Kind Technologies acquires Martin Stolze for further growth within the horticulture greenhouse market. Through this step, the product portfolio of KOAT will be further strengthened and expanded. With the acquisition of Martin Stolze, the Kind Technologies group confirms its long term commitment to automation and innovation within the greenhouse horticulture market. With its leading brands, Crux Agribotics, KOAT and now Martin Stolze it can offer a full product portfolio for automating the typical manual processes within greenhouses and packing centres.
Increasing demand for technology and automation within the horticulture and food processing worldwide
Martin Stolze and Kind Technologies see an increasing demand for automation within the agriculture & food market world-wide. Rising labor costs and scarcity, focus on food safety and the use of data for process improvement are important drivers for the growth strategy of the companies.
Kind Technologies is a frontrunner in this area and is active within the horticulture with its brands KOAT and Crux Agribotics. It has developed the award-winning SortiPack® system for automatic grading, sorting and packing of organic products, fruits and vegetables, enabling greenhouse growers and packing centers to scale up productivity with less dependence on human labor and to utilize crop data available from the system.