Gothenburg, Sweden and San Francisco, California, USA
September 17, 2015
Heliospectra AB (OTCQB:HLSPY, FIRSTNORTH: HELIO), a world leader in intelligent LED grow lights for plant science and greenhouse cultivation, continues adding value to the plant science community with its RX30 LED grow light as orders continue to increase. The RX30 is the successor to Heliospectra’s first commercial product, the L4A.
Heliospectra’s lighting systems are in use with some of the world’s foremost plant scientists. Dr. Gary Gardner, a Professor at University of Minnesota, is one such scientist benefiting from Heliospectra’s research lighting. He also sees a lot of value in the new RX30 as a teaching tool inside the classroom.
“The Heliospectra RX30 is much more than an LED lamp for growing plants. It is an extremely versatile tool that allows deceptively simple applications in research and teaching. It is self-contained and portable, it provides remarkable options in spectral quality, permitting classical photobiological experiments in both research and teaching applications; and its software is simple and extremely user-friendly, allowing students and researchers to control lighting parameters from their smartphones or tablets. I know of no other commercial LED lamp for plant growth that provides such flexibility with ease.” - Dr. Gary Gardner, a Professor at University of Minnesota.
Another prominent researcher is Dr. Hélène Javot at CEA the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives). “We recently built an imaging chamber combining plant growth and luminescence imaging. Heliospectra provided us with a customized RX30 unit, which perfectly fits our needs: compact and easy to program, it can alternate illumination (for growth of plants) with complete darkness (during imaging sequences). We can directly control the unit from a computer, and the choice of wavelengths offered by the RX30 grants us a precise control of our illumination conditions.”
The L4A was most known for its’ multitude of individual wavelengths, advanced controls, as well as its steep price tag (over $7000 USD MSRP). The RX30 maintains all of the advanced features and multitude of wavelengths like the L4A. The primary difference is its size, and importantly, its price. The RX30 retails for $2799 USD and is available for direct purchase on Heliospectra’s Webstore.
“Retiring the L4A is a natural step as our technology team continues to optimize and improve our products. However, the creation of the RX30 was no small feat…as it has nine individually adjustable wavelengths, built-in software controls, open programming interface, and a price tag of less than half the L4A. I challenge anyone to find a LED grow light that is this advanced at such an affordable price.” - Christopher Steele, Chief Operating Officer at Heliospectra AB.
Heliospectra’s grow lights are found in research publications from the University of Minnesota, NASA, the German Aerospace Center, and the Australian National University, among others. More publications are sure to follow as the company is seeing a steady increase in interest and orders of the RX30. Heliospectra’s RX30 lighting system is truly becoming an essential tool for plant scientists across the globe.
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