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Valoya Launches a New Line of State-of-the-Art LED Grow Lights
Since its entrance to the LED grow lights market in 2009 Valoya has been dedicated to producing the highest quality horticultural LED lights for its customers which include 8 out of 10 world’s largest agricultural companies. Countless crop science companies,…
The Entire Cannabis Industry in One Room
The Marijuana Business Conference and Expo brought 18.000 participants and more than 650 exhibitors to the Las Vegas Convention Center last week. The fifth rendition of this event proved to be the world’s largest gathering of the cannabis industry players,…
The Entire Cannabis Industry in One Room
The Marijuana Business Conference and Expo brought 18.000 participants and more than 650 exhibitors to the Las Vegas Convention Center last week. The fifth rendition of this event proved to be the world’s largest gathering of the cannabis industry players,…
HPS vs. LED for Cannabis Cultivation
Cannabis cultivators find themselves in a dilemma called HPS (high pressure sodium) lighting versus LED (light emitting diode) lighting. On the one hand, HPS has been around in agriculture for a long time and has proven that it can successfully…
Light Approaches to Speed up the Generation Turnover
The development of new plant varieties with advanced performance or an improved environmental adaptation is important to secure our food. To obtain new genetic recombinants or to introduce one or multiple target genes, plants need to be pollinated in a…
Light Planning: 3 Steps to Ensure Efficient Plant Growth with LEDs
Acquiring LED grow lights is an investment that is bound to pay off over time due to the lights’ low energy consumption, low heat emission and light spectra optimized for efficient plant growth. However, the investment may prove to be…
Taking the Quality of Leafy Greens Beyond Organic
Leafy green vegetables such as lettuce, spinach and herbs travel long distances before they reach local retailers and eventually our plates. These journeys can sometimes be thousands of kilometers and result in plants with depleted nutritional value and flavor. Furthermore,…
Valoya Enables Plant Growth in Europe’s Deepest Mine
Small town of Pyhäjärvi located in central Finland is home to Europe’s deepest mine, reaching down to 1444 m (4738 ft) below surface. The municipality of Pyhäjärvi, supported by LUKE (Natural Resources Institute Finland) is repurposing parts of the mine…
[Video] A Sneak Peek into the World’s Most Famous Vertical Farm
[Video] A Sneak Peek into the World’s Most Famous Vertical Farm The ‘Growing Underground’ vertical farm has been featured on CNN, BBC, National Geographic, Al Jazeera and countless other worldwide media platforms. Located 33 m underneath central London in an…
Valoya Appoints an Account Manager in The Netherlands
Since the beginning of 2017 Valoya has grown to include 4 more employees including the most recent addition, Mr.Donato Lucia as Account Manager based in The Netherlands. Having been in the LED grow lights market for 9 years now, Valoya…