{"id":9999,"date":"2016-02-11T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/blog\/mfn_news\/heliospectra-hires-leading-industry-executive-to-lead-north-american-sales-2\/"},"modified":"2016-02-11T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:56:00","slug":"heliospectra-hires-leading-industry-executive-to-lead-north-american-sales-2","status":"publish","type":"mfn_news","link":"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/nl\/blog\/mfn_news\/heliospectra-hires-leading-industry-executive-to-lead-north-american-sales-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heliospectra neemt topman aan om Noord-Amerikaanse verkoop te leiden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mfn-preamble\"><strong>(GOTHENBURG, Sweden\/SAN&nbsp;FRANCISCO,&nbsp;CA, February 11, 2016) &ndash; Heliospectra&nbsp;AB&nbsp;(publ) (OTCQB:&nbsp;HLSPY,&nbsp;FIRSTNORTH:&nbsp;HELIO), a global leader in intelligent&nbsp;LED&nbsp;grow light technology, announced today that it has hired Caroline Nordahl Wells as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Heliospectra&rsquo;s North American&nbsp;operations.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\">As a co-founder and former executive of LumiGrow, a horticultural lighting company, Caroline was responsible for recruiting and leading a successful sales organization. She is widely credited with advancing the&nbsp;<span>LED<\/span>&nbsp;grow light category and accelerating market adoption of&nbsp;<span>LED<\/span>&nbsp;lighting for commercial horticultural&nbsp;applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\">&ldquo;Heliospectra was the obvious choice for me because it uniquely fulfills the promise of&nbsp;LED&nbsp;grow lights. There&rsquo;s no company out there with more knowledge of the effect of light on crop outcomes, and Heliospectra baked this know-how right into their product line. Every Heliospectra fixture installed is driving consistent crop performance and grower profitability, and that&rsquo;s exactly what the North American market has been waiting for,&rdquo; said Caroline. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m thrilled to align with the world-class Heliospectra team and ready to hit the ground running,&rdquo; she&nbsp;added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\">Caroline will be responsible for continuing Heliospectra&rsquo;s sales growth in the medicinal cannabis market, where the company made significant inroads with large commercial installations in 2015. She will also expand Heliospectra&rsquo;s market share within the traditional commercial greenhouse grower and emerging urban agriculture and vertical farming market segments. Heliospectra doubled its&nbsp;<span>US<\/span>&nbsp;sales headcount in 2015 and will add more sales professionals in 2016 to fuel this growth with Caroline&rsquo;s proven strong leadership.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\">Christopher Steele,&nbsp;<span>COO<\/span>&nbsp;of Heliospectra, said, &ldquo;Having Caroline join us speaks volumes about Heliospectra&rsquo;s growth potential and technology advantages over our competition. Her experience and abilities strengthen our position to become the outright industry leader in intelligent&nbsp;<span>LED<\/span>&nbsp;grow&nbsp;lighting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mfn-footer\">\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\"><strong>Investeerdersrelaties:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\"><span>Staffan Hillberg, CEO van Heliospectra | 46 (0)708 36 59 44 | <a href=\"mailto:staffan.hillberg@heliospectra.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span>staffan.hillberg@heliospectra.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\"><span>Michael Swartz, Senior Analist | Viridian Capital Advisors, LLC | 1 212-333-0257 | <a href=\"mailto:mswartz@viridianca.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span>mswartz@viridianca.com<\/span><\/a><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\"><span>G&amp;W is Heliospectra's gecertificeerde adviseur voor Nasdaq First North.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwkapital.se\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span>www.gwkapital.se<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mfn-footer mfn-about\">\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\"><strong>Over Heliospectra AB<\/strong><br \/>Heliospectra AB (publ) (OTCQB: HLSPY, FIRSTNORTH: HELIO) (<a href=\"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/nl\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.heliospectra.com<\/a>) is gespecialiseerd in intelligente verlichtingstechnologie voor plantenonderzoek en kassenteelt. Het verlichtingssysteem van het bedrijf biedt een effectieve en duurzame technologie voor het kweken van kas- en kamerplanten door verschillende groepen veelzijdige lichtgevende diodes (LED's) te combineren met optiek, remote sensing-technieken en een robuuste warmteafvoeroplossing. Deze gepatenteerde opstelling geeft kwekers de mogelijkheid om de intensiteit en golflengten van het uitgestraalde licht te regelen, waardoor een spectrum wordt gecre\u00eberd dat specifiek is aangepast aan verschillende plantensoorten en groeistadia om de fotosynthese beter te bevorderen. De complete, hoogtechnologische lamp produceert gewassen die er beter uitzien, beter smaken en langer houdbaar zijn dan gewassen die met HID-lampen worden gekweekt. De technologie verlaagt niet alleen het energieverbruik met wel 50%, maar helpt ook groeikenmerken te stimuleren en de kwaliteit van de plant te verbeteren. Andere voordelen zijn minder lichtvervuiling, minder kwikverbruik door het vermijden van traditionele HID\/HPS-lampen en minder HVAC-investeringen en maandelijkse kosten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\">De producten van Heliospectra zijn gebaseerd op diepgaande kennis van plantenfysiologie en fotosynthese in combinatie met een unieke manier om moderne LED-technologie te gebruiken. Na zes jaar ontwikkeling in Zweden is het bedrijf nu begonnen met uitbreiding naar de internationale markt. Het bedrijf heeft meer dan $ 21 miljoen aan kapitaal opgehaald en heeft meer dan $2,6 miljoen ontvangen via academische beurzen en subsidies. Het heeft ook talrijke prijzen ontvangen voor zijn vooruitstrevende technologie. Voornaamste eigenaren: Weland Staal&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.welandstal.se\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.welandstal.se<\/a>, Zweeds Industrieel Fonds&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrifonden.se\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.industrifonden.se<\/a>, Midroc&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midroc.se\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.midroc.se<\/a>, Avanza Pensioen&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.avanza.se\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.avanza.se<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\"><strong>Toekomstgerichte verklaringen&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>De verklaringen in dit persbericht zijn toekomstgerichte verklaringen zoals bedoeld in de federale effectenwetgeving. Dergelijke verklaringen zijn gebaseerd op onze huidige overtuigingen en verwachtingen en zijn inherent onderhevig aan belangrijke zakelijke, economische en concurrerende onzekerheden en onvoorziene omstandigheden, waarvan vele buiten onze macht liggen. Daarnaast zijn dergelijke toekomstgerichte uitspraken onderhevig aan aannames met betrekking tot toekomstige bedrijfsstrategie\u00ebn en beslissingen die aan verandering onderhevig zijn. Potenti\u00eble risico's en onzekerheden omvatten, maar zijn niet beperkt tot, technische vooruitgang in de sector en politieke en economische omstandigheden in de sector. We nemen geen verplichting op ons om toekomstgerichte uitspraken bij te werken om gebeurtenissen of ontwikkelingen weer te geven nadat een toekomstgerichte uitspraak is gedaan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mfn-footer mfn-attachment mfn-attachment-general\">\n<p class=\"mfn-wp-retain\"><strong class=\"mfn-heading-1\">Bijlagen<\/strong><br \/><a class=\"mfn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/mb.cision.com\/Main\/5333\/2209103\/640422.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vrijgave<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n                Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(\".mfn-footer.mfn-attachment\")).forEach(function (el) { el.remove() });\n            <\/script>\n        <div class=\"mfn-attachments-container\"><div class=\"mfn-attachment mfn-primary\"><a class=\"mfn-attachment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.mfn.se\/proxy\/release.pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmb.cision.com%2FMain%2F5333%2F2209103%2F640422.pdf\"><span class=\"mfn-attachment-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.mfn.se\/proxy\/release.pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmb.cision.com%2FMain%2F5333%2F2209103%2F640422.pdf&type=jpg\"><\/span>Vrijgave<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(GOTHENBURG, Sweden\/SAN&nbsp;FRANCISCO,&nbsp;CA, February 11, 2016) &ndash; Heliospectra&nbsp;AB&nbsp;(publ) (OTCQB:&nbsp;HLSPY,&nbsp;FIRSTNORTH:&nbsp;HELIO), a global leader in intelligent&nbsp;LED&nbsp;grow light technology, announced today that it has hired Caroline Nordahl Wells as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Heliospectra&rsquo;s North American&nbsp;operations. 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