News & novelties 04/05/2023
Ecorobotix gets B Corp recertification, comes to Latin America, Tech Tour 50 and other news from March
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In March 2023, we successfully passed our certification reassessment, which is carried out every three years. We improved our score from 80.3 in 2019 to 112.5 in 2023, which puts Ecorobotix in the "outstanding" category!
→ Ecorobotix gets recertified as a B-Corp
We have entered a partnership with Abelardo Cuffia S.A, a specialised business that is now distributing our technology in Argentina. From 7 to 10 March 2023, we took part in Expo Agro, one of the largest agricultural exhibitions in South America. Agreements with other resellers in South America are currently being negotiated.
→ Ecorobotix is coming to South America!
The Biospray project enabled ARA to demonstrate its potential for sustainable and non-selective herbicide and pesticide use in agriculture. The Biospray project was supported by the agROBOfood project. This EU initiative promotes the effective adoption of robotic technologies and accelerates the digital transformation to make the European agri-food sector more efficient and competitive.
→ A game-changer for sustainable crop protection
Ecorobotix is one out of 10 promising tech companies to participate in the Swiss Venture Leaders Technology 2023 programme by Venturelab. Our company was also selected in the Tech Tour Growth50, the prospect List of Europe’s future unicorns.
→ Ecorobotix joined two exclusive programmes
Déméterre – Precision Agriculture
Agricultural machinery by Terre Comtoise
🇫🇷 Occey – April 6
Der Agrarschau Allgäu
Agricultural exhibition in Germany
🇩🇪 Dietmannsried – April 13-17 | Our partner EDER Landtechnik is exhibiting
Désherb’Expo by AgroPAMS
Seed is our culture
🇫🇷 Brain-sur-l’Authion – April 13
Weed control on onions
Organised by our distributor Jarny
🇫🇷 Terreanjou – April 19
La croisée des Champs
Organised by Déméterre
🇫🇷 Bretenière – April 25
Déserhb’Avenir
The latest innovations in combined mechanical weed control
🇫🇷 Santeau – May 16-17
In the past few weeks, Ecorobotix was featured in a number of media stories.
Machines that think for themselves
The trade journal UFA-Revue has published a detailed article on our technology, with comments from our co-founder Steve Tanner. "[Since 2020,] the ARA precision sprayer has hit the fields and fertilises or sprays exactly where it is needed."
Self-thinking machines revolutionise agriculture
German website Gabot published a detailed story about our technology. "A robot that can weed, spread fertiliser and apply pesticides - that is the vision of the start-up company Ecorobotix, based in Yverdon in the canton of Vaud."
Swiss precision in South American agriculture
Mexico Eco Times has reported about Ecorobotix after we announced our launch on the Argentinian market. "Ecorobotix is revolutionizing agriculture with its Ultra High Precision ARA sprayer.”
Our team is growing and we’re currently looking for these roles:
Ecorobotix has been awarded the 2024 Avantgarde Award by the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Swiss AmCham) Southern California. This honor celebrates our dedication to advancing Swiss-American business relations through forward-looking innovation and impactful contributions to sustainable agriculture. After placing as a finalist last year, we are incredibly proud to have achieved first place in 2024.
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At Ecorobotix, we are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge precision spraying technology that empowers farmers to significantly reduce herbicide usage. Data from nearly 3,000 missions in onion fields using our ARA ultra-high precision sprayer reveals impressive results, with nearly 70% of all missions achieving herbicide savings of 80%, and some missions saving as much as 98%.
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Noud van Gog, a farmer and contractor based in Liessel, Netherlands, manages a substantial area of chicory and sugar beets, covering 580 hectares and 710 hectares, respectively. Dedicated to keeping his fields clean from weeds, he employs a strategic mix of mechanical weeding and spraying with Ecorobotix’s ARA precision sprayer, aiming to minimize chemical usage while maximizing crop health and yield.
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