Key Takeaways
- Sensie (Belgium) won the GreenTech Innovation Award for Sensie Omni, a wireless plant wearable that converts root, climate, and plant signals into real-time growing strategies.
- MANNA CEA (Republic of Korea) won the Concept Award for MESH, a modular AI greenhouse control ecosystem using BLE Mesh and edge intelligence designed for mid-tech greenhouse adoption.
- PATS (Netherlands) won the newly launched Impact Award for PATS-C, an automated moth pest monitoring system that predicts caterpillar outbreaks and enables precision biocontrol.
- The Impact Award is a new category recognising products with at least two years of market presence and demonstrated impact on sustainability and revenue growth.
- GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 runs until 11 June at RAI Amsterdam, with 37 nominated novelties and all nine finalists displayed on the show floor.
GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 Innovation Award Winners Announced
The winners of the GreenTech Innovation Awards were announced at the opening of GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 at RAI Amsterdam. Three companies took home awards across the Innovation, Concept, and newly introduced Impact categories, with the jury highlighting scalability, plant-driven data, and practical sustainability impact as the common threads across the winning entries. The event runs through Thursday, 11 June 2026.
A total of 37 novelties were submitted for the awards, with nine finalists selected across the three categories and showcased on the show floor. The awards are judged by a seven-member jury chaired by Egon Janssen of TNO, with an advisory committee spanning the greenhouse horticulture sector in the USA, Italy, and Mexico.
Innovation Award: Sensie Omni (Belgium)
Sensie, a Belgian agtech company, took the top Innovation Award for Sensie Omni — a wireless plant wearable that translates real-time root, climate, and plant signals into proactive growing strategies. The device is designed to make plant-based sensing accessible beyond research contexts and into everyday commercial cultivation.
“One of the biggest challenges in horticulture is to put the plant truly in control. Sensie offers a simple and robust way to do exactly that. By bringing plant-based sensing from the scientific domain into everyday growing practice, this innovation has the potential to make a new generation of data-driven cultivation accessible to many more growers,” said Egon Janssen, Chairman of the GreenTech Innovation Awards jury.
Concept Award: MANNA CEA – MESH (Republic of Korea)
MANNA CEA, a South Korean company, won the Concept Award for MESH: AI Greenhouse Automation & Management — a modular AI greenhouse control ecosystem that combines BLE Mesh networking, actuator-level modules, and edge intelligence. The system is designed specifically for broader adoption among mid-tech greenhouse operations, which represent a large share of global controlled environment agriculture farms that currently lack access to advanced automation.
“The jury sees MANNA's concept as a highly scalable innovation with strong relevance for the large group of mid-tech greenhouses worldwide. By making advanced greenhouse automation more accessible, it opens clear opportunities to increase production while reducing the use of water, energy, and other resources. That combination of practicality, scalability, and impact made this concept stand out,” Janssen added.
Impact Award: PATS-C (Netherlands)
Dutch company PATS won the newly launched Impact Award for PATS-C, a fully automated monitoring system for moth pests that predicts caterpillar development and helps growers time biological interventions with precision. The product evolved from an earlier drone-based caterpillar interception approach to a lifecycle prediction model, enabling growers to deploy natural predators at the optimal moment rather than reacting after an outbreak has begun. This positions PATS-C within the broader shift toward biological pest management in commercial horticulture.
“What impressed the jury is how PATS has successfully scaled up by pivoting from catching caterpillars with drones to measuring and predicting the life cycle of the caterpillar. This gives growers the information they need to deploy natural predators at the right moment. In doing so, PATS delivers a practical and no-regret step forward for biological pest control,” said Janssen.
The Impact Award is a new addition to the GreenTech awards programme, created to recognise organisations whose products have achieved measurable real-world results — requiring at least two years of market presence and proven impact on both sustainability and revenue growth. It distinguishes between early-stage innovation and products that have demonstrated commercial and environmental outcomes at scale.
