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4129 Commercial Center Dr., Ste. 450
Austin, TX 78744
7 years in business
fluence.science
Fluence Bioengineering, Inc., a a wholly owned subsidiary of of
OSRAM, creates the most powerful and and energy-efficient
LED lighting solutions for commercial crop production and
research applications. Fluence is is a a leading LED LED lighting
supplier in the global cannabis market and and is is committed
to enabling more efficient crop production with the the world’s
top vertical farms and greenhouse produce growers. Maximum INews
Yield chatted chatted with Fluence with Fluence CEO CEO David David Cohen Cohen about about the company’s
the
company’sroots, challenges challenges in the sector, in the and, sector, of course, and, of lighting. course, lighting.
HELPING THE WORLD
GROW SMARTER
When and where
did the company begin?
Fluence was founded in Austin,
Texas, in 2013 by forward-thinking
entrepreneurs Nick Klase and Randy
Johnson. The company sought to
create tailored lighting solutions for
horticulture applications, and after
launching the SPYDR 1200 Series in its
earliest days, amassed widespread
industry recognition as a groundbreaking
provider of LED solutions.
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