Philips plans to expand in the Japanese agricultural LED lighting applications

Philips Electronics of Japan on the Japanese Horticultural Plant Factory Exhibition 2012 "(GPEC 2012) demonstrated for greenhouse multilayer cultivation and plant factory of LED lighting modules. In the Netherlands, the LED lighting as a secondary light source used in case a rapid increase, Philips plans to develop for this purpose in Japan.

In Japan, agriculture as a plant factory with LED lighting mostly "light" use. Promoting agricultural reform in the Netherlands, more and more used as a secondary light source, exposure to the sun is difficult to shine. The background of the Dutch farmers are actively introducing "multi-layer cultivation. http://www.tungsten-molybdenum-sapphire.com/Netherlands starting from the perspective of the landscape, and strictly limit the greenhouse construction site and area, so many farmers are adopting the effective use of multi-layer cultivation of small places. Often seen in the raw vegetable shoots and the cultivation of tulips and other LED auxiliary light source. Cultivation because of the multi-layer lower than the upper difficult exposure to sunlight, therefore, most of them use LED lights to supplement the lack of light.

Japan's multi-layer cultivation is widespread, not as good as the Netherlands, but a highly intensive form of cultivation, Philips Electronics Japan, that the use and import of room for the LED lighting module. For example, for use in tomato cultivation can improve the lower half of the fruit yield and sugar content.