The winners were revealed during the SIMA Preview that took place in Paris November 22, 2018.
Each successive roll of honour of the SIMA Innovation Awards serves as a revelation of underlying trends in the changes and developments underway in farming equipment, user concerns and the responses provided to them by manufacturers and suppliers of solutions.
The 3 major trends of these Awards
- Digital tech in agriculture : from collecting reliable data to leveraging them for increasingly advanced decision-making, to acquire new agronomic knowledge
- Machine work quality and performance in view of more complex crop operations and wider crop variety
- Safety, working conditions and health in the workplace: requirements increasingly taken into consideration by manufacturers
2 gold medals
- CLAAS : JAGUAR 960 TERRA TRAC - Forage harvester with suspended rubber tracks
www.claas.co.uk - LAFORGE : DynaTrac® - Implement guidance interface
www.laforgegroup.com
5 silver medals
- AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE & JOHN DEERE : Live NBalance - Live monitoring of N-balance based on satellite imagery and machinery data
www.airbus.com
www.deere.co.uk - BOSCH FRANCE : Field Sensor (by Bosch) - Live monitoring of vegetation using in-field connected sensors for crop management assistance
www.bosch.fr - JOHN DEERE : John Deere Support Connecté - Proactive and collaborative support for farm machinery
www.deere.co.uk - KUHN : REDVISTA - Virtual assistant for routine machine maintenance and adjustments
www.kuhn.co.uk - SODIJANTES INDUSTRIE : Tank Air Wheel - Wheel with an integrated air tank
www.sodijantes.com
20 bronze medals
- AMAZONE : WindControl - System for monitoring and compensation of effect of wind on spread fan
www.amazone.fr - ARBOS FRANCE : Arbos Blaster - Trailed boom sprayer with independent wheel suspension system, adjustable wheel track and articulated chassis
www.arbos.com - BEISER ENVIRONNEMENT : Fourrage lib - Fodder rack with galvanized trough,trailer mounted rain protection with connected weighing
www.beiser-se.com - BERTHOUD : BERTHOUD RENT - Long-term leasing solution
www.berthoud.com - CASE IH : Case IH XPower - Connected electrical weed killer
www.caseih.com - CLAAS : CLAAS CONVIO FLEX - Flex Draper
www.claas.fr - CLAAS : Torion Sinus - Wheel loader
www.claas.fr - CLIMATE FIELDVIEW : Climate FieldViewTM - Digital ag platform that gives datadriven insights to maximize return
climatefieldview.fr - DE SANGOSSE & CAP 2020 : LIMACAPT - Self-powered connected sensor for counting and monitoring of slugs
www.desangosse.fr
www.cap2020.fr - HYDROKIT : Kit 3e main pour 3e point - Upper linkage and cardan shaft hitch assistance
www.hydrokit.com - ISAGRI : Fernand l'assistant - Voice assistant for farmers
www.isagri.fr - JOURDAIN SAS : Wide gate with Surlock - Automatic two-way gate locking device
www.jourdain-group.com - KARNOTT : Karnott - The connected meter that simplifies the monitoring of your tasks
karnott.fr - KVERNELAND GROUP FRANCE SAS : Microgranulateur Kverneland - Kverneland microgranule distributor
fr.kvernelandgroup.com - MANITOU GROUP : Eco Stop - Time-controlled and adjustable engine cut-off on telehandlers
www.manitou-group.com - MANITOU GROUP : e-use of MANITOU telehandlers at end of useful life
www.manitou-group.com - NEW HOLLAND AGRICULTURE : DFR Reverser
agriculture1.newholland.com - RABAUD : LAVICOLE - Remote-controlled chicken rearing shed washer
www.rabaud.com - TRIMBLE : A-100 Asset Tag and Auto Asset Selection App - Auto Asset Selection with use of Bluetooth Tags
www.trimble.com - TRIMBLE : AutoSync - Automatic data sharing across the farm
www.trimble.com
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Silver & Gold
Bronze