Noordam Plants and RED Horticulture partnered

«Within 2 years, all our sodium lamps will be replaced by the RED solution.»

Martin Noordam, General Manager, Noordam Plants

100 years of experience in young plants

Martin Noordam is the director of Noordam Plants, a Dutch company based in s-Gravenzande located in Westland, Netherlands, which operates 10 hectares of greenhouses.
Drawing on more than 100 years of history, the company specializes in growing young fruit and vegetable plants.

Transitioning to smart LED with an experienced partner

Until then, Noordam’s lighting installation was comprised of 1000 watt SON-T (sodium).
The high-power consumption and lack of functionality have caused Martin to turn to LED. Equipped only with an ON/OFF system, the SON-T lamps did not enable to adapt to the needs of the crop, whether in terms of wavelengths, or in terms of light intensity.

A first test on 2500m2

Impressed by RED’s strong experience regarding this breakthrough innovation that is smart LED, Martin selected RED two years ago to conduct a first trial over a surface area of 2500m2 equipped with RED T lighting.
RED Horticulture’s expertise in photobiology makes it possible to fully exploit the potential of RED T lighting. An area in which RED Horticulture continually invests in R&D in order to continue to advance the sector.

“For tomatoes, peppers or cucumbers, light requirements differ. But for each variety we must also know how to adapt from one day to another.»

Martin Noordam, General Manager, Noordam Plants

Convincing tests prior to investment over a surface of 15,000m2

As the trial of the RED solution met the expectations of the Noordam teams, an expansion of the RED illuminated surface was carried out last year on over 1.5 hectares. RED T 680 lighting delivers power equivalent to that of 1000 watt HPS lamps and enables energy savings up
to 60%.

Very satisfied with collaborating with RED Horticulture, Martin Noordam wishes to replace the entirety of his lighting system by the RED solution.

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