Name

Cravo Equipment

Legal name

Cravo Equipment Ltd.

Website

https://cravo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brantford

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Cravo generates revenue through the sale of automatic retractable roof houses and field covering systems. Systems are customized based on crop type, climate, size of operation, and budget. The company designs, manufactures, and sells complete turnkey solutions including drive systems, coverings, and accessories.
2. Replacement Parts: Cravo maintains and sells replacement parts for their retractable roof systems, including drive systems, wire/cable, curtain hardware, and tools. Parts include bearings, pulleys, tube carriers, delay assemblies, cable tension springs, u-joint assemblies, wire, leading edges, clips, suspension hooks, retainers, crimpers, and tightening tools.
3. Technical Support Services: Cravo provides technical support services including troubleshooting guides, video tutorials, and maintenance resources for existing customers with installed systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cravo Equipment Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells automatic retractable roof houses and field covering systems for agriculture, sports/recreation, and industrial drying applications. Its product portfolio spans six core systems (Auto-Dry™, Flat Roof House, Flat Roof + Auto-Dry™, A-Frame, Rafter, and X-Frame) delivered as customized turnkey solutions including drive systems, coverings, and accessories, sized from individual plots to installations exceeding 100 hectares. The company additionally sells replacement parts and provides technical support, troubleshooting guides, and video tutorials to existing customers.

Product overview

Cravo Equipment Ltd. offers automatic retractable roof houses and field covering systems as a unified product portfolio for agriculture, industry, and leisure applications. The product line includes six distinct retractable crop covering systems: Auto-Dry™ (motorized rain shelter), Flat Roof House (retractable cooling house), Flat Roof + Auto-Dry™ (combined system), A-Frame (premium peaked roof), Rafter (economical peaked roof), and X-Frame (budget peaked roof). These systems provide weather protection, climate control, and crop optimization for field fruits, vegetables, berries, flowers, and industrial drying applications, with coverage areas ranging from individual plots to 100+ hectares.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Auto-Dry™: Motorized rain shelter system providing occasional protection from hard rain, cold and heat for crops.
• Flat Roof House
• Flat Roof + Auto-Dry™
• A-Frame
• X-Frame
• Rafter

Products and services

• Auto-Dry™ Lower-cost motorized rain shelter designed for crops requiring rain and hail protection and occasional protection from excessive cold or heat. Ideal for tree fruits like cherries, grapes, berries, seasonal vegetables, and outdoor bedding plants, and accommodates bird net or hail net installation above the roof.
• Flat Roof House Retractable cooling house designed to cover hectares of crops needing protection from extreme heat, cold, wind, hail, and the impact of hard rain. Supports insect net or bird net installation below the retractable roof, with coverings available for cooling, heat retention, insect control, or blackout for daylength control. One motor can power nearly 1 hectare of roofs.
• Flat Roof + Auto-Dry™ Combined System Combined retractable system integrating the climate control of the Flat Roof House with the rain protection capabilities of Auto-Dry™. Offered in two primary designs: one with insect net on the top layer for vegetable crops providing Auto-Dry™ rain protection and temperature control; and another for sensitive crops in hot tropical or desert climates requiring extensive cooling combined with rain protection.
• A-Frame The strongest model of Cravo's peaked-roof houses, designed to create the best possible growing environment 24 hours/day. Can operate in high winds and can be designed to withstand hurricanes and snowstorms as well as support hanging crops or irrigation booms. Interior retractable curtains can be installed for extra heat retention in winter, cooling in summer, and black-out or insect control.
• Rafter More economical peaked-roof house similar to A-Frame but with a post under the peak and a gutter instead of a truss. Designed primarily for warmer climates with minimal snow loads where hanging irrigation booms or lights are not needed and ground is essentially level. Accommodates installation of 2 retractable curtain systems inside for additional control over light, temperature, daylength, or insects.
• X-Frame The lowest-cost peaked-roof house with gutters, designed to cover large areas typically over one hectare or 2 acres. A tension structure with perimeter bracing cables on all 4 walls, it follows gentle changes in slope of the land, making it ideal for covering fields where grading of the land is not desired. Accommodates installation of 2 retractable curtain systems inside for additional control.
• Replacement Parts for Retractable Roof Systems Aftermarket parts supplied to existing Cravo customers, including bearings, pulleys, tube carriers, delay assemblies, cable tension springs, u-joint assemblies, wire, leading edges, clips, suspension hooks, retainers, crimpers, and tightening tools for maintained retractable roof installations.
• Technical Support Services Technical support services for owners of installed Cravo retractable roof systems, including troubleshooting guides, video tutorials, and maintenance resources accessible via [email protected] and +1 (519) 759 8226.

Quantifiable outcome

• Water conservation up to 60% compared to conventional growing methods
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Certhon: Dutch builder of high-tech turnkey greenhouses and indoor farming facilities for horticulture and agriculture. Certhon competes with Cravo in the premium, custom-engineered greenhouse category serving commercial growers across multiple climates.
• Richel Group: One of Europe's largest greenhouse manufacturers, headquartered in France. Richel designs and builds turnkey plastic and glass greenhouse projects for fruit, vegetable, and flower growers globally, making it a directly comparable manufacturer of protected-cultivation infrastructure to Cravo.
• Gakon Horticultural Projects: Dutch greenhouse construction company specializing in glass and plastic greenhouse projects for vegetable and ornamental growers. Gakon operates in a directly adjacent space to Cravo in custom-engineered protected cultivation infrastructure.
• Kubo Greenhouse Projects: Dutch manufacturer of high-tech Venlo-style and semi-closed greenhouses for horticulture and research. Kubo serves large commercial growers globally, overlapping with Cravo's premium greenhouse segment.
• Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects: Netherlands-based designer and builder of high-tech, custom greenhouses for international commercial horticulture. Van der Hoeven competes in the same premium turnkey greenhouse category as Cravo, particularly for high-value crop and research applications.
• Haygrove: UK-based supplier of field-scale polytunnels, substrate systems, and orchard covers for berry and cherry growers worldwide. Haygrove addresses the same core customer (fruit/berry growers needing weather protection) as Cravo, particularly with its orchard cover product line.

Emerging players

• Arrigoni S.p.A. Italian manufacturer of agro-textiles, insect nets, and protective screens for agriculture. Arrigoni overlaps with Cravo's field-covering and crop-protection category, particularly for orchard and berry growers, though it focuses on textile screens rather than retractable roofs.

Broad incumbents

• Netafim: Israeli global leader in precision irrigation serving protected agriculture, open-field crops, and landscaping. Netafim is a broad incumbent in the climate-smart agriculture space and addresses overlapping grower customers as Cravo, though focused on water delivery rather than physical structures.

Others

• Priva: Dutch provider of climate, irrigation, and process control hardware and software for greenhouses and indoor farming. Priva does not build structures but provides the automation layer that complements Cravo's retractable roof systems.
• Ludvig Svensson: Swedish manufacturer of climate screens and energy-saving textiles used inside greenhouses worldwide. Svensson is a complementary technology supplier in protected horticulture, frequently co-installed alongside Cravo systems to provide interior climate control.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cravo2811
• LinkedInca.linkedin.com/company/cravo
• Xx.com/CravoHouses

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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