Italian winemakers lean on robots

Stefan Mileschin · 11th October 2021, 06:47

We can’t afford the migrant workers anymore

Italian winemakers have increasingly relied on migrant workers for the autumn harvest, but travel restrictions and soaring wage costs are pushing many to turn to machines.

Some of the issues were down to the pandemic, which meant that the Eastern Europeans who usually pick grapes couldn’t get into the country.

This shocked Italian vineyards so much that they started to invest in robots and found themselves heading towards automation.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the use of harvesting machines spiked 20 percent this year among one group of winemakers in the central Italian region. For some, the gadgets have cut a typically 18-day harvest down to just 10.

Pellenc, a leading harvesting machine manufacturer, told the Journal it saw demand surge by 20 percent this past year — but the global supply shortage meant it couldn’t fulfil all the orders.

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11th October 2021, 06:47	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,802	Italian winemakers lean on robots We can’t afford the migrant workers anymore Italian winemakers have increasingly relied on migrant workers for the autumn harvest, but travel restrictions and soaring wage costs are pushing many to turn to machines. Some of the issues were down to the pandemic, which meant that the Eastern Europeans who usually pick grapes couldn’t get into the country. This shocked Italian vineyards so much that they started to invest in robots and found themselves heading towards automation. According to The Wall Street Journal, the use of harvesting machines spiked 20 percent this year among one group of winemakers in the central Italian region. For some, the gadgets have cut a typically 18-day harvest down to just 10. Pellenc, a leading harvesting machine manufacturer, told the Journal it saw demand surge by 20 percent this past year — but the global supply shortage meant it couldn’t fulfil all the orders. https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...lean-on-robots

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