Case Study: Hortilux achieves real-time greenhouse insights and optimized yields with Mendix

Hortilux Innovates the Greenhouse Industry Through IoT

Hortilux, a leading supplier and installer of greenhouse grow-light systems, faced the challenge of maintaining market leadership by moving beyond hardware sales to offer higher-value services. With limited time and resources to adopt disruptive technologies, the company needed a practically achievable way to give growers real-time insight and improve operational outcomes.

Hortilux launched HortiSense, an IoT platform (built on Mendix and AWS) that uses in‑greenhouse sensors, gateways and dashboards to monitor fixture health, temperature, CO2 and power quality, predict lamp lifetime and send automated repair alerts. The solution delivered faster development (MVP in two months), reduced maintenance costs, improved operational reliability and energy efficiency, and helped growers optimize light strategies to increase yield per square meter while strengthening customer relationships.

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