Prominent Italian tomato grower Gandini Antonio officially selected igrox srl as technological partner in LED supplemental lighting. Gandini is going to increase the LED lighted surface in their greenhouses with their system, in order to improve yield and quality of crop. The first delivery of the LED systems is scheduled for week 39.
From HPS to LED
Gandini Antonio is the main tomato grower in the north of Italy; they currently have 16,000 m2 already lighted with HPS. Gandini wants to replace its 600W HPS with LED systems in order to increase PPFD (photosynthetic photon flux density) and improve the yield and quality of tomatoes, Alessandro Oliveri, CEO of igrox, tells us.
Gandini Antonio is the main tomato grower in the north of Italy; they currently have 16,000 m2 already lighted with HPS. Gandini wants to replace its 600W HPS with LED systems in order to increase PPFD (photosynthetic photon flux density) and improve the yield and quality of tomatoes, Alessandro Oliveri, CEO of igrox, tells us.
"In 2017 Gandini decided to test our LED fixture, a toplighting system of 300W and 2.35uMol/J efficiency with our HEx spectrum, specifically designed for supplemental lighting applications in greenhouses", Alessandro explains. "Our system has been designed to get the best balance between efficiency and cost, ensuring high ROI and low investments per square meter."
In the test, Gandini compared different LED fixtures from other well known manufacturers. "Gandini selected our solution thanks to the best return on investment respect to the other tested LED fixtures. Our systems produced the same yield but with 22% less power consumption respect to the other tested LED fixtures. In addition to this, the plants have a higher productivity and the fruits a superior quality if compared with the old HPS systems."
First phase: 7,500 square meters
The partnership with Gandini starts with a first order for substitution of HPS fixtures, getting a total LED lighted surface of 7,500 m2. Gandini aims to get to 60,000 m2 of LED lighted greenhouses in the next 2 years.
Cherry tomatoes during the test
igrox horticulture business
Horticulture is a relatively recent venture for the people behind igrox, but they have been around for a while, Alessandro says: "We have a history of 40 years in general lighting and, after 2 years spent in R&D, in 2017 we started the horticulture business with the new brand igrox.
"We develop LED lighting systems for plant growth in controlled environments, combining latest technologies and high quality LED chips to provide top class, cost effective lighting solutions.
"Our team is composed of engineers, biologists and agronomists in order to optimize and integrate our solutions with the specific needs of controlled environments for plant growth."
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igrox
Via Vittorio Veneto 23b
20010 Bernate Ticino (MI)
Italy
info@igrox.com
www.igrox.com