HortiContact Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards are a permanent feature of HortiContact and reward innovative products and concepts that move the sector forward.
During HortiContact, visitors determine the winners by voting for their favorite. This can be done prior to the trade fair and for up to a month afterwards via the website, as well as during the fair in the Innovation Zone.
Winner Innovation Awards 2026
During HortiContact 2026, Signify / Philips Horticulture LED Solutions won the HortiContact Innovation Award 2026 with the innovation Unlock lighting intelligence. With this intelligent lighting solution, growers can optimize greenhouse lighting in real time based on crop needs, energy prices, and market demand.
The innovation supports growers in more efficient energy use, greater control over cultivation, and data-driven decision-making. In doing so, Unlock lighting intelligence addresses current developments within greenhouse horticulture, such as energy efficiency and smart cultivation systems.
Winner Innovation Award 2025
OPUSWatch won the HortiContact Innovation Award 2025 with a smart application for labor registration via a smartwatch. Activities are automatically registered at the touch of a button, resulting in less administration and more insight. The data is available in real-time, enabling more efficient planning and management on the shop floor. A user-friendly and future-oriented solution for labor management in the horticulture sector.
Looking back on the Innovation Award 2025
The HortiContact Innovation Award 2025 was presented on Wednesday 19 February during HortiContact. OPUSWatch won the top prize with their smart application for labour registration and productivity insights via a smartwatch. Their innovation won over the audience.
Second place went to KUBO with their CO2-negative greenhouse, which filters CO2 from the air and improves crop growth. Artechno Growsystems finished in third place thanks to their innovative cultivation system for young plants, which increases production and reduces disease risks.
Visitors could vote online and on the exhibition floor via the smart badge, which made for an interactive and exciting voting round. OPUSWatch’s win highlights the growing importance of digitisation in greenhouse horticulture.
Nominees for the HortiContact Innovation Award 2025
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THIRD PLACE | AVF+ Young Plants Artechno Growsystems
Innovative cultivation system for growing young plants in a closed, multi-layer environment, with increased production and lower disease risks.
FIRST PLACE | OPUSWatch applicatie
Smart application for collecting labour and productivity data, automatically recording repetitive tasks via a smartwatch.
Source Cultivate | Source AG
AI-driven solution that improves yield forecasts and optimises harvest and sales planning for more stable market conditions.
Sprayvent | Bioline
Efficient and uniform application of predatory mites via a liquid system, reducing losses and saving time in crop protection.
SKW | SKW System
Chemical-free pipe cleaning based on physics, which ensures higher oxygen uptake and increased root growth, without follow-up costs.
Skytree Cumulus | Skytree
CO2 capture and storage system, ideal for vertical farms and greenhouses, stimulating crop growth for higher yields.
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SECOND PLACE | CO₂-negatieve kas KUBO
CO2-negative greenhouse that filters CO2 from the air and releases it to plants, leading to better crop growth and increased yields.
E-nalytics | Stroomkr8
All-in-one platform for energy insight, providing real-time data and forecasts to help businesses improve purchasing and reduce costs.All-in-one platform for energy insight, providing real-time data and forecasts to help businesses improve purchasing and reduce costs.
Smart Dimming | RED Horticulture
Smart LED lighting that automatically adjusts the light spectrum to natural sunlight intensity, for energy efficiency and better crop growth.