Harvest optimization with innovative equipment

Delecroix Constructions is a French manufacturer of vegetable harvesting equipment.

Their new development is a machine for harvesting melons.  It is a conveyor carried directly by the tractor with a wingspan of 20 m in the field. Melons are transferred to pallox (Large plastic boxes). A chute control system guarantee the quality of the harvested product.

The conveyor is foldable to comply with the road gauge. It also allows the flexibility and easy handling on the field.

What makes the difference?

-        Plus 20 – 30 % of productivity

-        Ergonomic gains / fatigue: removal of bucket carrier posts (the most painful)

-        Quality preservation of the harvested product

Delecroix Constructions is now testing a new prototype: trailer tray with conveyor for harvesting oyster pockets. This system was inspired by their classic set (vegetable trailer combined with a harvesting conveyor).

In addition to new developments, Delecroix Constructions also offers machines, which have already earned the trust among growers, thanks’ to its ergonomic and high quality.

When possible the company go beyond traditional harvesting mahines: for instance " Mobile scraper " which transforms cauliflower or broccoli into flowers directly into the field.

Delecroix Constructions classic offer is a set consisting of a trailer for vegetable associated with a crop conveyor (conveyor foldable in the trailer).

Mr Toubeaux, director of Delecroix Constructions said “I advise fruit and vegetable growers to invest in equipment that allows them to improve their competitiveness in partnership with us: we have always developed our solutions in cooperation with our historical customers. Our goal is to create a value together.”

Company’s main customers are growers of fruits and vegetables in France, Belgium, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Austria, Denmark. The company exports for many years, with 40% of international sales in 2016.

To serve their customers, Delecroix Constructions develops a network of distributing partners (concessions or agricultural agents) to offer the proximity service (sales, installation and after-sales service).

The company is in a stage of internal transformation: becoming an organized society for international development.

      Mr Toubeaux said “Our historical strength has always been our ability to innovate: it is our DNA and we aim to make this capability even more robust with the development of a more structured engineering office.”

Their ambition is to become an indispensable leader of the sector, innovate to develop together the vegetable sector.