--- title: About SpectraGrow description: SpectraGrow provides precision 3D plant lighting for controlled environment agriculture. 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[Outdoor Supplemental Lighting](https://www.spectragrow.com/en/custom-products#outdoor) - [Germination Racks](https://www.spectragrow.com/en/products#germination_racks) - [About](https://www.spectragrow.com/en/about) Show submenu for About - [About Us](https://www.spectragrow.com/en/about) - [News](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en) - - [English](https://www.spectragrow.com/en/about) - [Español](https://www.spectragrow.com/es/about) - [Português](https://www.spectragrow.com/pt/about) English Show submenu for translations - [Contact Us](https://share.hsforms.com/1rMrccvdaQCy-3tL5YrqhTgcqeno) [Contact Us](https://share.hsforms.com/1rMrccvdaQCy-3tL5YrqhTgcqeno) # About Us Precision 3D Plant Lighting™️ for Controlled Environment Agriculture ![bcea698e-698d-4894-b69f-a4aea2180c04](https://www.spectragrow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bcea698e-698d-4894-b69f-a4aea2180c04.jpeg?width=1280&height=768&name=bcea698e-698d-4894-b69f-a4aea2180c04.jpeg "bcea698e-698d-4894-b69f-a4aea2180c04") ## Our story Our customers are deeply committed to creating a world where commercial urban agriculture is economically feasible, reduces the negative environmental impact of the food system, and improves food security.  The problem is that they encounter unforeseen obstacles along the way that can be solved with the technologies we have.  Fixing those has resulted in viable product lines useful for multiple applications. ## Our history SpectraGrow evolved from the collaboration of three companies in the horticultural, LED and IoT industries, leveraging their combined engineering, manufacturing and supply-chain resources to build a vertically-integrated technology company. ![history](https://www.spectragrow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/history.png?width=2570&height=1148&name=history.png "history") ![factory](https://www.spectragrow.com/hubfs/factory.jpeg) ![leds](https://www.spectragrow.com/hubfs/leds.jpeg) ![engines](https://www.spectragrow.com/hubfs/engines.jpeg) ![sg4](https://www.spectragrow.com/hubfs/sg4.jpeg) ## Message from the CEO ![DSC08873](https://www.spectragrow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC08873.jpg?width=277&height=415&name=DSC08873.jpg "DSC08873") #### Whit Allen, Founder & CEO Precision 3D Plant Lighting™️ is Key to Farm Profitability Some urban farms are struggling to pay back their investors because they run complicated operations that take time and *precision* to scale.  Lighting not only accounts for up to 30% of capital costs and 25-30% of operational costs to run an indoor farm, but even *seemingly small* changes in lighting can have a huge impact on yield, quality, cycle time and energy efficiency. Urban food production is driving high-density grow technologies that need both horizontal AND vertical light *uniformity* to achieve high yields and without wasting energy. Existing 2D light fixture approaches can create extreme hot and cold spots or be costly and unoptimized for commercial farming operations. By leveraging advances in optically engineered materials and 3D simulation tools, SpectraGrow LED systems uniformly distribute – both horizontally and vertically - the optimal quantity of photons to enable improved yields, greater consistency and operational efficiency, and less wasted energy. ## Latest SpectraGrow News Information about us, our partners and our industry. [![Harvest Today](https://www.spectragrow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/rick_harvest_walls-1.jpeg?height=200&name=rick_harvest_walls-1.jpeg)](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/understanding-led-technology-for-controlled-environment-agriculture-cea-0?hsLang=en) ## [Expanding Indoor Farming Through Partnerships](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/understanding-led-technology-for-controlled-environment-agriculture-cea-0?hsLang=en) ![Picture of Whit Allen](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/187d442d9694eb10cb0b9d69d6945ade) [Whit Allen](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/author/whit-allen?hsLang=en) Aug 15, 2024 3:52:02 PM Our CEO Whit Allen was recently interviewed by Sepehr Achard of iGrow News. You can find the... [Read the Full Post](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/understanding-led-technology-for-controlled-environment-agriculture-cea-0?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.spectragrow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/igrow_news_logo.jpeg?height=200&name=igrow_news_logo.jpeg)](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/understanding-led-technology-for-controlled-environment-agriculture-cea?hsLang=en) ## [Understanding LED Technology for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA)](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/understanding-led-technology-for-controlled-environment-agriculture-cea?hsLang=en) ![Picture of Whit Allen](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/187d442d9694eb10cb0b9d69d6945ade) [Whit Allen](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/author/whit-allen?hsLang=en) Apr 24, 2024 7:15:39 AM Our CEO Whit Allen was recently interviewed by Sepehr Achard of iGrow News. You can find the... [Read the Full Post](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/understanding-led-technology-for-controlled-environment-agriculture-cea?hsLang=en) [![](https://www.spectragrow.com/hs-fs/hubfs/VFP_banner_Whit.jpeg?height=200&name=VFP_banner_Whit.jpeg)](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/from-turntables-to-vertical-farms-the-rhythms-of-innovation-and-sustainability-in-agriculture?hsLang=en) [#verticalfarmingpodcast](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/tag/verticalfarmingpodcast?hsLang=en) ## [From Turntables to Vertical Farms: The Rhythms of Innovation and Sustainability in Agriculture](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/from-turntables-to-vertical-farms-the-rhythms-of-innovation-and-sustainability-in-agriculture?hsLang=en) ![Picture of Whit Allen](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/187d442d9694eb10cb0b9d69d6945ade) [Whit Allen](https://blog.spectragrow.com/en/author/whit-allen?hsLang=en) Apr 24, 2024 6:55:26 AM Our CEO Whit Allen had a great conversation recently with Harry Duran, host of the Vertical Farming... 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