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ONTARIO, Calif., June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Nature’s Miracle Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: NMHI) ("Nature’s Miracle" or the "Company"), a leader in vertical farming technology and infrastructure, today announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with Traxon Technologies Limited ("Traxon") to distribute OSRAM general lighting luminaires for horticulture lighting applications in the U.S. Traxon Technologies, together with its control brand, e:cue, is a global leader in solid state lighting and control systems providing complete, sustainable and intelligent lighting solutions. Prior to December 2022, Traxon was the LED lighting division under ams OSRAM, a global leader in innovative light and sensor solution more than 100 years of industry experience and Traxon is now a licensee of Osram general lighting products.
With this agreement, Nature’s Miracle will be the exclusive authorized distributor and seller of OSRAM General Lighting Luminaires for horticulture applications in the U.S., recognized for its innovative smart sensor technology and LED lighting that adapts to controlled environments to yield optimal crop growth combined with energy efficiency and cost savings. Nature’s Miracle expects sales of this new line to begin in the third quarter of 2024. Under the Agreement, minimum sales are expected to be reach at least $8 million in 2026.
Management Comments
James Li, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nature’s Miracle, commented, "We are thrilled to partner with Traxon as the exclusive distributor of its industry leading Osram branded luminaires in the United States for horticulture lighting applications. Nature’s Miracle is well-positioned as a leader in designing and sourcing products for controlled environments in the agriculture industry. The Osram General Lighting Luminaire line will be instrumental to achieve the scale and progress we seek in our objective of supplying innovative products that optimize the operational efficiency of vertical farms."
Mr. Li continued, "The first half of 2024 has been a transitional period for Nature’s Miracle as we entered the public markets at a challenging time for emerging growth companies. We are highly encouraged by today’s agreement which expands our product offering, our largest revenue source, to further drive top line growth. Looking forward, Nature’s Miracle’s strategic focus will include sourcing additional distribution agreements, similar to today’s announcement with Traxon, while we continue to make progress on the research and development of our MiracleTainer series container farm product and parallel offerings to create a robust portfolio of solutions that meet the needs of our enterprise customer’s development of comprehensive vertical farms. With the addition of OSRAM luminaires as a catalyst, we are encouraged with the path forward for Nature’s Miracle into the second half of 2024 as we continue to increase our market share of indoor farming."
About Nature’s Miracle Holdings Inc.
Nature’s Miracle (www.Nature-Miracle.com) is a growing agriculture technology company providing equipment and services to growers in the Controlled Environment Agriculture ("CEA") industry which also include vertical farming in North America. Nature’s Miracle offers hardware to design, build and operate various indoor growing settings including greenhouse and indoor-growing spaces. Nature’s Miracle, through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries (Visiontech Group, Inc. and Hydroman, Inc.), provides grow lights as well as other hydroponic products to hundreds of indoor growers in North America. Nature’s Miracle has also developed a robust pipeline to build commercial-scale greenhouse in the U.S. and Canada to meet the growing needs of fresh and local vegetable products. Nature’s Miracle has established its first manufacturing footprint in North America with its grow-light assembly plant in Manitoba, Canada and is expected to set up additional manufacturing/assembly facilities in North America.
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The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of proxy statement, when available, and other documents filed by Lakeshore from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and neither Nature’s Miracle nor Lakeshore assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Neither Lakeshore nor Nature’s Miracle gives any assurance that either Lakeshore or Nature’s Miracle, or the combined company, will achieve its expectations.
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