Industry and Research Partners of the Sky High Programme
AMS Institute
AMS Institute is an internationally leading institute where talent is educated and engineers, designers, and both natural and social scientists jointly develop and valorize integrated metropolitan solutions.
Bayer
Bayer Crop Science is a division of Bayer AG focused on developing and marketing products for agriculture, including seeds, crop protection, and digital farming solutions. Bayer Crop Science has a strong research and development program and works closely with universities and other research institutions to develop new technologies and products.
Bosman Van Zaal
Bosman Van Zaal specializes in designing, building, and installing greenhouse and vertical farming systems for the horticultural industry. The company also offers a range of services, including project management, maintenance, and technical support. It also offers products and services for the horticultural industry, including energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, irrigation systems, and lighting solutions.
Certhon
Certhon is a Dutch company that specializes in the design, engineering, and construction of greenhouses and other horticultural projects. Certhon is committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact and support sustainable agriculture.
Fresh Forward
Fresh Forward is one of Northern Europe's top fruit breeders, specialising in apples and strawberries. We use both fundamental and practical knowledge of trees and plant distribution, which benefits the grower, wholesaler, retailer and consumer. The result is a wide range of high-quality strawberry and apple varieties tailored to specific needs - including strawberry varieties such as Sonata, Rumba and Calinda and apple varieties such as Wellant®, SQ159 Magic Star® and Natyra®. Fresh Forward also manages licences for other fruit varieties, besides strawberries and apples.
Grodan
Founded in 1969, Grodan supply innovative and sustainable stone wool growing media solutions for the professional horticultural sector, based on Precision Growing principles. These solutions are, amongst others, applied for the cultivation of vegetables and flowers, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, egg plants, roses and gerberas.
Growy
The Amsterdam-based vertical farming company Growy wants to produce food in a future-proof and circular way. Its mission is to provide local, zero-waste, nutritious, affordable and tasteful produce.
HAS Green Academy
Since September 2022, HAS University of Applied Sciences has had a new name: HAS green academy. This name confirms the shift HAS is making towards a future as the go-to center of expertise for agriculture, food and the living environment in the south of the Netherlands.
Own Greens
Own Greens revolutionizes the production of greens by making growth controlled, clean and fully automated. With quality placed first, they take responsibility for the entire value chain, from the very first growth up to the concept in which the greens are presented to the end consumer.
Priva
Priva is a Dutch high-tech company specializing in smart building automation, greenhouse technology & indoor farming. It sells services, equipment and software for climate and process control in horticulture and for buildings. The company is one of the leading providers for sustainable urban deltas: circular economies based on green tech and Smart Buildings.
Signify
Signify is the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our energy efficient lighting products, systems and services enable our customers to enjoy a superior quality of light, and make people’s lives safer and more comfortable, businesses more productive and cities more livable.
Solynta
Solynta is a hybrid potato breeding company based in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The Solynta Team is developing hybrid potato varieties with superior traits and performance at a speed that is faster than can be achieved by traditional breeding. The successful application of hybrid breeding allows for the use of Hybrid True Potato Seeds.
van Bergen Kolpa Architecten
Van Bergen Kolpa Architects is organized around its best-developed capacity: designing and realizing architectural projects on the basis of solid research. In the studio, a compact, enthusiastic team of university/academy trained specialists works under the leadership of two architect/directors with special interest in large-scale, complex projects.