Vertical farming company Netled partners with Nordic engineering firm

Vertical farming solutions provider Netled has entered into a partnership with leading Nordic engineering consultancy firm Rejlers.

Netled’s project delivery service will transfer to Rejlers, enabling Netled to focus on faster business scalability, according to a news release. The collaboration allows for the construction of industrial-scale facilities worldwide as well as provides resources to deliver simultaneous projects on schedule and with consistent quality.

“By delivering commercial projects together with the strong project expertise of Rejlers, we can concentrate on production solutions that will enable us to directly serve retail chains and other food supply channels,” Netled CEO Niko Kivoja said in the release. “Additionally, the agreement allows for faster business scalability as project delivery capacity significantly increases. These solutions consist of not only high-quality project delivery but also superior Vera technology and skilled farm operations. Netled also focuses on developing vertical farming solutions for new crops and integration solutions for higher value-added markets.”

Six employees will transfer from Netled to Rejlers’ Finland Industry division on July 3.

“Rejlers has solid experience in EPCM (engineering, procurement, and construction management) deliveries, and we believe that this arrangement brings added value to the end customers of the deliveries, Netled and us,” said Aki Hakkarainen, leader of Rejlers’ Finland Industry division.

Finland-based Netled, with decades of experience in controlled environment agriculture, uses its proprietary Vera vertical farming technology to plan and design complete vertical farming operations. Vera is used to grow leafy greens, herbs, berries, flowers and other crops at varying production scales. The technology produces 2.5 times more crops per comparable growing area and more than 100 times more crops per surface area compared to single-season, open-field farming, according to the company’s website.

Netled’s services include trained and certified horticulturists specializing in vertical farming. Its facility services encompass vertical farm design, materials and workflows and automation systems such as harvesting, packing, palleting and wrapping.