Topterra Holland BV is part of the Legro Group, where the various companies specialize in producing and supplying quality peat products and their transport.
The Legro Group and Kalloveen together bought the company “AS Seda” in Latvia. Seda was established in 1954 and is today one of the largest peat bogs in Latvia. This company has 1,500 hectares of peat and also has a production for peat substrates. Kalloveen will manage the peat fields and sales of raw materials and Legro the substrate production.
Lam Janssen, director of Topterra Holland: “With this purchase of our parent company we now can, if required, also produce and ship directly from Latvia. With this we are assured of raw materials for now and the far future.”
Legro Group
Within the Legro Group, consisting of Topterra Holland, Legro Potgrond and Legro Transport, is now the 4th generation at the helm. The group has three production sites, one in the Netherlands, one in Germany and one in India. Its sales offices are located in the Netherlands, Germany and Australia. Topterra Holland is one of the largest mushroom casing suppliers to the world, Legro Potgrond is a supplier of substrates and growing media, while Legro Transport is responsible for reliable delivery to clients . The whole group works to the highest standards.
Kalloveen
Kalloveen owns one of the largest peat terminals in Europe, which is located in the Belgian port of Antwerp. With this latest purchase they can deliver most of the raw materials for the peat substrates industry from their own bogs.
