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Finland: Fujitsu's new company to produce year-round vegetables in plant factory

Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Kyushu Systems Limited, have opened a new company in Finland, Fujitsu Greenhouse Technology Finland Oy, which will operate a high-tech plant factory growing completely by artificial-light. Using the technology the company plans to grow and sell produce. It is schedulued to begin full scale operations in the first half of the fiscal year, 2017.

The factory is planned to be fully automated, using artificial-light from LEDs. Fujitsu and Robbe’s Little Garden aim to grow and deliver a steady supply of vegetables throughout the year, such as baby greens and leaf lettuce, in Finland, which has few hours of sunlight during its harsh winter. Fujitsu also aims to package the know-how and cloud services resulting from this business and deploy them throughout the European Union.

source: japantoday.com
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