Philips LED plant lighting new partner in North America Ball Seed

Eindhoven, the Netherlands - Philips Lighting (Amsterdam Stock Exchange: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, recently announced a partnership agreement with Ball Seed, one of North America's leading horticultural wholesalers. Ball Seed will use Philips GreenPower LED products for root insertion, plug seedlings, rootless cuttings, and complementary and semi-finished supplemental lighting.

“We are honored to be a partner with Ball Seed. Their product quality and strong market position in North America are in line with Philips Lighting,” said Udo van Slooten, head of plant lighting business at Philips Lighting. “We are committed to providing LED lighting solutions for facility cultivation, which will help Ball Seed customers make good use of LED technology.”

Jason Hough, Chairman of Ball Seed, said: “We are very pleased to choose Philips Lighting as one of our key suppliers and look forward to providing our customers with key technologies and support for their greenhouse cultivation.”

“Philips LED plant lighting helps to achieve Ball Seed's mission to provide planting solutions that drive product productivity. Ball will show customers how to apply light science and Philips LED lighting technology to optimize crop production throughout the planting cycle.” Ron DeKok, director of North American business development for Philips LED Plant Lighting, said.

The expanding network of Philips LED plant lighting partners shows that Philips Lighting is fulfilling its commitment to continue to lead the horticultural industry as an innovative LED plant lighting solution provider and a greenhouse industry partner.

About Philips

Philips Lighting (Amsterdam Stock Exchange: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting products, systems and services, delivers business value innovations that deliver a rich user experience that helps improve lives. Serving the professional and consumer markets. Using the Internet of Things, we lead the industry to improve homes, buildings and cities. With sales of 7.1 billion euros in 2016, we have approximately 34,000 employees in more than 70 countries.

About Ball Seed

Ball Seed is the leading wholesaler of horticultural plants and products in North America. The company has a wealth of experience, innovative thinking, providing customers with first-class services to ensure that professional growers have high-quality products, efficient planting methods and flexible planting programs. Ball Seed is part of the Ball Horticultural Company (West Chicago, Illinois, USA).