In the horticultural manufacture , Valoya is well - known for its research - driven attack to horticulture , their focal point on abstemious behavior , and how craw respond to that . Since this year , the company has commingle with another Finnish light-emitting diode developer : GreenLux . Valoya is and remain the horticultural marque of the newly mold fellowship . Together , they proceed into a novel headquarter with a very neat mature bedroom , thus enabling them to do even more inquiry and develop more product . Yet , this burnished facility is not the solitary tale behind the merger . “ Brand - wise , we ’re on the same Sir Frederick Handley Page : the Rolls Royces of the industry . It ’s the eminent quality of the components , of the wanton output signal that sets us apart ” , CEO Mikael Broman explain . “ Together , we can move quicker and go more sustainably . ”
GreenLux & Valoya15 - ish years ago , in Finland , two society agreed on the opportunity provided by LED solutions . While Valoya focused on the horticultural diligence , GreenLux was helping the Swedish govt find a solution for high electricity using up and low breakdown rate of the Light Within in their parking garages . Once this was tackled , they had quite an example to show the quality of their fixtures , Mikael explain . “ Our LEDs survived in the harsh conditions provided by Swedish weather . We could reach out a dependable output with only half of the energy consumption , but also offer dimming options and the ability to ferment the lights off and on as many times as they wanted without breaking them . ” Ever since , also international retailers selected GreenLux as their ball-shaped supplier for stores , offices , logistic centers , and of course , parking garages . “ We ’re not the cheapest in the market place , nowhere near it , but we bring add value to our guest as they know the importance of effective ignition root : mellow - caliber fixtures , a estimable colour rendering index , a capital length , and miserable energy consumption . ”
This client - oriented vision characterise Valoya as well , says Kari Kylä - Kaila , COO of Greenlux , who not only work with Valoya for seven yr but also lie with Greenlux as one of their first customers back then . “ Valoya has always been driven by research , bring growers the good potential light solutions . The party has direct thousands of trials and has a portfolio with over 300 patents with dissimilar spectra for greens , vegetables , and leafy K . ” The only figures that demand some attention were the ship’s company ’s results : to keep the company as sustainable as their growing solutions , improving the profitableness was of vital importance .
LBS Capital , the investor behind both companies , ascertain synergism potentials : by combining management , yield , and R&D , both company should develop faster and more efficiently and improve their profitability . An example of this is the new main office of the company , with their very own growth bedchamber where all spectra tests can be done . But there ’s more to it that sets the merged company up for success . “ firebrand - wise , we ’re on the same stratum , and the report is interchangeable as well : not in it for the chintzy solvent , we ’re more like the Rolls Royces of the industry , ” Mikael says . “ It ’s the high quality of the factor , of the calorie-free output , what sets us apart . Also , both company find it significant to invest in Finland , have a pith for inquiry and growth , and operate internationally – those are authoritative similarity . ”
The party also expect to complement each other in terms of grocery . Valoya is alive in the US food market , the only market GreenLux has n’t go in yet . On the other bridge player , GreenLux already has yield facilities , connections , and a sister company , EH Electronics , in India – a market that ’s remarkably interesting for the Vertical Farming industry . “ India has a lot of sunlight , but there are many areas where there ’s no state available , and plants and produce need to be transported from the countryside to the city . Our client see the potential difference for the fixtures either to produce exotic plant with European seeds , to produce without pesticides , to realize constant yields , or to keep up the day with our proficiency . It would be for the eminent - end market that ’s bear a premium cost for a topically grown ware . ”
to begin with this month , the Valoya R&D squad visited their trial customer , Puutarha Timo Juntti . They grow in greenhouses cucumbers and tomatoes year - round in the Turku region , Finland . At run with Valoya , this greenhouse has two different spectra : Solray385 and S2 .
Horticultural marketsAnd there ’s more . “ Valoya has been focus in the main on closed in environments and research centre , ” says Kari . “ Since the merger , we ’re also focus on greenhouse segment : we ’re modernise new Cartesian product and other solutions as sensor and control system , which will be beneficial for the growers as well . ”
The perpendicular farming blank is going through rough time presently , but the Valoya squad sees it as part of the maturing of the market . “ The industriousness is look for its place and manner to evolve , following different kinds of access . AI , human labor , it will take some time before VF finds the correct kind of result and profitability , but we trust it will . ” It confirms the direction of Valoya : make stable solutions for the farseeing full term , and their quality solutions can truly help the market . This is also why the shaken marijuana market did not affect them much . “ Our approach shot in cannabis is also more free-base on the inquiry side , which is how we build a solid client root . The US market is struggle at the moment , but the gravy and the volatility of the market affected us very little because we ’re in the aesculapian market place principally , deal to medical producer and researchers with partners such as Conviron . There still is a motive for upright solution that keep the yield and quality consistent . ”
For more information : ValoyaGreenlux Lighting SolutionsMekaanikonkatu 1 , 00880 Helsinki , FinlandTel . : +358 29 3700 670[email protected]www.greenlux.comwww.valoya.com
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