Senmatic aquires part of Fionia Lighting A/S
PRESS RELEASE - 22 of June 2011
From research to invoice
Technology firm Fionia Lighting A/S has a new
co-owner, Senmatic A/S, and has thus moved on from being a research
project at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) to become a
regular company rooted in local industry
The first customers are on board, and now Energi Fyn and Denmark's
largest nursery garden PKM, among others, have been joined by
Senmatic A/S as co-owners of Fionia Lighting A/S.
Fionia Lighting - which develops energy efficient LED lighting for
horticulture - has thus far succeeded in its strategy. The company
has concentrated its efforts in the field between research and
product development in close cooperation with SDU, and the likes of
German-based Osram, who have delivered new components at prototype
level to the firm on Funen.
- Fionia are moving forward as planned from an international
R&D company with university roots at SDU to the next stage,
where efforts are now increasingly directed towards preliminary
production and marketing. That the cooperation with Senmatic has
now led to co-ownership, is a natural and welcome consequence of
this, says chairman of the board Bent Agerholm, CEO of Energi
Fyn.
First and foremost, commercial greenhouse growers can achieve a
saving of more than 40% on electricity compared to traditional
greenhouse lighting, when using luminaires from Fionia Lighting.
For the average Danish nursery, this corresponds to several million
Danish kroner per annum. By fully incorporating LED technology into
a nursery's ecosystem, further gains can be obtained in terms of
greenhouse climate control and the strategic procurement of
electricity.
- Senmatic's product range includes climate computers and sensors
for the horticulture industry. We believe that with our involvement
in Fionia, we can reap the benefit of several synergies. And it
will put us in the technological forefront internationally for
horticultural lighting and climate control, says Torben Hansen, CEO
Senmatic A/S.
In connection with Senmatic's involvement in Fionia, Jens Kr.
Damsgaard is stopping as CEO, as planned. In his capacity as CEO of
Energi Invest Fyn A/S, he will continue to develop new
research-based companies according to the "Fionia model". Torben
Hansen takes over as the new director of Fionia Lighting A/S.
About Fionia Lighting A/S.
The company was founded in 2008 based on research findings
from a research group at SDU, which included Professor John Erland
Østergaard. The company has concentrated on verifying these results
at various nursery gardens, as well as developing prototypes of new
luminaires in collaboration with partners at home and abroad. A
total of approx. 30 million DKK has been invested in the project,
which has received support from the Danish Energy Agency and been
awarded the Spies Foundation Climate Award by the then Environment
Minister Connie Hedegaard. Shareholders of the company are Energi
Fyn, Gartneriet PKM, Syddansk Teknologisk Innovation, Green
Investments Holding, Energi Invest Fyn and Senmatic.
More information
Torben Hansen: telephone +45 40502495:
CEO of Senmatic A/S and new director of Fionia
Lighting A/S
Bent Agerholm: telephone +45 23631888: chairman
of the board of Fionia Lighting A/S and group
managing director of Energi Fyn