RCM

What RCM does

RCM Agrimeccanica (legal entity RCM s.r.l.) is an Italian privately-held manufacturer of agricultural and industrial machinery headquartered in Alice Bel Colle, Alessandria province, with a secondary logistics site in Acqui Terme. The company designs and builds specialized equipment for inter-row and along-the-row crop management in vineyards and orchards, including shredders, rotary tillers, microgranulators, fertilizer-burying implements, wire winders, and boom sprayers. It also produces a broad line of industrial attachments for excavators (forestry mulchers, branch pruners, tree shears, grapples, augers, hydraulic strimmers) and forklifts (sweepers, bucket scrapers), plus precision CNC mechanical machining services for external customers.

The company's flagship product is the MIG46 microgranulator, an on-board-computer-controlled machine that distributes microgranular biological products into soil up to 45 cm depth, optimized for CCS's Micosat F mycorrhizal fertilizers. RCM additionally distributes biological fertilizers (Micosat F) and organic fertilizers (AGM sub-brand, derived from animal blood processing and compliant with European nitrate directives). The underlying technology base is precision metal machining using high-precision numerical control machines, applied both to in-house product lines and to contract work.

RCM operates a direct-sales model with non-public, quote-based pricing, and runs an event-driven go-to-market centered on Italian trade shows (EIMA International, FIERAGRICOLA) and proprietary field demonstration events such as RCM IN CAMPO. The firm is family-led - founded and represented by Claudio and Mario Roffredo - and is independently owned with no external investors, subsidiaries, or public listing. International outreach has been documented historically (Azerbaijan 2010, Moscow 2012) and is supported by a multilingual website in Italian, English, French, and German.

Name

RCM

Legal name

RCM s.r.l.

Website

https://rcm-agrimeccanica.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RCM Agrimeccanica is an Italian manufacturer of specialized agricultural machinery (vineyard/orchard inter-row equipment, microgranulators, fertilizer systems) and industrial attachments for excavators and forklifts, serving farmers and construction operators from Alice Bel Colle, Alessandria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Machinery

NAICS

Agricultural Implement Manufacturing (33311), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Agricultural Tractor & Field Machinery Vehicle Manufacturing (IMACAFAB)

Keywords

• Agricultural machinery
• Vineyard equipment
• Industrial attachments
• Mechanical machining
• Biological fertilizers

Headquarters

HQ city

Alessandria

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Machinery Sales: Sale of agricultural machines for inter-row and along-the-row applications, including shredders, rotary tillers, spades, and specialized vineyard equipment.
2. Industrial Machinery Sales: Sale of industrial attachments for excavators and forklifts, including shredders, hydraulic trimmers, grapples, tree shears, and sweepers.
3. Mechanical Machining Services: Precision mechanical machining services using high-precision numerical control machines.
4. Fertilizers and Biological Products: Sale of biological fertilizers including Micosat F mycorrhizal products and AGM organic fertilizers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

RCM Agrimeccanica manufactures and sells agricultural machinery for inter-row and along-the-row crop cultivation (particularly vineyards and orchards), industrial attachments for excavators and forklifts, precision mechanical machining services using CNC equipment, and distributes biological fertilizers including Micosat F mycorrhizal and AGM organic products. The company operates from its production site in Alice Bel Colle, Alessandria province, Italy.

Product overview

RCM Agrimeccanica is an Italian manufacturer of agricultural and industrial machinery headquartered in Alice Bel Colle, Alessandria. The company operates as a single unified product portfolio consisting of six main product categories: (1) Farm Equipment for Inter-row applications for inter-row crop management, (2) Farm Equipment for Along-the-row applications including shredders (TX, TR, TB, TF, TRL, TBSA, TRSA, TMSA, TRLSA), rotary tillers (ZPR, ZP, ZLFE, ZPSA, ZLFESA), the Microgranulatrice MIG46 microgranulator, boom sprayers, fertilizer burying equipment, wire management systems, and hydraulic power units, (3) Industrial Excavator Machines including shredders (TIM-P, TEL, TE, TFR), hydraulic strimmers, spades, rotovators (ZH, ZEPS, ZEP), augers, pruners (PRA, PG), tree shears (CF), grapples (PZ, PSP, PE), brushcutters, sub-soilers, and saddles/baseplates, (4) Industrial Forklift Machines including sweepers (BCC, BC), bucket scrapers (RM), and saddles, (5) Mechanical Machining precision manufacturing services using CNC machines, and (6) Fertilizers including Micosat F biological fertilizers with mycorrhizal fungi and AGM organic fertilizers from animal blood processing. The product ecosystem is designed to serve vineyard and agricultural cultivation needs with compatible attachments for tractors and excavators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Micosat F: Biological fertilizers with mycorrhizal fungi for plants, produced by CCS company, distributed by RCM Agrimeccanica.
• AGM Organic Fertilizers

Products and services

• Macchine Agricole per Inter-fila (Inter-row Agricultural Machines)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CCS (CCS Company)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCM's MIG46 microgranulator is specifically designed for distribution of MICOSAT F biological fertilizers produced by CCS company. This is a strategic product-technology partnership where RCM's equipment is optimized for CCS's biological fertilizer products.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Agrimaster: Agrimaster is an Italian manufacturer specializing in vineyard, orchard, and inter-row equipment including rotary tillers and mulchers — overlapping directly with RCM's lungo-fila portfolio. As a similarly-sized Italian specialist, it is a like-for-like competitive reference.
• Caffini: Caffini is an Italian manufacturer of agricultural sprayers (boom, mistblower, orchard) — directly comparable to RCM's "Boom Sprayer mod. BD" and the sprayer portion of RCM's lungo-fila line. Both are mid-sized Italian specialists selling via dealer networks across European wine and orchard regions.
• Dragone: Dragone is an Italian agricultural and industrial machinery maker with a strong line of inter-row vineyard/orchard equipment and excavator/forklift attachments. The product architecture (inter-row, along-row, industrial) closely tracks RCM's six-category portfolio, making it a near-mirror peer in size and segment focus.
• SEPPI M. SEPPI M. is a South Tyrolean/Italian manufacturer of forestry mulchers, excavator attachments, and vineyard equipment. Its product range — particularly hydraulic excavator mulchers (TFR-equivalents) and brush technology — directly mirrors RCM's "Macchine Industriali per Escavatore" portfolio, including the forestry mulcher segment.
• Rinieri: Rinieri is an Italian manufacturer of inter-row and along-the-row agricultural equipment for vineyards and orchards, the same niche that RCM's "Macchine per inter-fila" and "Macchine per lungo-fila" product lines target. Both companies are mid-sized Italian specialists serving viticulture with tractor-mounted implements, making them the closest direct comparables.
• Nobili: Nobili is an Italian manufacturer of agricultural and industrial machinery (shredders, sprayers, inter-row equipment). It competes head-to-head with RCM in the European mid-market for tractor-mounted vineyard implements, and its industrial attachment range also overlaps RCM's excavator-line positioning.
• Falc: Falc is an Italian maker of inter-row and along-the-row vineyard/orchard equipment (shredders, tillers, sprayers). Like RCM, it sells directly to European winegrowers via field demonstrations and trade shows, and overlaps directly on rotary tillers, inter-row cultivators, and mulchers for the viticulture niche.

Regional players

• Clemens: Clemens is a German vineyard and orchard equipment manufacturer with a focus on inter-row cultivators, sprayers, and pruning technology. It overlaps directly with RCM's lungo-fila and inter-fila categories, but in German-speaking markets rather than Italy.
• ERO-Gerätebau: ERO is a German manufacturer specializing in vineyard leaf-removal, trimming, and inter-row equipment, targeting Central European winegrowers. It targets the same end-customers (vineyard operators) as RCM's lungo-fila line and serves as the primary DACH-region analogue for geographic-peer benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• Pellenc: Pellenc is a much larger French manufacturer of vineyard, orchard, and urban green-space equipment with a broad portfolio (sprayers, harvesters, pruners, electric tools). While spanning a wider scope than RCM, Pellenc occupies the same premium viticulture specialist positioning and is the natural benchmark for any European expansion of RCM's inter-row and pruning lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rcm-s-r-l-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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