Description du projet
Un système d’attelage automatisé pour la machinerie lourde
D’après certains experts du secteur, il n’est pas rare que le temps d’inactivité des équipements lourds représente de 40 à 50 de son temps de fonctionnement total. Cela entraîne un gaspillage important qui constitue un danger pour la santé. Une start-up autrichienne, SYN TRAC GmbH, a développé une solution pour pallier cette situation. DOCK’N’ROLL est un véhicule lourd qui peut être muni d’accessoires personnalisés, comme des grues ou des lames de déneigement, grâce à un système d’attelage innovant mis au point par l’entreprise. Le véhicule a été également conçu pour assurer des performances maximales avec des émissions réduites. L’entreprise a lancé le produit il y a deux ans et mise sur un chiffre d’affaires de près de 30 millions d’euros à l’horizon 2025.
Objectif
30-40% of all heavy machinery is standing idle while the motor is running which is a major waste and health hazard, but there are currently no solutions to address this problem. Major causes of idling are 1)specialized machines not being utilized due to seasonality: besides having to cope with the maintenance of these machines, users may have to look for others when needing a different application;2)the driver having to leave the cabin and dock the vehicle to attach components manually (time & cost-intensive, unsafe process), while the engine is running. We, SYN TRAC GmbH are an Austrian start-up company founded with the aim to bring to the market a solution that would tackle both problems described - DOCK’N’ROLL. DOCK’N’ROLL is a heavy machinery vehicle which can be indefinitely augmented with customized attachments (crane, snow plower, etc.) through our innovative docking system (patented). Heavy machinery operator companies can finally have access to a fully transformable vehicle, which can rapidly couple with attachments depending on the desired application, at the same time it provides safety to drivers. Also, it is built to provide the highest performance and reduced emissions and is the only vehicle that provides full docking automation. We have now finished producing our first prototype and signed our first customer deal. Through this project we seek to finalize DOCK’N’ROLL’s development, to prepare the scale-up of our production from 20 to 50 units/year to meet our confirmed demand in European countries, as well as to consolidate our supplier and distributor network. In November 2017 we made our first appearance at the World’s leading International Fair of the Sector – Agritechnica – rendering 360 contacts and +150 leads from European companies. This confirmed customer interest serves as a base to our initial estimations to reach €28.9M in revenues and to grow our team to 55 people by 2025.
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4822 BAD GOISERN
Autriche
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.