Ploteco
We are a wicker company which offers the largest range of willow coffins in Poland. All our products are hand crafted from natural, eco-friendly materials. Our craftsmen connect the rich tradition of weaving with a high level of skill passed on from generation to generation.
Our Offer
Our products
The coffins are 100% ecological products. Each of them is the perfect choice for woodland burials, natural burials, green funerals and cremations. We guarantee the highest quality as all of our products are based on many years of experience and careful attention to every detail. A number of our solutions are innovative and result from discussions and consultations with funeral industry experts.
Our raw materials
Willow coffins are produced from the salix americana willow. It is an annual plant which grows on plantations in many parts of Poland. We process the willow in three ways:
Boiling in water and peeling the bark off.
Dry willow is soaked in water for a few hours, then boiled in boilers for 2-3 hours at a temperature above 100 degrees C. After cooling, the bark is removed from the willow by manual debarkers. The drying process takes place in the fresh air, so that the willow becomes a natural honey-red colour.
Soaking willow
This is the process of soaking willow in special pools or in natural water tanks. It starts early in spring and lasts from 6 to 8 weeks. As soon as the shoots begin to release leaves, the bark is peeled from the willow. The willow treated in this way has an attractive white colour.
Steaming
The willow is boiled at a temperature above 100 C for 2-3 hours in special boilers constructed for this purpose. After this treatment the willow becomes a dark brown colour, it is more flexible and its bark has more adhesion.
All of the above processes take place under natural conditions, without the use of any chemicals.
High quality
Our contractors are highly qualified craftsmen with many years of experience. The rich tradition of weaving in Poland is over 200 years old and is passed down from generation to generation. Craftsmen weave the coffins in households located in different villages in Poland.
Pine wood
Natural, chemical free – is used to make innovative bottoms of the coffin.
String
Hand woven by our craftsman from natural hemp.
Row cotton
100% natural, fully ecological cotton, from which we make our cotton liners and the lids of our coffins.
Natural dyes
We offer the greatest variety of products in Poland.
Each type of coffin can be made of 3 basic kinds of willow: buff willow, soaked willow, barked willow or any combination of these three. We can modify coffins according to individual orders and use different technical solutions. We have over a thousand of the most typical coffins in stock in our warehouses.
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