Signify and Linxia Baiyi sign a cooperation agreement on cut flower rose light formula

Signify announced that it has signed a two-year cooperation agreement with China Gansu Linxia Baiyi Modern Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. on the LED light formulation of cut roses to jointly carry out research on LED supplementary lighting applications for greenhouse cultivation of cut roses in western China. During the same period, a tripartite joint laboratory of Signify, Baiyi Group and Yunnan Aibida was established at the International Flower Port Flower Production Demonstration Base in Linxia National Agricultural Science and Technology Park (Sino-Dutch), Gansu Province.

Signify will set up a special innovative agricultural research fund for the light formulation cooperation project for the joint laboratory, and will send Signify international plant experts to the Linxia (China-Dutch) International Flower Port project from time to time to conduct training and information on flower LED lighting technology exchange and resource sharing, promote the application and promotion of the latest international LED supplementary light technology and cases in western China, and improve the quality and economic benefits of flower production in western China.

Gansu Linxia (Sino-Dutch) International Flower Port Project is invested by Linxia Baiyi Modern Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. to develop high-end flower industry. With the listing of the joint laboratory, Signify also awarded the two companies as the ambassadors of Signify's facility horticultural LED in the world and the Chinese flower industry.

"We have seen the demand for innovative LED supplementary light technology in the production of cut rose greenhouses in western China, and the joint laboratory's research on light formulations will help improve the efficiency of flower production in western China." said Udo van Slooten, head of Signify's plant lighting business. "Philips GreenPower LED supplementary light products have accumulated a lot of market-proven successful application experience in the production of cut roses, and we are full of confidence in the future cooperation results."

Linxia (Sino-Dutch) International Flower Port Project produces cut roses by introducing Dutch greenhouse construction technology, flower planting technology and original seedlings, which are at the leading level in the international facility industry. Huo Gang, general manager of Linxia Baiyi Modern Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. said, "Philips LED light formula has a good advantage in the production of cut roses in greenhouses, and I look forward to working closely with the Signify LED plant lighting team in the future to witness the use of LED in flowers. The advantages in production will promote the success of the Linxia (Sino-Dutch) International Flower Port project, and further promote the transformation and upgrading of local agriculture and the integrated development of industries."

In the future, Signify will continue to work with Chinese partners to explore the infinite possibilities of plant lighting and achieve win-win cooperation.