Planteq engineers and manufactures custom planting and handling equipment for commercial growers and horticultural contractors, handling the full development cycle from specification and 3D CAD to CNC fabrication and field testing. Its modular machines—such as planting units, dosing containers, and side‑shift shovels—are built to precise tolerances, delivered ready‑to‑operate, and supported with documentation and remote diagnostics.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Commercial growers and horticultural contractors often require highly specialized planting or handling equipment that standard, off‑the‑shelf machines cannot accommodate. The lack of bespoke solutions leads to sub‑optimal field performance, increased labor, and higher crop loss. Additionally, coordinating design, fabrication, and testing across multiple vendors creates long lead times and quality uncertainty.
Solution
Planteq delivers end‑to‑end engineering of custom machinery for tree cultivation and horticulture, starting with detailed functional specifications and progressing through 3D CAD modeling, in‑house CNC and sheet‑metal fabrication, and full field testing. By retaining the entire development cycle under one roof, the company ensures that each component—whether a sweet‑potato planting unit, dosing container, or side‑shift shovel—is engineered to exact tolerances and integrated into a single, reliable system. Iterative prototyping and on‑site validation reduce time‑to‑market and guarantee that the final machine meets the client’s operational parameters. All machines are shipped only after passing internal performance benchmarks, providing growers with ready‑to‑deploy equipment that fits existing farm layouts and workflow. The service model includes technical documentation, operator training, and post‑delivery support to maintain uptime throughout the growing season.
Target Audience
Primary customers are commercial growers, horticultural enterprises, and agricultural contractors that need machine‑level customization for crops such as sweet potatoes, fruit trees, or specialty vegetables. The solution also serves equipment integrators seeking turnkey, application‑specific hardware for large‑scale planting operations.
Features
- Full‑cycle product development: requirement capture → parametric 3D CAD → CNC machining, welding, and sheet‑metal fabrication → in‑house functional testing
- Modular architecture allowing interchangeable planting heads, dosing modules, and side‑shift shovels tailored to specific crop rows and soil conditions
- Precision dosing containers with calibrated flow control for uniform seed or fertilizer application
- Side‑shift shovel mechanism with adjustable lateral offset to accommodate irregular planting patterns and minimize soil disturbance
- Integrated ergonomic controls and safety interlocks compliant with EU agricultural machinery standards (ISO 4254)
- Rapid prototyping using additive manufacturing for custom brackets and sensor housings, reducing iteration cycles
- Field‑ready documentation package (assembly manuals, maintenance schedules, and CAD files) for seamless operator training and spare‑part sourcing
- Post‑delivery technical support and remote diagnostics via secure telemetry link