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Signify Adds Artechno To Its Philips Horticulture LED Partner Network To Lower Bar For Future Vertical Farmers
“Partnering with Signify is a logical choice for us,” said Art van Rijn, Owner of Artechno
January 4th, 2021
Signify Chooses Artechno As its New Philips
Horti LED Partner For The Unique Modular
Turnkey Vertical Farming Solutions That it Provides
· Lowers bar for growers and entrepreneurs to start a new vertical farm
· Helps to automate the production process for diverse crops from seed to harvest
Eindhoven, Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has signed a partnership agreement with Artechno, global provider of scalable Automated Vertical Farming systems, to make it easier for growers and entrepreneurs to start a state-of-the-art vertical farm using Philips GreenPower LED lighting. Artechno, headquartered in De Lier, the Netherlands, is an engineering company that develops and realizes unique automated cultivation systems based on hydroponic substrates for clients across the globe.
“Partnering with Signify is a logical choice for us,” said Art van Rijn, Owner of Artechno. “We’re a winning combination as we offer our customers the highest efficiency and highest reliability, while Signify provides energy-efficient lighting solutions that perform 24/7, 365 days a year. Together this will help our customers to grow tasty, high-quality produce year-round.”
Artechno has channeled 100+ years of combined experience in horticulture into its flagship product, Automated Vertical Farming, or AVF+. It offers a fully automated solution for producing a variety of crops from seed to harvest. Artechno has automated all processes to ensure low labor costs and consistent crop production. AVF+ is a modular system that can be customized to the needs of the crop, available space, or desired production volume. Growers and entrepreneurs can start with a few key components and scale up their automation and operation as they grow.
“We’re proud to expand our partnership network with the knowledge and expertise of Artechno,” said Udo van Slooten, Business Leader Horticulture at Signify. “They share our values of innovation, quality and reliability. This partnership will help us lower the barriers for growers and entrepreneurs who are considering a vertical farm by enabling us to offer Philips GreenPower lighting within fully modular and automated systems for every aspect of their operations.”
Signify continues to expand its horticulture partner network, further demonstrating its commitment to lead the horticulture industry as the innovative LED lighting systems provider for the indoor farming industry.
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For further information, please contact:
Global Marcom Manager Horticulture at Signify
Daniela Damoiseaux
Tel: +31 6 31 65 29 69
E-mail: daniela.damoiseaux@signify.com
About Signify
Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value, and transform life in homes, buildings, and public spaces. With 2019 sales of EUR 6.2 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and are present in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieved carbon neutrality in 2020, have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for four consecutive years, and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019. News from Signify is located at the Newsroom, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.
Illumitex, The Digital Horticulture Company, Announces Dennis Riling As New Head of Sales
“Dennis’s depth in horticultural knowledge combined with over a decade’s worth of business and leadership experience makes him the ideal individual to lead our commercial efforts.” said Jeff Bisberg, Illumitex CEO. “
Dennis Riling rises to top commercial role as LED and Digital Horticulture hit the tipping point in the horticulture adoption curve.
AUSTIN, TX August 1, 2019 – Illumitex, a leader in Digital Horticulture and LED lighting announced today that Dennis Riling has been promoted to Head of Sales and VP of Business Development.
“Dennis’s depth in horticultural knowledge combined with over a decade’s worth of business and leadership experience makes him the ideal individual to lead our commercial efforts.” said Jeff Bisberg, Illumitex CEO. “LED is at the tipping point for adoption and Dennis’ team is aligned to support this accelerating growth. It’s Exciting.”
“Helping farmers more profitably grow crops at scale is our continued focus.” said Dennis. “We are innovating to deliver value way beyond LED lighting with our services and integrated FarmVisionAI platform. FarmVisionAI uses cameras integrated into our lighting, powered by horticulturist guided AI to detect anomalies near real time, at scale. I am proud to step into this leadership role and to do nothing less than help transform agriculture with new powerful digital solutions.”
About Illumitex, Inc:
Founded in 2005 in Austin, Texas, Illumitex is the Digital Horticulture company. Illumitex leverages the granular position of LED lighting in the CEA farm to deploy digital cameras to collect and analyze imagery of every plant, in every corner, at every moment. We go beyond lighting to deliver greater value to help digitally transform indoor farming. Illumitex LED lighting systems are based on decades of technology and help the farmer by reducing energy costs, maintenance costs, and increase plant yield, taste, color, and smell. We believe the combination of digital and lighting will open up a new age of highly productive and profitable farming. Learn more at www.illumitex.com
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Upcoming Horticultural Lighting Conference Showcases How New LED Lighting Technology is Transforming Horticulture
Upcoming Horticultural Lighting Conference Showcases How New LED Lighting Technology is Transforming Horticulture
May 11, 2018 - Tulsa, OK // PennWell Corporation and LEDs magazine announced that the 3rd annual Horticultural Lighting Conference will be held October 9-10, 2018 at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon. Sold out the last two years, the event will expand to a two-day format this year, allowing for additional opportunities to learn, network and exchange information.
“This is an incredibly exciting time for the horticultural lighting sector,’ said Mr. Philip Smallwood, program chair for the conference. “LED lighting is expected to make a major contribution to meeting the world’s increasing need for local, sustainable food production. Due to the unique properties of LED lighting and major advances in our understanding of plants, exciting possibilities are now available to tune the light to boost yield, customize the plant characteristics and maintain plant health.”
With LED lighting, it is now possible to manipulate the wavelength, pulse duration, and spectral output to modify the structural and chemical characteristics of plants, enabling growers to extract greater yields from crop production. Each species has its own unique light “recipe” which delivers exactly the right light at the right time. Additionally, light can produce suppressive effects on disease-causing viruses, while maintaining plant health and productivity.
“The 2018 conference program will cover a range of topics impacting the advancement and adoption of LED lighting in horticulture such as light and crop fundamentals; understanding LEDs; LED versus traditional grow lighting technology; metrics and methods; how to use tunable LEDs to manipulate crop production; what the research tells us about LEDs; and more,” continued Smallwood.
The conference program is currently under development and will be available soon. For more information, visit www.horticulturallightingconference.com. Special rates are available for growers and students. Space is limited.