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01 Aug 2025 | Project
Royal Pride has been growing regular cucumbers for years, but has now added mini and midi varieties to its range. General Manager Koert van den Ende discusses this expansion, the power of collaboration, and the brand-new sustainable greenhouse that has just opened.
05 Jun 2025 | Company updates
The long-term collaboration between WUR Greenhouse Horticulture and Svensson as a preferred supplier is now officially formalized. Monique van Wordragen (WUR) and Marcel Nouel (Svensson) have officially signed this collaboration agreement.
20 May 2025 | Market insights
Growers must stay closely aligned with their customers’ needs—but what’s trending in store aisles? What are retailers ordering, and how can growers stay ahead of evolving demands, even before the data arrives? We explored the research and spoke with two trend-savvy CEA pros to find out.
19 May 2025 | Company updates
We’re thrilled to welcome Tim Gilpatrick to our US team as we continue our commitment to strengthen support for growers and partners throughout North America.
05 May 2025 | Product
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30 Apr 2025 | Product
Volatile energy costs, unpredictable weather, and ever-higher consumer expectations are pushing growers to seek out better product and quality results. One proven solution? Double screening.
10 Apr 2025 | Industry voices
As greenhouse climate control systems become more complex, cultivation managers are seeking expert guidance more than ever. Many growers are not fully aware of how technologies like LED lighting, double screens, or vertical fans affect the greenhouse climate. They also may not know how to optimize these systems to maximize energy savings without compromising crop quality and production, says Ton Habraken, greenhouse climate expert at Svensson.
15 Jan 2025 | Energy saving
Climate consultant Bart Bakker explains how LED lighting affects greenhouse heat input and how screens and ventilation can prevent higher gas consumption.
14 Nov 2024 | Product
Svensson is excited to announce that ClimaFlow is now eligible for incentives with Enbridge Gas in Ontario, providing a valuable opportunity for greenhouse growers to save on energy costs. Here’s how everything you need to know.
26 Sep 2024 | Industry voices
Blue Radix recently won the prestigious GreenTech Innovation Award 2024 with their advanced AI system: integrated autonomous climate and irrigation control. This system, an improvement of the already successful Crop Controller, enables growers to manage their greenhouses more efficiently and sustainably. In this interview, we speak with Ronald Hoek, CEO of Blue Radix , about the developments, challenges and future vision of autonomous growing.
08 Aug 2024 | Industry voices
Anja is a senior researcher in plant physiology at the Greenhouse Horticulture unit of Wageningen University & Research, with many years of experience in the field. She grew up on a farm in Groningen and initially studied agricultural plant cultivation at Wageningen, but switched to horticulture after discovering her passion for controlled plant growth. Since 2000, Anja has been with the Greenhouse Horticulture unit at Wageningen University & Research.
10 Jul 2024 | Industry voices
Gretchen Schimelpfenig is one of those people who seem to fit more into their working week than many of us find time for in a month. She works with greenhouse owners on energy projects and accessing rebates and grants, and runs Cornell University’s GLASE Consortium on greenhouse lighting and control, speaks at green industry conferences, and plays first fiddle in the Hildegard String Quartet. From a Vermont forest home, she manages to combine an engineer’s optimism, with a deep-felt mission to reduce the climate impact of horticulture and the built world.
