Category: Focus

In 2021, Kubota acquired the Spanish company “Pulverizadores Fede,” officially announcing the acquisition in October of the same year. Approximately 30 months later, the first return on this acquisition emerged: an autonomous self-propelled sprayer named “Kast.” This machine allows for a variety of phytosanitary treatments either fully autonomously or through remote management, both activities being supported by artificial intelligence software. The machine moves using its own internal combustion propulsion system, which ensures the necessary autonomy. Specific cameras and sensors control its movement and spraying while the aforementioned artificial intelligence detects…

The first five months of 2024 saw tractor registrations drop from around 8,300 units in 2023 to about 6,700, a decline of over 19 percent. On paper, this is a significant recovery compared to the roughly 25 percent drop recorded at the end of March, but the reality behind the numbers is quite different and aligns with the predictions previously made by Cema, the European association of the sector’s manufacturers. In May, CEMA indeed proposed slightly rising economic climate indices, suggesting the end of the recessionary period that began 14…

The Guaresi group, world leader in the tomato harvesting machine sector and headed by the Hyle Capital Partners investment fund, after acquiring the Grim and Hortech companies last April, created the Fyeld industrial group with the aim of fully control the agronomic cycles of tomatoes, peppers and root vegetables with the most advanced technological solutions. From this perspective, Grim will make available the skills acquired in the self-propelled sprayer boom sector and Hortech’s expertise in machinery for soil preparation, transplanting and harvesting horticultural products. The deep integration of the three…

Revenues and Profits Drop by Double Digits for Cnh Industrial in the First Quarter of 2024. The multinational company, which is controlled by Exor, recorded total revenues of $4.818 billion in the first three months of this year, a figure 10% lower than the $5.342 billion achieved in the same period of the previous year. Even more marked is the decline in operating revenues, which decreased by 14% year-on-year, dropping from $4.776 billion in the first quarter of 2023 to $4.131 billion this year. In light of these figures, net…

Like it or not, Europe is currently just a free association of states, aimed at protecting and developing a common economy. It was indeed born as the “European Economic Community” and, although since then unionistic ambitions have greatly increased to create a socio-political entity similar to the United States of America, in practice the goal is still far away. A shift to accelerate It’s a shame, considering that many recent events, from the Covid epidemic to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have shown that a concrete shift towards a federal system…