Demand-based nutrient supply enables consistently high product quality, predictable harvests and reliable fulfillment of delivery commitments. The Farmhouse enables short growing cycles and rapid variety changes in line with current market demand. This strengthens resilience and supports a strong market position.
Eisenmann Farmhouse
Swabian plant engineering meets international crop production
Eisenmann develops intelligently connected, automated vertical farming systems for the resource-saving production of plants, crops and fruits. We combine decades of experience in process engineering and industrial plant engineering for international paint shops with the agricultural expertise of our cooperation partners.
Our goal: to enable plants to be grown anywhere, all year round, with predictable yields and consistently high quality – in a compact footprint and independently of external conditions.
Rethinking agriculture
Climate change, limited availability of arable land, high water consumption, rising operating costs and labor shortages are creating ever greater challenges for conventional agriculture. At the same time, expectations regarding the availability, quality and predictability of food production continue to rise.
Conventional agriculture is already reaching its LIMITS. Valuable natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce, faster than expected.
The demographic and climatic development makes it clear that a transformation of agriculture is more important than ever in order to secure the long-term, widespread supply of our population with high-quality food in the future.
Jörg Robbin, Head of R&D
Exploring new paths together
What if we combined industrial perfection with automated agriculture?
What if plant production could be planned and controlled like an industrial process?
We have a vision.
We envision solutions
Plant engineering and vertical farming in perfect harmony
We combine our expertise in planning, design, process engineering and industrial plant engineering with the principles of vertical plant production. Just as in the automotive industry, we are driven by the highest customer expectations and sustainable availability.
The result is a new system.
Our Farmhouse stands for flexible, scalable and powerful plant production in controlled, protected environments.
Fully automated and designed as a multi-level system requiring minimal space, it offers an efficient alternative to conventional cultivation methods and a sustainable solution for the year-round, resource-efficient production of plants, crops and fruits.
Continuous monitoring provides the basis for consistently high quality and the desired production volumes.
Controlling growth precisely and resource-efficiently
What does a plant need?
Light. Water. Nutrients. Air. And the right climate.
Outdoors, nature determines these factors. In the Eisenmann Farmhouse, the key growing conditions are controlled and precisely managed within a protected system.
AUTOMATED GROWTH
The Eisenmann Farmhouse –
more than vertical farming
Our approach does not end with plant growth. We design the Farmhouse as part of an intelligently connected overall system.
Digital interfaces can connect production with demand, helping to enable more targeted production and reduce surpluses. At the same time, we are exploring concepts for integrating the Farmhouse into existing energy and production systems – for example, by utilizing available process heat and operating as an energy sink.
In this way, we combine plant production, automation, digitalization and energy utilization in a holistic plant engineering concept.
With the Eisenmann Farmhouse concept, tomorrow’s cultivation methods can be implemented sustainably today – turning challenges into opportunities.
Challenges & Solutions
Challenges
facing conventional agriculture
- High water consumption
- Declining availability of agricultural land
- Demographic change
- Extreme weather events
- Increasingly short-term production and sales planning
- Labor shortages
Our solution
The fully automated farmhouse
+ Market-oriented production on flexibly scalable space using modular, fully automated Farmhouse systems
+ Pesticide-free cultivation in a protected environment
+ Individually controlled nutrient supply within a closed-loop- and monitoring-system
+ Continuous process optimization for improved quality and high system availability
Our expertise
– for a strong partnership
Intelligently connecting complex processes and transforming them into high-performance systems is part of our DNA for decades.
The Eisenmann Farmhouse brings this expertise together. In collaboration with partners from agricultural science, we develop solutions for efficient and resource-conscious plant production.
Farmhouse-operators benefit from numerous advantages:
Greater independence in globalized markets
Top quality through 24/7 monitoring
Production in the Farmhouse is monitored around the clock and continuously optimized to meet the individual needs of the plants. Continuous monitoring and intelligent data analysis identify deviations and stress factors in real time. Immediate adjustments to operating parameters ensure consistently high quality standards and maximum system availability.
Sustainable use of resources
By using a closed-loop nutrient system with filtration and disinfection, the Farmhouse requires up to 95% less water compared with conventional agriculture. As the climate loop is also continuously filtered, pesticide-free plant protection is possible.
Part of a strong network
Digital interfaces with food retailers enable production to be aligned with market demand. At the same time, surpluses can be reduced and value creation increased.
Eisenmann – xour reliable partner
We support you with worldwide service throughout the entire lifecycle of your Farmhouse. Our experts provide reliable maintenance and spare parts services as well as support for all aspects of your Farmhouse software and control systems.
What potential does the farmhouse concept offer your business?
Whether you are exploring new production concepts, more efficient use of space, automation or the intelligent integration of existing energy resources, let us identify the opportunities the Eisenmann Farmhouse can offer your business.
Our experts look forward to discussing your requirements with you.