light and lighting

The world's largest horticultural trade fair had to take a break for two years because of a small virus. Now the next edition of IPM Essen will start from 24 to 27 January 2023 - and expects many visitors from all over the world!

UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based advanced materials company, announced that it was recently awarded a new small business contract by NASA, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for optimization and scale up of extruded UbiGro greenhouse films for boosting crop yield in...

Midstream Lighting, a world leader in LED lighting technology, announced the completion of its acquisition of Hyperion Grow Lights. Midstream will retain the Hyperion brand as its horticulture offering; under the leadership of former Hyperion Managing Director, Jonathan Barton.

Basil has been cultivated for centuries and is one of the most popular culinary herbs all over the world. The fresh flavor it offers cannot be matched by any other herb or spice, making this delicate plant an excellent choice to grow indoors. Unfortunately, basil leaves will turn black when they...

These are crazy times in horticulture. Growers are dealing with high energy prices and the impact on their lighting strategy. Last winter, many tomato growers in Western Europe switched off their HPS lights as a reaction to the rapidly rising energy prices. Some entrepreneurs made an accelerated...

Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have created a light recipe which extends the flowering phase of medicinal cannabis, leading to higher yields. By upping the photoperiod – that is, the length of...

Seoul, South Korea – Signify Korea has installed a Philips horticulture LED grow light solution at the 2.8 ha Parm Farm Greenhouse for tomato production located in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. Parm Farm chose to install Philips GreenPower toplighting compact to accelerate plant growth,...

These are crazy times in horticulture. Growers are dealing with high energy prices and the impact on their lighting strategy. Last winter, many tomato growers in Western Europe switched off their HPS lights as a reaction to the rapidly rising energy prices. Some entrepreneurs made an accelerated...

Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, is celebrating 15 years of Philips LED lighting solutions for horticulture. The Philips Horticulture LED Solutions team was formed in 2007 and has demonstrated the advantages of LED solutions to the industry....

Poeldijk - It took some years, but the last pending procedure between Certhon and PlantLab at the Hague Court of Appeal has finally come to an end. Certhon’s persistence has been rewarded: the PlantLab patents about the application of LED lighting in climate chambers, in combination with...

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting solutions, provides Philips GreenPower LED toplighting linear to Glenwood Valley Farms for their lighting expansion. Glenwood Valley Farms is an established vegetable grower located in Langley, British Columbia/UAA with a 6-hectare cucumber...

Signify, the world leader in lighting, announced already in November 2021 the launch of its first global virtual horticulture knowledge center. The center will provide profound research insights and advanced lighting solutions for growers in Singapore and the region that will help Singapore and...

Growers United-members Roots and Growers United Invest improve lit tomato cultivation with Philips GreenPower LED toplighting. The modules produce more light for the same amount of energy and replace half of the existing HPS lights. Support from the crop specialist at Signify accelerates the...