Lighting

Editor’s Letter: Summertime decisions

It’s officially summer, new releases are out and it’s time to plan for next year. Breeders showcased some big genetic improvements in annuals, perennials and foliage options at the 2024 California Spring Trials. Heat and... more »

Technically Speaking: Why crops won’t flower (on time)

Many commercial greenhouse growers of floriculture crops are challenged with producing hundreds, if not thousands, of different species and cultivars. This is incredibly challenging because of their variation in plant culture (fertility and pH), growth... more »

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Huisman Chrysanten integrates Philips GrowWise System for efficient lighting

Huisman Chrysanten has integrated the Philips GrowWise Control System from Signify with Hoogendoorn’s IIVO climate computer. This integration allows the grower to control the intensity and spectrum of their Philips LEDs based on crop needs... more »

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Transforming with automation in the greenhouse

What’s the latest in greenhouse lighting? There’s more to advance your production today than just switching over to LEDs. I had an enlightening chat with Ashley van de Sande, strategic account manager, and Michelle Montgomery,... more »

New Philips GreenPower LED toplighting force 2.0 unlocks lighting intelligence

Signify has launched its latest innovation, the Philips GreenPower LED toplighting force 2.0 (TLF 2.0). Designed to further revolutionize horticultural grow lighting, this system offers more light, dynamic color control, high energy efficiency and optimal... more »

Sollum Technologies partners with Leaficient

Sollum Technologies has partnered with Leaficient to enhance agricultural lighting through advanced data integration. This collaboration aims to optimize cultivation by integrating precise plant growth data into Sollum’s advanced algorithms. Leaficient utilizes computer vision technology... more »

Philips collaborates on intelligent lighting in vertical farming

Signify enters a partnership between Philips Horticulture LED solutions and Hoogendoorn Growth Management. The new partnership brings the market leader in horticulture lighting technology and a worldwide innovator in greenhouse automation solutions together, to unlock the full... more »

New light hub for Zebra Smart Cameras

Advanced Illumination, the originators of LED lighting for machine vision, released a new class of LED lighting controllers. It's aimed at revolutionizing machine vision system building through the simplification of camera, light and I/O accessory... more »

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New features in grower control from Sollum Technologies

Sollum Technologies announces the latest enhancements to its groundbreaking SUN as a Service (SUNaaS) cloud platform. The SUNaaS platform is at the heart of Sollum’s revolution in greenhouse lighting. Reproducing and modulating natural sunlight with... more »

Sollum Technologies and Damatex partner for better greenhouse management

Sollum Technologies announces a new strategic partnership with Damatex. This collaboration combines the greenhouse lighting control features of Sollum’s proprietary SUN as a Service cloud platform (SUNaaS) with Damatex’s advanced climate control systems. The benefits... more »