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New Majority Shareholder for Grow Lighting Expert

New Majority Shareholder for Grow Lighting Expert

SGL announces that Bruin Capital has aggreed to become the majority shareholder of their holding company Playgreen, that SGL ist part of together with their technology development sister company Alva. Read more


Johan Cruijff ArenA: Innovation Partnership to Save Energy

Johan Cruijff ArenA: Innovation Partnership to Save Energy

After the Johan Cruijff ArenA has already been using energy-saving LED turf lighting from SGL for a year and has thus been able to save 6% of its energy consumption, the Dutch multifunctional arena and SGL are expanding their innovation partnership. Read more


New Dashboard for Complete Control Over Field Quality

New Dashboard for Complete Control Over Field Quality

The easy-to-use dashboard from HI Sports helps groundsmen to optimize turf maintenance and correctly interpret the data correctly interpret the data obtained from various measuring instruments. Read more


New grow lighting system added to product line

New grow lighting system added to product line

After last year´s introduction of the LED50, SGL now adds another energy efficient LED lighting unit to its existing product line. The development of the LED120 aligns with the company´s goal to provide clubs with the right tools to maintain a high-quality playing surface. Read more


Eredivisie Clubs pioneering with data-driven turf management

Eredivisie Clubs pioneering with data-driven turf management

All Eredivisie football clubs will start using HiPSter analytics equipment from Holland Innovative to monitor their grass toppings, allowing them to focus on improvement and uniformity. Read more


500 customers: A trip down memory lane

500 customers: A trip down memory lane

25 years after founding Stadium Grow Lighting (SGL), the company located in Waddinxveen (Netherlands) celebrates its 500th customer. Founder Nico van Vuuren looks back on how it started – and how it’s going. Read more


Innovative LED grass grow lighting technology in Genk

Innovative LED grass grow lighting technology in Genk

The Cegeka Arena, home ground to the Belgium topflight football club KRC Genk, has ordered several Rhenac Sports LED CLS grass grow units to support the recuperation of their football turf. Read more


„A giant leap in terms of saving energy“

„A giant leap in terms of saving energy“

Energy costs for turf maintenance can be slashed significantly by adopting a holisitc approach that replaces a reactive field maintenance regime with a pro-active field care regime – e.g. with the Rhenac Technology. Read more


SPORTS VENUES 2022/23: Read the eBook now!

SPORTS VENUES 2022/23: Read the eBook now!

The international yearbook SPORTS VENUES 2022/23 by STADIAWORLD is a must for the entire sports venue industry. It includes the most important topics around international venues and is now available as an eBook. Read more


Compact and accessible LED grow lighting system

Compact and accessible LED grow lighting system

With sustainability high on the global agenda, turf growth specialist SGL System launches an energy efficient LED lighting unit to add to the existing range of LED lighting systems: the compact and accessible LED50. Read more


VfL Wolfsburg grounds team ready for Bundesliga action

VfL Wolfsburg grounds team ready for Bundesliga action

Battling grass disease, getting good results with LED-technology and striving for sustainability. The grounds team of VfL Wolfsburg gives an insight into their work and the cooperation with turf specialist SGL system. Read more


Free workshop at Johan Cruijff ArenA

Free workshop at Johan Cruijff ArenA

Help HI-Sports to understand your specific needs related to pitch management, and they will help you gain the latest insights around harvesting sensor-based data from your own stadium environment. Read more


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