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End-to-end indoor farming solutions provider
End-to-end indoor farming solutions provider, supporting clients with contract research trials, business planning, as well as the engineering and construction of indoor farms. Their solutions can be commissioned and scaled anywhere in the world, from remote islands to crowded metropoles. In its state-of-the-art UCS Research Centre, the team of plant scientists develop growth algorithms for applications ranging from staple foods to ingredients for cellular food products.
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10/05/2023
AlfaTech (SG) Becomes Integration and Service Partner of Urban Crop Solutions for South East Asia
AlfaTech will become the integration and service partner for the products of Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) in the South East Asian region. After an already first successful joint project for the National University of Singapore, both technology companies will now work together for indoor vertical farming projects.
10/05/2023
Urban Crop Solutions Ranked #4 in Fact Company’s List of Most Innovative Companies
Urban Crop Solutions has been named the fourth Most Innovative company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by Fast Company. The only indoor farming company to be named in this category, it stood out for the launch of PharmSpee – a platform enabling the use of plants, instead of animal cells or synthetic materials, for the production of ingredients for the biopharmaceutical, life science, cosmetics, or feed industry. Aside from lowered production costs, the use of the PharmSpee platform drastically reduces production cycles, and time-to-market.
10/05/2023
Urban Crop Solutions Launches E-Shop for Spare Parts and Consumables
In a further extension of their service offering, Urban Crop Solutions has launched an e-shop to better support their existing, and new customers in the day-to-day as well as long-term operation of their indoor farming businesses. Everything that an operator needs – from seeds and substrates to sensors and container parts – can be ordered via the e-shop. The e-shop is a separate and additional offering, and customers do not have to be an operator or owner of a UCS installation to use this service.
10/05/2023
Urban Crop Solutions and Rudi Pauwels Establish Research Centre in Spain
Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) and Dr Rudi Pauwels will set up a research centre on indoor farming applications in southern Spain. Research at the centre will focus on the impact of climate change on crops in Southern Europe, while working on optimising the nutrient content. For UCS, this new research centre complements its existing research centre in Belgium. Dr Rudi Pauwels will also advise UCS on its plant molecular farming activities.
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FarmFlex / FarmLab
Fully customisable rack set-up and research system
Fully customisable rack set-up and research system
The FarmFlex/Lab features a growing surface of up to 55 m2 (592 sq. ft.) and can be engineered for full flexibility, with upgrades for LED lighting plans and extra software controls. All of this can be tailored to a specific crop and/or growth phase. The farm works with an ebb & flow irrigation system on growing benches and is fully equipped in stainless steel.
ModuleX
Rotating bench carousel system
Rotating bench carousel system
One grow module features 86 m2 (926 sq. ft.) of growing surface. And each separate module allows for an independent climate zone and nutrient system, allowing your mix of crops to be adaptable to your customers’ needs. The labour costs are reduced by our patented, automated crop-to-operator ‘BenchCarousel’ that is standard in every grow module. The ModuleX plant factory is the most efficient solution to maximise your return on investment.
ModuleX Plant Factory
Scalable and modular plant factory set-up
Scalable and modular plant factory set-up
The ModuleX is smart engineered with commercial needs and success in mind. You can therefore start up with a single module and grow up to a Module-64 (and beyond). As you develop new routes into the market, and attract more customers, you can continue adding grow modules and scale up your production to meet demand.
Large Scale Plant Factory
Tailored to any application and large volumes
Tailored to any application and large volumes
The large-scale plant factory is engineered and constructed within an existing or new stand-alone building. It is a fully automated and robotised solution, with options from seeding to harvesting, and a growing surface larger than 5000 m2 (53,800 sq. ft.). Economies of scale allow for extensive automation and labour cost savings in crop handling and processing.
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