Kverneland Group has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in French company BC Technique SAS, which produces the Phenix Agrosystem brand of inter-row cultivators, rotary hoes, guidance interfaces and tine harrows.

L-R: Yasukazu Kamada, the president and CEO of Kverneland Group with Mathias Bounon, the current owner of Phenix Agrosystem

The manufacturer says this latest acquisition is a move that provides access to range of sustainable farming solutions, enabling growers to achieve efficient, accurate and consistent mechanical weed control.

While the Phenix brand will continue to be available in those markets where it currently exists, these products will be introduced as Kverneland products, available through the Kverneland dealer network.

Phenix inter-row cultivators, rotary hoes, guidance interfaces and tine harrows will be available as Kverneland-branded equipment

The portfolio includes the Helios star-wheel equipped rotary hoe; Lynx guidance interface with colour scanning self-steering camera for use with any existing hoe; and the high-tech X-Green guidance interface solution that can be equipped with up to two colour scanning self-steering cameras.

In addition, the product range includes the Onyx series of row-specific tined hoes offering working widths from 3-12m. 

Product specifications and pricing details are still to be announced, with the first models expected to arrive during Spring 2023.