Netagco Suisse Sàrl

What Netagco Suisse Sàrl does

Netagco Suisse Sàrl (operating in German under the dual name Netagco (Schweiz) GmbH) is a Swiss agricultural machinery distributor and integrator founded in 1995 by Daniel Pitton and Hans Hagenbuch, specializing in complete mechanization solutions for potato and vegetable farming. The company operates as a non-proprietary technology integrator, importing and configuring equipment from more than 30 international manufacturers spanning Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, the UK, Denmark, and Poland into turnkey production lines that cover the full value chain: soil preparation, planting, harvesting, reception and storage, cooling and climate control, processing, optical sorting, packaging, and weighing. Its portfolio includes specific product lines such as AVR bunker harvesters, Dewulf/Miedema belt and cup planters, Tolsma Grisnich and KLIM'TOP refrigeration systems, Tong washing and sorting equipment, TENRIT peeling machines, and ScanStone stone separators, alongside the Sortop 360-degree HD optical sorter integrated via its sister company Visar Sorting Sàrl.\n\nThe company employs a sales-led go-to-market model delivered through four regional branches — Oberlunkhofen (AG), Oppens (VD), Frauenfeld (TG), and Oberbipp (BE) — each staffed with technicians to provide nationwide on-site installation, commissioning, training, repair, and spare-parts service. Revenue is generated from one-time equipment sales (new and used machinery), professional services (installation, maintenance, training), and spare-parts supply, with all pricing conducted on a quote basis tied to configuration and manufacturer. Target customers are Swiss potato and vegetable farmers ranging from small family operations to larger agricultural businesses, served in both German- and French-speaking regions via a bilingual website.\n\nNetagco is a privately held, founder-owned limited liability company (VAT CHE-108.247.148) with no external investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no public ticker, and no public revenue disclosures. Its 17-18-person workforce has an average tenure exceeding 10 years, anchored by the two founders and partner Martin Pitton (since 2007), and it relies on its website netagco.ch plus Facebook and Instagram as its primary marketing channels.

Name

Netagco Suisse Sàrl

Legal name

Netagco (Schweiz) GmbH

Website

https://netagco.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Netagco Suisse Sàrl is a Swiss agricultural machinery distributor and integrator that imports and configures equipment from more than 30 international manufacturers into turnkey potato and vegetable production lines for Swiss farmers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Machinery Distribution

NAICS

Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (423820), Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111)

SIC

Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523), Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (5080), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Potato & Specialty Crop Planters (Potato, Garlic, Sugarcane) (AFAAABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Farm Machinery Parts, Service & Maintenance Equipment (Spare Parts, Diagnostics, Workshop Tools) (AFAAAAAH)

Keywords

• Agricultural machinery
• Potato farming equipment
• Vegetable processing machinery
• Harvesting equipment
• Cold storage systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Oberlunkhofen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Sale of new agricultural machinery for potato and vegetable cultivation, storage, and processing. Netagco offers complete solutions including field equipment, storage systems, cooling technology, and processing machines.
2. Used Equipment Sales: Purchase and resale of used agricultural machines, expanding their product offerings beyond new equipment.
3. Service and Maintenance: Service and maintenance work on machines throughout Switzerland, including installation, commissioning, staff training, troubleshooting, and repair services performed on-site or in their workshop.
4. Spare Parts: Supply of spare parts for agricultural machinery, including parts for older models. They maintain a comprehensive parts inventory and can manufacture or adapt parts as needed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Netagco Suisse Sàrl imports, distributes, and integrates agricultural machinery for potato and vegetable farmers across Switzerland. Its portfolio covers the entire production chain: soil preparation, planting, harvesting, storage intake, cooling and climate management, processing (washing, sorting, optical sorting, peeling, cutting), and packaging equipment. The company also supplies used machinery, spare parts (including for older models), and complementary services such as advisory, project management, installation, commissioning, staff training, and on-site repair.

Product overview

Netagco Suisse Sàrl is a Swiss agricultural machinery company specializing in potato and vegetable technology. Their product portfolio consists of physical agricultural equipment and machinery organized into four main operational categories: (1) Feldtechnik (field technology) covering soil preparation (separators, mills, cultivators, disc harrows, hoes), planting (ALL-IN-ONE combined machines, belt and cup planters), and harvesting (haulm cutters, bunker harvesters, beet harvesters); (2) Lagerung (storage) including reception hoppers, de-stoning, calibrating, box fillers, conveyors, fall sails, hall fillers, and fall damping mats; (3) Kühlen und Lagerhaltung (cooling and storage) with compact refrigeration, direct evaporation, chiller systems, humidification, sprout inhibition, and onion pressure walls; and (4) Aufbereitung und Verarbeiten (processing) encompassing washing, polishing, sorting, packaging, de-clodding, peeling, cutting, weighing, and optical sorting systems. The company also offers used machinery and comprehensive services including consultation, project management, customer service, and spare parts supply. Netagco serves as an importer and distributor of international agricultural machinery brands across Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Soil Preparation Equipment (Boden bearbeiten) A portfolio of soil preparation machinery including separators, milling machines, ridge/bed formers, deep looseners, cultivators, disc harrows, and mechanical hoes, designed for potato and vegetable farms to deliver optimal seedbed preparation, weed control without herbicides, and improved soil structure.
• Planting Equipment (Pflanzen und Pflegen) Potato and vegetable planters including the ALL-IN-ONE combined milling, planting, and ridging machine (up to 1 ha/h throughput), high-speed belt planters (up to 11 km/h), and cup planters available in 2 and 4-row versions, for high-precision planting in a single pass.
• Harvesting Equipment (Ernten) Mechanical haulm cutters that eliminate pre-harvest herbicide use, along with bunker harvesters (1-row, 2-row, and 4-row self-propelled) and beet harvesters in robust construction for high-performance potato and beet harvesting.
• Storage Intake and Handling Equipment (Einlagern) Equipment for gentle harvest intake and storage, including wooden bulk containers (palox), reception hoppers for increased throughput during weather windows, de-stoning/sizing equipment, sieve-belt and roller calibrators, automatic box fillers, conveyors, fall sails, hall fillers, and fall damping mats.
• Cooling and Climate Control Systems (Kühlen und Lagerhaltung) Compact refrigeration units, direct evaporation systems, chiller systems for large warehouses, fine-mist humidification systems, ethylene-based sprout inhibition for potato storage, and mobile/fixed onion drying pressure walls, designed to maintain product quality, freshness, and weight in storage.
• Processing Equipment - Preparation (Aufbereiten) Product preparation machinery including washing equipment to remove soil/dirt/stones, polishing machines for visual sorting and sales presentation, sorting and inspection equipment for variety purity, packaging machines with special films for on-field application, and de-clodding equipment using spiral rollers or wing knives for onions and shallots.
• Processing Equipment - Finishing (Verarbeiten) Mechanical peeling (knife peelers, corundum rollers, peeling strands) for carrots, potatoes, celery, and asparagus; mechanical cutting machines; bagging scales and multi-head weighing systems; and optical sorting, calibration, and weighing systems using 360° HD analysis with intelligent software. Also includes the Sortop high-precision 360° HD optical sorting system distributed via sister company Visar Sorting Sàrl.
• Used Agricultural Machinery (Occasionen) Purchase and sale of used agricultural machinery with spare-parts supply for older machine models, complementing Netagco's new-equipment portfolio with a secondary-market channel for Swiss farmers.
• Service, Maintenance, and Spare Parts (Dienstleistungen) Advisory services, project management for complete production-line realization, installation and commissioning of new equipment, staff training, on-site troubleshooting and repair, and spare-parts supply (including parts for older machine models), delivered across all four Netagco branches in Switzerland.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• AVRcoreTechnology or IntegrationBelgian manufacturer of potato harvesting equipment including bunker harvesters, beetroot harvesters, and planting machines. AVR Spirit 4-row self-propelled bunker harvester and AVR Ceres cup planting technology are key products in Netagco's portfolio.
• Dewulf (Miedema)coreTechnology or IntegrationDutch manufacturer specializing in potato and vegetable processing equipment including reception hoppers, sorting machines, calibration systems, and planting equipment. Miedema Structural belt planting technology featured.
• Tolsma GrisnichcoreTechnology or IntegrationDutch manufacturer of compact refrigeration systems, direct evaporation systems, chiller systems, and humidity control equipment for storage facilities. Key partner for cooling and storage climate management solutions.
• KLIM'TOP ControlscoreTechnology or IntegrationFrench manufacturer of compact refrigeration systems and direct evaporation systems for vegetable storage. Provides climate control solutions for cold storage facilities.
• Visar Sorting SàrlcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company and key partner specializing in optical sorting, calibration, and weighing technology. The Sortop optical sorting system offers 360° HD analysis with proprietary intelligent software. Netagco works closely with Visar Sorting for know-how exchange.
• Tong EngineeringmajorTechnology or IntegrationUK manufacturer of vegetable handling equipment including reception hoppers (Storemaker), washing machines, and sorting equipment.
• Skals MachinerymajorTechnology or IntegrationDanish manufacturer of vegetable processing equipment including washing machines and sorting equipment.
• AgrisemmajorTechnology or IntegrationFrench manufacturer of soil preparation equipment including deep looseners (Combiplow, Cultiplow), cultivators (Agromulch, Maximulch), and disc harrows (Disc oMulch).
• ScanStonemajorTechnology or IntegrationUK manufacturer of stone and clod separation equipment (Webber) for optimal planting bed preparation before potato planting.
• BrimaPackmajorTechnology or IntegrationDutch manufacturer of packaging machines including field packaging solutions with special film, labeling systems, and extended shelf-life packaging for broccoli and iceberg lettuce.
• Upmann VerpackungsmaschinenmajorTechnology or IntegrationGerman manufacturer of packaging and weighing machines including bagging scales and multi-head weighers for precise packaging of vegetables and potatoes.
• TENRITmajorTechnology or IntegrationGerman manufacturer of peeling machines (knife peelers, corundum rollers, peeling lines) for carrots, potatoes, celery, and asparagus.
• RestrainmajorTechnology or IntegrationUK-based company providing ethylene-based sprout inhibition systems for potato storage, suitable for organic farming and compliant with latest regulations.
• BarbariemajorTechnology or IntegrationFrench manufacturer of durable wooden pallet boxes (palox) for vegetable storage, with oak support structures and Mediterranean pine boards.
• Hilzinger AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss company hosting Netagco's Frauenfeld branch location.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lemken: German tillage, seeding, and crop care equipment manufacturer with broad European dealer network including Switzerland. Overlaps with Netagco's soil preparation and planting segments at scale and competes for the same Swiss farmer budget.
• Pöttinger: Austrian agricultural machinery manufacturer with broad tillage, seeding, and hay/forage portfolio and established Swiss distribution. Larger incumbent competitor with overlapping tillage/planting offerings distributed in Switzerland.
• Kverneland Group (Kubota): Norwegian-origin, now Kubota-owned manufacturer of implements and balers/wrappers; broad European distribution. Overlaps with Netagco's soil preparation, planting, and crop care equipment categories at the farmer budget level.
• KUHN Group: Large French-headquartered agricultural machinery manufacturer with broad portfolio (tillage, seeding, spraying, hay/forage, livestock). Larger, more diversified competitor overlapping on tillage, planting, and crop care equipment that Netagco also distributes.

Direct peers

• Dewulf: Dutch manufacturer of potato and vegetable storage, sorting, and planting equipment (Miedema structural belt planters). Core Netagco partner with significant product overlap; competes at customer level when Dewulf sells direct or via other dealers in Switzerland.
• Tong Engineering: UK manufacturer of vegetable handling and processing equipment — reception hoppers, washing, sorting. Core Netagco partner; comparable focus on vegetable post-harvest processing line and direct potential channel overlap.
• Tolsma-Grisnich: Dutch specialist in potato and vegetable storage climate control — refrigeration, humidification, ethylene sprout inhibition. Core Netagco partner; directly comparable in refrigerated storage and competitive at the storage-side of the value chain.
• GRIMME Landmaschinenfabrik: German-based global manufacturer of potato, beet, and vegetable equipment — storage, planting, harvesting, and processing. Operates its own direct sales/service in many European countries including Switzerland. Most directly comparable single-source competitor to Netagco's value chain coverage of the same crops.
• AVR (part of CTB Inc.): Belgian potato equipment specialist (bunker harvesters, planters, beetroot harvesters). Core Netagco partner on harvesters and planters; comparable product mix and competes indirectly via direct channels in some accounts. Strongly comparable in focus crop and equipment category.

Emerging players

• ROPA Fahrzeug- und Maschinenbau: German manufacturer specializing in sugar beet harvesters and loaders, with growing presence in vegetable-handling lines. Focused overlap on beet harvesters (a segment Netagco also covers via VSS Amac / AVR) and complementary processing storage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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