhouses
Commercial greenhouses and horticultural structures for Australian growing conditions, from design through to installation. Forty years of building in Australia, based in Bagshot, Victoria, delivering nationwide.
Empak
New Zealand supplier of protected cropping and crop support products to horticulture and viticulture. Polytunnels, greenhouse films, netting, crop support systems and growing inputs.
Elite Tunnels
Commercial polytunnels for soft fruit, vegetable, herb and flower growers. Designed and manufactured in Scotland and supplied worldwide.
Earthtwine
Compostable growing twines manufactured in New Zealand as a direct replacement for conventional plastic crop support products.
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MARKETS
Who we serve.
Our horticulture brands work with commercial vegetable and fruit growers, viticulture and vineyard operators, berry and flower producers, nurseries, and protected cropping businesses across Australasia and the UK.
Commercial vegetable, herb and salad producers
Soft fruit and berry growers
Orchardists requiring crop protection structures
Viticulturists and wine grape producers
Nursery, propagation and flower growers
Hydroponic and controlled-environment producers
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