Wervershoof, The Netherlands-Imola, Italy – 23/09/24 – Seed-X, a leader in AI-powered seed analysis, today announced a strategic partnership with 3U Vision, a global innovator in advanced optical sorting technology. This collaboration will combine Seed-X’s cutting-edge AI algorithms with 3U Vision’s renowned Fenix Optical Sorters to revolutionize seed sorting and upgrading processes in the agriculture industry.
The partnership will enhance seed quality by integrating the precision of 3U Vision’s Fenix Sorter with Seed-X’s AI capabilities, allowing for more efficient and accurate seed sorting for field crops. The Fenix Sorter, equipped with multispectral cameras and sensors, ensures that only the highest-quality seeds are selected for planting, significantly reducing defects and impurities while adding Seed-X’s capabilities to sort by germination, usable plant, and genetic purity.
Key Benefits of the Partnership:
– Enhanced Seed Quality: The combined technology not only removes impurities, defects, and low-quality seeds but also enables sorting by specific use cases such as germination, usable plant, and genetic purity, improving overall crop yield and quality.
– Real-Time Insights: Seed-X’s AI delivers real-time data and analysis, further refining sorting accuracy and reducing errors.
– Sustainability & Global Food Security: This collaboration addresses the critical challenge of feeding a growing global population by enhancing seed quality and crop yields. By reducing waste and promoting efficiency, the partnership fosters more sustainable agricultural practices, contributing to long-term food security.
“We are thrilled to announce our partnership with 3U Vision! By merging our AI expertise with their cutting-edge optical technology, we are set to revolutionize solutions for field crops. Until now, Seed-X has been dedicated to enhancing vegetable and fine seeds with our AI models and technology. This exciting collaboration with 3U Vision now allows us to extend these benefits to field crops, ensuring even greater value for our customers,” said Sarel Ashkenazy, CEO at Seed-X. “This collaboration will drive greater efficiency and address global food security challenges.”
Stefano Bonacina, Sales & After Sales Director at 3U Vision added, “The strategic partnership between Seed-X and 3U Vision marks a significant milestone in the advancement of seed sorting technology. Together, we are committed to further develop Grain & Seeds markets by providing even more efficient tailored solutions to benefit farmers food producers and consumers worldwide.”
About Seed-X:
Seed-X is an AI-driven Agri-Food Tech software company revolutionizing seed quality and food safety across the entire seed and grain value chain for the benefit of seed and food companies. Seed-X’s proprietary technology, combining computer vision and deep learning analysis capabilities, facilitates a more sustainable and secure food future by addressing new quality attributes at the single-seed level and introducing innovative quality control and segmentation capabilities.
About 3U Vision:
3U Vision is quite a unique player in the global optical sorting scenario, slim and agile organization, entirely focused on high tech sorting technologies for added value applications. Technology and machines are entirely designed and manufactured in Imola, Italy. 3U Vision core markets are Nuts, Grains & Seeds to then span to coffee and pulses till the latest growing markets of recycling plastics by polymers, metals, glass, wood.
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