REPOSSI MACCHINE AGRICOLE SRL

Their core work

Repossi Macchine Agricole is an Italian agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Casorate Primo (Lombardy), specializing in fodder-making equipment for livestock farming operations. Their H2020 work centers entirely on developing a double wheel rake machine designed to improve both the quality of harvested fodder and the speed of field operations — a direct response to productivity pressures in the European hay and forage sector. As an SME, they operate as a product-focused engineering company that takes an idea from concept through commercial development, as evidenced by their successful progression from a Phase 1 feasibility study to a full Phase 2 development project under the SME Instrument. Their practical orientation suggests they are closer to engineering and manufacturing than to fundamental research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Repossi's H2020 portfolio covers a single, continuous development arc: the RA-RAKE double wheel rake machine, from feasibility study (2016–2017) through full development (2017–2019). There is no meaningful keyword shift to analyze because both projects share identical titles, sectors, and funding pillar. What can be inferred is that the organization moved from proving commercial viability to executing market-ready product development — a deepening of one focused competency rather than a broadening of scope. No diversification into adjacent areas (precision agriculture, digital farm tools, sustainability) is visible in the data.

Repossi appears to be a single-product innovator that used EU funding to bring one specific machine to market; whether they have pursued further EU R&D beyond 2019 is not visible in this dataset.

How they like to work

Repossi coordinated both H2020 projects entirely on their own, with zero recorded consortium partners — a pattern consistent with the SME Instrument design, which funds individual companies rather than research consortia. This means they are accustomed to working as the sole driver of a project rather than as a partner within a larger network. Anyone considering them as a collaboration partner should expect a company that is self-reliant and product-focused, but with limited experience in multi-partner EU project dynamics.

Repossi has no recorded consortium partnerships in the H2020 database — both projects were executed as solo SME Instrument grants. Their European network, at least through EU-funded projects, appears limited to their own organization.

What sets them apart

Repossi is one of very few agricultural machinery SMEs that successfully navigated the full SME Instrument Phase 1 → Phase 2 pipeline, suggesting genuine commercial potential was demonstrated to evaluators at both stages. Their niche — rake machines for fodder quality improvement — is highly specific within the broader agricultural equipment sector, which means they bring concentrated domain knowledge rather than broad-spectrum engineering. For consortium builders working on forage, livestock feed quality, or grassland management technology, they represent a rare combination of manufacturing capability and validated EU innovation credentials.

Highlights from their portfolio

• RA-RAKE (Phase 2)
  The largest project by far at €959,480 EC funding, representing a full market-entry development grant — one of the more competitive SME Instrument awards — for a double wheel rake machine targeting the European fodder sector.
• RA-RAKE (Phase 1)
  The Phase 1 feasibility study (€50,000) that preceded and unlocked the Phase 2 award, demonstrating a complete and successful SME Instrument progression from idea validation to product development.