Solplast S.A.
Our Company

Solplast S.A. is a Spanish firm specialised in manufacturing low density polythene films for agricultural use, being pioneers in coextruded multilayer film.

Being currently the largest agricultural film manufacturer in Europe, as to total production cpacity, permits Solplast to work without stock and serve "freshly product" materials.

The long expreience acquired in both the national and international markets enables Solplast to adapt its products to customers requirements, geographic and climatic conditions as well as crop specailities.

Solplast's multilayer technology with selected additivies permits to accomplish "tailor made" films upon demand with the highest levels of durability, resistance to hostile climate conditions, flexibility, light management (light transmission/difusion) and other specific properties (pest/diase control thermic, UV convertors, anti-dust, antiblackening, etc.)

Solplast, S.A. seeks to establish long term relations with both distributors and clients and offers continious after-sales service, technicial consultancy and direct personal contact.

Our Quality

Solplast, S.A. has been taken on the commnitment since its foundation to achive a consistency in Quality and Service to ensure Long Term customer relations.

This mission is achived through employing the lastest polythene mafacturing techniques, agricultural specialty resins and a high-tech laboratory reinforced by comprehensive consultation and on-field research and trials with leading universities and suppliers of polymers and additives.

Solplast's constant Research and Development is of prime importance to design products that have an "Added Value" to customers.

All activities are operated on the basis of ISO 9002 Quality Standarts and shall soon comply to the ISO 14000 Standards for "Environmentally Friendly Procedures" Solplast is constantly seeking new procedures for manufacturing plastic films that enhance high quality yields and offer cost effective solutions to farmers' needs. Recent breakthroughs in biogradable mulch, photosensitive and pgotoselective films, UV-b converters, etc. have been obtained and shall shortly be available.



Greenhouse and Tunnel Films

Solplast S.A. manufactures greenhouse and tunnel covers using multilayer coextrusion technology in order to guarantee consistent product quality in widths of up to 18 meters (depending on thickness) All films are manufactured in mixes of LPDE (Low Density Polthene) and EVA (Ethyl Vinyl Acetate) materials.

Films are available in standard translucent white or yellow colored


  • Standard Films

    • - Long Life Films: Designed specially for resistance to solar deradation with optimum light transmission and diffusion that ensures photosynthesis efficency by improving light dispersion and uniform light distrubution inside greenhouses / tunnels
    - Thermic Films: Formulated to improve heat retention of long infra red radiation inside the greenhouse/tunnel. This permits to achieve good growth rates, to maintain higher foilage tempatures, to prevent to risk of scorhing and frost damage as well as to reduce costs on night heating.
    - EVA Stuctures: These films have remarkable versality due to their high flextbility and adaptation to extreme climates (high tempature differentials, high winds, ...) as well as combinations with special features such as anti-dust, anti-drip and virus properties.

    Their outstanding thermic features permit to achive good growth rates, maintain higher foilage tempatures, prevent the risk of scorhing and frost damage as well as to reduce costs on overnight heating


  • Speciality Films

    • - Anti-Thermic Films: The multilayer stucture is specially coextruded to create an air/bubble chamber in the middle layer of the film.

    This permits to better control day-night tempatures and achive optimum insulation of the greenhouse.

    - Enhanced Light Diffusion Option: For shading purposes (nurseries, ferns, conifers) or total blackout in case of special srops (mushrooms)
    - Enhances Light Transmission Option: Highher light transmission (92-93%) that guarantees plant growth is not distored during winter and crop precoity is obtained.
    - Anti Drip Option: Prevents dripping on plants thus reducing the incidence of diseases
    - Anti Virus Option: Permits to achive to control of certain diseases by reducing the sporulation of most relevant pathogenic fungi (for example botrytis and mildew) as well as the reduction of certain vectors to those diseases (for example thryps, white fly)
    - Anti Blackening Option: Specially film designed for red rose growers to achieve the control of blackening of the petals.
    - Anti Dust Option: Permits to reduce the fixation of dust on the films and maintain high levels of light transmission.
    - Fluorescent Films: Convert UV radiation to red and blue wavelenghts that enhance photosynthesis permitting sustained growth that results in crop precoity and higher yields.

    Mulch and Microtunnel Films

    Solplast S.A. manufactures high performance mulch films using multilayer coextrusion technology in order to guarantee consistent product quality in mechanicial properties (elongation and product memory) as well as maximum teae resistance

    Solutions for weed control, soil tempature control, fumigation, solarization, pest conrol, reducing water evaporation or creating micro climates are guranteed to extend the growing season.

    All mulch and microtunnel films are available with micro perforations and macro perforations (see product presentation) to enable insect pollination, easy planting and excellent air ventillation troughout the microtunnel, or greenhouse if used as double chambers.


  • Standard Films

    • - Transparent Films: For use as mulch, these films are manufactured from LDPE, LLDPE or a mixture of both. Thickness range from 13,75 µ (55 gauge) to 50 µ (200 guage) depending on the intnded application.

    These films increase soil temperature during the day favouring root development and protecting the crop at night allowing calorific radiation to pass from the soil to the atmosphere thus reducing the cooling of the aerial part of the plant This combination of factors allows constant growth and crop earliness.


    For use on microtunnels these films are available in thickness ranging from 50 µ (200 guage) to 125 µ (500 guage) depending on their intended application.
    - Black Opaque Film: Mulch films are manufactured from LDPE, LLDPE or mixtures of both, to which black colouring based on "smoke black" is added, in thickness from 15 µ (60 gauge) to 50 µ (200 gauge) A 0% light transmission is guaranteed.
    - Anti Drip Transparent Film: If used as a mulch film, is anto-fog additives package provides it with very spacial features for delicate crops such as asparagus cultivation.

    In case of microtunnels this film is available in thickness raging from 50 µ (200 gauge) to 125 µ (500 gauge) depending on its intended application

    Its EVA based and anti-drip additives noticevably improve the passage of light through the film, especiallly in the first hours of daylight thus considerably increasing soil temperature as well as preventing heat loss during the night.


  • Special Films

    • A variety of mono and bicolored mulch films is available upon demand. Depending on types of crops and growth environment, different types of films can be used to achive insect and disease control (thryps, white fly, botrytis, ...) improve photosynthesis, obtain optimal root temperature and weed control, etc.

    Mono color combinations include opaque white, silver, photoselective green, photoselective brown, etc. Bicolor combinations include white/black, silver/black, yellow/black, photoselective orange/brown, etc.



    Silage Producs

    Solplast, S.A. is committed to continuous research and development of its silage products to enable customers worldwide to reduce storage and operational costs as well as assuring a high quality feed for the duration of the storage.

    These goals are achived by employing a combination of advanced manufacturing techniques with the latest polythene resins and speciality additives as well as extensive on-field trial programme in various export markers.

    All films are designed to cover fodder, grain, etc. and preserve its natural nutritional values. Impermeability to water is guranteed and so is a low rate permeability to oxygen avoiding possible leakage of polluting gases. Specialty resins avoid premature UV degradation.

    Colour combinations are available to reduce excessive heating of the fodder and aviod unwanted fermentation as well as allowing to maintain balanced internal temperature.


    - Silage Shhets (Bunker Covers): 3 layer coextruded LDPE/LLDPE films designed to offer excellent mechanicial properties and resistance to teating and impact in widths up to 18 meters.


    Available in: black, white/black, green/black

    Speciality Producs

  • Soil Disinfection

    • - Solarization Film: 3 layer coextruded film with a specialtry EVA copolymer and LPDE/LLDPE mix employed to incrase the rate of pathogenes elimination and reduce the time necessary for efficient solarization.

    The resistance of certaion fungal pathogens (sclerotinia, phytophthora, rhitzoptonia, fusarium, etc) decreases with temperature at 43 C an elimination efficiency of 90% is achived in 20 hours, whereas at 40 C, he sama rate of efficiency is obtained in 30 days.

    With standard LDPE a temperature of approximately 41 C at a depth of 18 cm. can ve achived. Whereas with Solplast solarization film of the same thickness (40/50µ) temperatures of over 43 C can be reached, increasing the rate of elimination and reducing the time necessary for efficient solarization.


    - Sol Vif Film (Virtually Impermeable Film) 3 layer coextruded film with a speciality polyamide and LDPE/LLDPE mix employed to ensure impermeability to methyl bromide gas. Sol Vif guarantees a maximum permeability to MB gas of 0,12 gr/m2h. Thus reducing costs and improving efficiency of chemicial applications to 50%.
  • Crop Precocity

    • - Thermal Blanket: 3 layer coextruded film with a specialtry EVA copolymer and LPDE/LLDPE mix developed for use as floating covering to create a microclimate which favours crop development of better calibres and precocity.

    This is achived through a special IR and anti condensation package which permits an increased thermal effect and avoids dripping on plants.v

    The multiperforations permit constant ventilation for the crop avoiding thermal stress to plants. Perforations are of 10 mm. diameter and in densities of between 450 and 500 perforations per m2.

    - Table Grape Cover: Specially developed tunnel film with reinforced lateral eyelets for easy anchorage.

    Permits to reduce the impact of UV radiation on fruit as well as offers control of light intensity and prevents heat loss. Recommended for fruit rippering. Can also be used for cherry and other soft fruits (apricot, peach, etc)

    - Hydroponic Films 3 layer coextruded white/black film manufactured from LDPE and LLDPE in thickness from 100 µ (400 gauge) onwards. It is used as a subtrate support for hydroponic crops. Perforations are available upon demand.
    - Biodegradable Mulch: Excellent for use 45-90 days, degrades completely into compost. Enhances soil fertilisation, reduces labour costs and optimises waste management.

  • Water Reservoirs

    • - Standard Water Reservoirs Film: 3 layer coextruded black LDPE sheeting manufactured in thickness of 250 µ and 350 µ designed for tradional installation under sand and gravel.
    - Thermoweld Water Reservoir Film: 3 layer coextruded black LDPE sheeting with high resistance and long service life, co-extruded in a thickness of 500 µ with highly weldable materials in the external layers and materials of excellent mechanicial properties in the central layer.

    Product Presentations

    Different product presentation are available depending on thickness and widths requested (see table below) Perforations for mulch, microtunnel and hydroponic films are available. They reduce time and labour costs and avoid damage to the plactic due to uncontrolled on-field puncturing.


    - Macroperforations: In diameters of 10 mm., 50 mm., and 80 mm., can be in parallel or triangle formation. Generally used as planting frames and can be adapted to crop requirements of irrigation lines, crop density, etc.

    - Multiperforations: In diameters of 10 mm, can be parallel or triangle formation. Used in a variety of crops as planting frame or floating cover (500 perforations per square meter)

    - Microperforations: In diameters of 1 mm throughout the surface of the film to permit air ventilation and avoid scorhing.