Eima 2026 is in full swing, with potential exhibitors approaching the previous show’s attendance of 1,750. While the key events of the event have been confirmed, a new and unique competition, the “ADI Design Exhibit Award,” has been dedicated to exhibitors, evaluating the best exhibit designs. Promoted by the Italian Industrial Design Association in collaboration with FederUnacoma, the award aims to encourage exhibitors to contribute to raising the quality of the event through high-level displays in terms of aesthetics and functionality. With this in mind, FederUnacoma has also planned, through…
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Samoter 2026 opens in Verona
Today, Wednesday 6 May, the 32nd edition of Samoter 2026, the triennial international exhibition dedicated to agricultural construction machinery, kicked off at Veronafiere and will end on 9 May. With a rich program of events, conferences, and workshops at the Samoter Arena, the event once again presents itself as an opportunity to anticipate market trends, build relationships, and actively contribute to the future of the sector. The event, therefore, aspires to confirm its position as a strategic hub for the sector, covering areas ranging from lifting to earthmoving to agricultural…
Read MoreAgricultural machinery: exports turn negative
The growth in tractor registrations recorded in Italy in 2025 is not enough to bring back the smiles on the faces of the national agricultural mechanization industry Last year’s sour note was the decline in exports, which on average account for 70 percent of the turnover of Italian companies in the sector. According to ISTAT foreign trade data updated to October 2025, agricultural machinery exports fell by four and eight percent compared to the same period in 2024, driven primarily by a 34 percent drop in exports to the United…
Read MoreKuhn Lexis line: manageable autonomy
In addition to the new “Karan” models, Kuhn’s range of trailed sprayers also includes the three models of the Kuhn Lexis line—“2400”, “3000”, and “3800”—whose actual tank capacities exceed their names, reaching 2,790, 3,180, and 4,000 liters respectively These volumes are managed by “Pm400” pumps, a reciprocating plunger type capable of delivering up to 900 bar of maximum pressure with flow rates of up to 250 liters per minute. These flows are delivered to the ground through booms with working widths ranging from 18 to 28 meters, effectively making the…
Read MoreFast tractors overhaul: an Italian pantomime
The undersigned associations, in a joint letter sent to the Ministry, request a transitional period for the start of the inspections of high-speed tractors, as strongly requested by the European Commission. In this regard, in addition to urgent feedback, they request the convening of a discussion table with the Ministry to address and resolve the identified critical issues quickly, avoiding economic repercussions and a potential “bureaucratic holdup” of agricultural machinery that would risk blocking the sector. “The situation is serious but not grave” is a well-known aphorism coined by the…
Read MoreIncumbent old tractors inspections: new year, new postponement
A new postponement for the incumbent inspection of agricultural machinery. With an amendment to the “Milleproroghe” Decree, the Italian Parliament has established yet another postponement of the deadlines, in the absence of the implementing decree necessary to implement the measure This pattern has been repeated since 2015, when the Interministerial Decree of May 20 established a specific timetable for the periodic inspection of agricultural vehicles, with the aim of renewing the fleet and increasing safety in the countryside. Since then, however, the measure has remained a dead letter due to…
Read MoreThe autonomous robot Kubota Agri Concept: beautiful and technological
The autonomous robot Kubota Agri Concept has been included among the one hundred products identified over the past century by the World Intellectual Property Organization as examples of pleasing and rational design. It is the only agricultural machine on the list and was selected from more than two million product In 1925, to protect the originality of stylistic lines that may characterize any product, the so-called “Hague System” was established, a set of regulations overseen by the World Intellectual Property Organization, abbreviated in English as Wipo. This agency is part…
Read MoreEima 2026: sold out in 60 days
Just two months—from November 20, 2025 to January 20, 2026—were enough to almost completely fill the exhibition spaces available in Bologna for Eima 2026 The response from national and international manufacturers to the opening of registrations was massive and immediate, to the point that FederUnacoma’s Events Office—the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation that organizes the exhibition—was forced to carefully allocate the remaining available spaces. All indications suggest that the number of exhibitors will exceed the 1,750 recorded at the 2024 edition, with which EIMA 2026 will nevertheless share its basic…
Read MoreCnh digital systems: everything at your fingertips
Developed to optimize the work processes and operational capabilities of the machines of the three brands that belong to the Cnh Group, the “FieldOps” platform is an “all-in-one” system within Cnh digital systems, also open to data collected from third-party solutions. In synergy with the “IntelliCentre” platform it also helps to minimize machine downtime According to the study “World Agriculture Towards 2030/2050” by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the global primary sector will need to be able to produce 60 percent of today’s agri-food resources…
Read MoreGoldoni Keestrack auction open: the brand’s future at a crossroads
Goldoni’s future is at a crucial crossroads. The goals are to save the brand and jobs The Goldoni Keestrack company in Migliarina di Carpi, which celebrates its centenary in 2026, is at a crucial juncture for its future As part of the negotiated crisis resolution procedure, initiated to facilitate debt repayment and avoid judicial liquidation, the expert appointed by the Court of Modena, attorney Rolandino Guidotti, has officially opened an auction, as reported by the IVG website of the Court of Modena. The objective is to determine whether, in addition…
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