Specialty Application

WOVEN POLY/LAMINATED RAFIA

A combination of LDPE and HDPE that offers exceptional mechanical properties that make it ideal for its application and resistance in structures with mechanical movement.

• Advantages include an elevated resistance to chemical products, provided by the largest combination of fabric and laminations options available
• Formats span a wide range of widths, thicknesses/weights.
• Optimized material selection allows for the reduction in thicknesses, without sacrificing the resistance of the material, which lead to cost savings.

FLORICULTURE

Flower cultivation is one of the most technical sectors in regards to requirements for materials with very specific optical properties that have a decisive influence on the outcome of the crop. The Armando Alvarez Group has more than 30 years’ experience in this sector and in the key producing countries of the world including Colombia, Ecuador, Kenya & Ethiopia.  Our ability to manufacture our own proprietary additives gives our materials an exclusive capability to be able to adapt to your crop. 

Film properties:

• Increased production
• Thermal plastics that maintain an adequate temperature oscillation to improve flower quality.
• Excellent protection against adverse atmospheric agents (rain, frost, excess solar radiation...).
• Color preservation.

o UV-open, allows and intensifies color fixation.

o UV-closed, avoids blackening of petal edges and reduces diseases.

• Increase in the number of stems per square meter and, consequently, productivity.
• Increased bud diameter.

FRUIT COVERS

Covers for tender fruits such as table grapes, cherries, kiwi, etc. Woven poly or LDPE-based materials with special characteristics, such as eyelets, string reinforcements or perforations, that are adapted to the unique structures used to protect valuable fruit crops.

We offer turnkey projects and professional advice to make it easier for the grower to employ protected fruit cultivation. Full control of the process is available to the grower and the end result is protection against adverse weather events, fruit ripening control as well as an increase in productivity and yields.