Currently, a single Nissan plant factory 10,000 annual sales in Japan of about 300 million yen. According to reports, a single daily output of 10,000 plant factory can accommodate 350,000 seeds, in addition to the 35 days prior to cultivate outside every day throughout the year can get harvest. This is the high efficiency of the plant facility one of the reasons. When in 2009, Japan has about 50 plant factory, until February this year, the number has risen to 168, the annual growth rate of about 20 percent, in July this year, the Corporation completed in the next Taga City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan the world’s largest plant factory.
A firm foothold in Japan, looking to start wars in plant factories overseas markets, such as those arable land metropolitan areas or in bad weather. After Mongolia, China and Russia are plant factory next stop. It is reported that the plant has been under construction in Hong Kong. Russian plant will be completed in spring of next year, while the plant is expected by the end of this year, Hong Kong will be able to put into normal operation of the. “Hong Kong is a dense population, high cost of land in the city, a high dependence on imported food, stable and meet the huge demand for plant factories produce target market, but it is also a chance the case of urban agriculture business model validation.” Kojima explained Nakamura Governance Road.
Meanwhile, the Corporation has prepared the future enter the mainland China market, in 2013 the establishment of the future field (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the future of the field), they believe that as long as a good grasp of the opportunities that the Chinese market is expected to reach more than 10 times in Japan scale. “The Chinese market already exists Plant Factory broad sense, the country about 20 to 30 so-called plant factory, but no one can really achieve large-scale commercial production.” Future deputy general manager, said Ota white treasure lock.
But plants are also facing difficulties factory advance, the biggest challenge is the investment cost. In fact, the price of the “high cold” is also mainly by cost constraints, do not sell expensive, difficult to guarantee the operational return. From the perspective of return on investment, the white treasure lock believe, covers an area of 1,500 square meters, the daily output of 10,000 plant scale is ideal. Japan, for example, a 10,000-scale lettuce production plant factory, pre overall investment of about 1 billion yen (about 57 million yuan), about 30 to 35 staff. Among them, the labor costs of about 30% of total costs, electricity and water accounts for 25 to 30 percent, consumables costs account for 5 to 10 percent, the remaining portion of depreciation and other expenses.