Check Out the Winners of the GreenTech 2026 Innovation Awards
GreenTech Impact Award: PATS (the Netherlands), PATS-C; photo: RAI Amsterdam
The opening of GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 included announcing the winners of the GreenTech Innovation Awards. Sensie won the Innovation Award for its product Sensie Omni; MANNA CEA won the Concept Award for MESH: AI Greenhouse Automation & Management; and PATS won the newly launched Impact Award for its product PATS-C.
GreenTech Innovation Award: Sensie (Belgium), Sensie Omni
Sensie Omni is a wireless plant wearable that translates real-time root, climate, and plant signals into proactive growing strategies.
“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,” says Egon Janssen, chairman of the jury. “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.”
GreenTech Concept Award: MANNA CEA (Republic of Korea), MESH: AI Greenhouse Automation & Management
MESH is a modular AI greenhouse control ecosystem combining BLE Mesh, actuator-level modules, and edge intelligence for broader farm adoption.
“The jury sees MANNA’s concept as a highly scalable innovation with strong relevance for the large group of mid-tech greenhouses worldwide,” Janssen says. “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.”
GreenTech Impact Award: PATS (the Netherlands), PATS-C
PATS-C is fully automated monitoring for moth pests that predicts caterpillars and helps growers prevent outbreaks, time interventions perfectly, and unlock biocontrol solutions.
“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,” Janssen says. “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.”
The purpose of the new Impact category is to recognize organizations that have achieved significant real world impact with an existing product, with at least two years of market presence and proven high impact on sustainability and revenue growth.
All of the finalists are showcased on the GreenTech show floor, along with the full long list of novelties, 37 of which were submitted for the awards. You can find them here.
The jury of the GreenTech Innovation Awards 2026 consists of:
- Chairman: Egon Janssen, TNO
- Karin van der Eijk, VDE Plant
- Roel Vanderbruggen, Proefcentrum Hoogstraten
- Bart van Meurs, Division Q
- Rick van de Zedde, Wageningen University & Research
- Tijl Hoefnagels, Rubio
- Jacco Strating, KAS Media
The jury’s advisory committee consists of:
- Brian Sparks, Greenhouse Grower (USA)
- Leonardo Capitanio, Vivai Capitanio (Italy)
- Enrico Verhoef, Total Greenhouse Service (Mexico)
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