Urbinati Nursery Technology (IT)

Urbinati S.r.l. is a manufacturer of modular automation machinery for plant nurseries and greenhouses, headquartered in San Mauro Pascoli in the Forli-Cesena province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Founded by Nino Urbinati, the privately held company has operated for more than 45 years and exports to more than 86 countries.

The range covers the full propagation line. Drum seeding lines run from the LAMBDA65 at 650 trays per hour through the BETA65 (800), ALFA65 (1,200) and SIGMA80 (1,800 trays per hour), with the KAPPA65C row seeder at 2,400 rows per hour and stand-alone seeders such as SEMANTHEA and SEMBLOCK. Transplanting robots use programmable wireless grippers with flat-profile needles and touch-screen setup of pickup positions: the RW5 handles up to 12,000 plants per hour with 12 grippers, the RW16 20,000, the RW24 26,000, the RW32 40,000 and the double-row RW64 up to 56,000 plants per hour with 80 grippers, while the RW8POTS repots up to 4,000 pots per hour. Supporting equipment includes pot and tray fillers, labelers, denesting units, seedling extractors, trimmers, tray washing lines with UV disinfection, mobile irrigation carts, germination chambers and palletizers.

Machines ship Industry 4.0-ready with traceability and interconnection being integrated with PDM and ERP systems, and the company is a member of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture.