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Premier Tech Growers and Consumers
History & Innovation
History & Innovation
We’ve been making a difference together since 1923.
Premier Tech is the story of one team, and how we’ve constantly reinvented our business approach and challenged existing paradigms to deliver on our commitments. Discover the journeys of our dual expertise in Materials and Biological Active Ingredients.
1923
FOUNDATION
Premier Peat Moss Corporation is the very first company to distribute peat moss products in the Eastern United States.
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1968
PRO-MIX® LAUNCH
The official launch of PRO-MIX®, the first line of “soil-free” growing media developed from research by Cornell University. Since then, PRO-MIX® has been the industry’s standard regarding professional growing media.
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1993
MYCORRHIZAE MILESTONE
MYCORRHIZAE is introduced in growing media for the first time.
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2003
BIOFUNGICIDE BREAKTHROUGH
Innovation on the market with the launch of PRO-MIX® with BIO-FUNGICIDE, the very first growing medium with a biological control agent added to be approved by the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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2005
MYCORRHIZAE
Establishing a new standard in the industry, Mycorrhizae Premier Tech, the most evolved mycorrhizal inoculant on the market, is now a standard ingredient in the PRO-MIX® products.
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2012
BIOLOGICAL SYNERGY
Major innovation with the launch of PRO-MIX® PLUS, the only synergy between BIOFUNGICIDE and MYCORRHIZAE that is 100% contaminant-free.
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2022
GROW BAG SOLUTIONS
Grow Bag Solutions with peat-based and coir-based media. Ensures ease of use and a quicker, cleaner set-up with reduced manipulation.
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2024
AGTIV® TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATION
AGTIV® co-brand, a technological endorser for PRO-MIX® that brings a new level of clarity to our products’ effects on plants.
Biological Active Ingredients Expertise
As global pioneers in industrial mycorrhizal inoculant production, we continue to explore additional natural biotechnologies. Our journey has led us to introduce Bacillus, rhizobium, and Serendipita to professional growers. Moreover, we've synergized these potent technologies to enhance crop quality and yield, ultimately benefiting our clients.
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1983
RESEARCH CENTER IN RIVIERE-DU-LOUP
The opening of the first Research in horticulture begins with the inauguration of the largest research center dedicated to the development of biotechnologies linked to growing media.
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1989
PRO-MIX® MYCORRHIZAE
First integration of mycorrhizae within growing media.
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1997
LAB FACILITY
Construction of a 3,000 m2 lab facility dedicated to Innovation, Research and Development.
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2000
ASEPTIC PRODUCTION PLANT
First aseptic production plant using a mycoreactor to reproduce Glomus intraradices.
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2006
AGRICULTURAL SALES TEAM
Development of a Canadian production process and sales team for the agricultural market.
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2009
SCALING UP
Scaling up of the production process of the endomycorrhizal inoculant.
Launch of the MYKE® PRO product line in the agricultural market.
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2015
EXPANSION
Creation of a business unit dedicated to agriculture with the new AGTIV® brand name.
Production of Premier Tech’s rhizobium and Bacillus inoculums.
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2021
CONTINUED INNOVATION
Commercialization of Premier Tech’s fourth active ingredient, Serendipita.