{"id":6698,"date":"2021-08-05T08:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T08:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scanfil.com\/?post_type=reference&#038;p=6698"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:40:17","slug":"agricultural-robotics-company-ekobot-selected-scanfil-as-an-industrialisation-partner","status":"publish","type":"reference","link":"https:\/\/www.scanfil.com\/references\/agricultural-robotics-company-ekobot-selected-scanfil-as-an-industrialisation-partner","title":{"rendered":"Ekobot AB &#8211; Autonomous Field Robots for Mechanical Weed Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ekobot AB develops Autonomous Field Robots for Mechanical Weed Control. Ekobot robots significantly reduce the need for chemical control of weed with herbicides i.e., weed killers. It helps farmers to reduce the chemical load of the environment and manual workload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the industrialisation of their flagship product, Ekobot Gen III, they selected Scanfil as their electronics manufacturing partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dWe looked carefully into potential design and manufacturing partners and selected Scanfil \u00c5tvidaberg due to their strong track-record in industrialisation processes,\u201d says Erik Jonuks, CEO of Ekobot. \u201dWe believe that with Scanfil we can grow into a global leader of robotised mechanical weed control systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the moment, there is an increasing demand worldwide for robotised mechanical weed control systems. Ekobot estimates that the market will grow 34.5% per annum and exceeding 20.5 billion USD in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dScanfil offers a full range of services from product design to manufacturing,\u201d says Bertil Alm, Sales Manager at Scanfil \u00c5tvidaberg. \u201dWe are now working closely together to have the product fulfilling the market needs in a cost-optimized way. Now, the next step is to take this brilliant product into industrialisation and mass production. Together we can make food production even more sustainable and reduce the physical workload of farming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainability is high on the agenda for both companies: Ekobot making food production more sustainable and Scanfil making manufacturing processes even more sustainable than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For additional information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bertil Alm<br>Sales Manager, Scanfil plc<br>Tel. +46 70 309 16 57<br>email&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=FAEIgvFAreKOXCeZkpe1RiI69hHmBlUS9ZaqWciC-Azo_tGThRVIAkfZ2K5w23R6hpbuQchOgdRjm_mQEjypzpLkYyUajf-9h647bvcV3Rc=\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bertil.alm@scanfil.com<\/a><br><br>Erik Jonuks<br>CEO, Ekobot AB<br>Tel. +46 703 850&nbsp;890<br>email&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=Mpz4v6z5IgxlVBBCixNnG0PHHggR3fKufsxMzfT_Cj7xbOFPc5bujkPzeJUkEk8DYctmP90ecJYNxzTdK8FH_oPSJXGuAjkWt248sUbNoX0=\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">erik.jonuks@ekobot.se<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scanfil is an international manufacturing partner and system supplier for the electronics industry with 40 years of experience in demanding manufacturing. Scanfil provides its customers with an extensive array of services, ranging from product design to product manufacturing, material procurement and logistics solutions. Vertically integrated production and a comprehensive supply chain are the foundation of Scanfil\u2019s competitive advantages: speed, flexibility and reliability. Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=7C5oOIXK2iYxEeJGXmlTxR2tEE6NP_qdGXnnhhPbBBHzFiUod8kidtFJjuzPArx0nlzJzFfLEayKavTLiBV2Yg==\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.scanfil.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ekobot AB (OM: EKOBOT) is the company behind one of the world\u2019s first fully autonomous field robots that can take care of the mechanical weed control with exceptionally high precision. We at Ekobot help farmers and growers reduce costs of weeding crops while also doing it in a CO2 neutral and ecological way. Read more: www.ekobot.se&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"gnw_attachments_section-header\"><strong>Attachments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"gnw_attachments_section-items\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=pQLoSUXCYUNUdnuXt5VGOY2g8_4EM3zM8aB0mxI2wvuirp5d-wjuoUUztgBVj8VSDbQNygFqIAfumdffwCnb4F8E2Wc4hTFD4sDwUBdCrvjMBYyiNNb41AhB71xrU7aekPT0Ual7KIZLCOfI6ahxFvavRthI-8F3h4vb9ZEZTzCeNdLpIeM6-bYuwhWRDZH0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erik Jonuks CEO Ekobot AB (publ)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=8HQIrnbAJnIF1AQxV_xFqpG8NCCAGffRCE2wnDR8JknpEyXjn44pLoKXOgCMT1YUM8LSqtun2G0FMo4SbKAdSPhfoWkOJvYNeFgxCFxHy44utOVbdBCXPIeiizXkLi9dhKSrxnDl0DCKX41Oq2WCqw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ekobot image<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scanfil is Ekobot\u2019s electronics manufacturing partner, supporting product design through mass production to efficiently deliver field robots that meet market needs and promote sustainable food production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6699,"template":"","industry_category":[985],"class_list":["post-6698","reference","type-reference","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","industry_category-industrial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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