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The Croatian company was founded in 2016 and is engaged in agricultural machinery production. Also, it is the holder of rights for the brand and technology of the former regional behemoth of agricultural machinery production. During the four years since its establishment, the company kept some of the former company’s market positions, with a tendency of growth every year.

The company produces mechanical and pneumatic seed drills, cultivators, disc harrows, chisel ploughs, and fruit picking platforms.

Moreover, the company is currently developing a new machine intended for the cultivation of agricultural land, with an emphasis on vegetable crops and organic production. The new machine is universal tillage machine for the cultivation of agricultural land of up to 4 hectares. It is an innovative and unique product, a hybrid of a small tractor and a motor cultivator. The adaptation of the universal tillage machine to market demands has been co-funded by the European Union. The machine is expected to be placed on the market in 2021.

To place the innovative tillage machine on other markets and help improve organic production, the company wishes to cooperate with partners who could help place the product on foreign markets. Partner sought are distributors and commercial agents active in the agricultural sector or agricultural machinery production sector, based in Bulgaria, Poland or Romania. The partners would be responsible for representing the company and selling the product on their respective markets.

Advantages & innovations

The universal tillage machine for the cultivation of agricultural land of up to 4 hectares is a unique product, a hybrid of small tractor and motocultivator. It has 18 tillage attachments, which means that it contains everything necessary to complete the entire agrotechnical process. Moreover, alongside the machine, the company is developing a technological map, which is a unique solution on the market. It is composed of guidelines for the production of vegetable crops with the universal machine. The guidelines encompass around 30 vegetable crops, an attached technological map and an organisation of crop production space, with an emphasis on organic production.

Stage of development

Prototype available for demonstration

Partner sought

The company is looking to partner with companies experienced in trade, distribution or commercial agency in the industrial sector. The partners should be active in the agricultural sector or agricultural machinery production sector. Experience in the agricultural machinery trade is an advantage. The responsibilities of the partners would be to distribute the company's product in their markets or represent the company as commercial agents.