Priva and Octinion join forces and merge their horticultural robotics activities. By combining their expertise and technology, they will create a strong and pioneering technology company whose core business is innovation in horticultural robotics in an international market that is experiencing strong growth.See press release: http://www.octinion.com/news/press-release-priva-and-octinion-combine-ro...

Yet again Octinion ranks highly in the Trends Gazellen, this time in the category of the medium sized companies. We're very proud to rank 4th in the province of Vlaams-Brabant!

Lumion fights powdery mildew on crop like strawberries with UV-C light. The fungus specific DNA absorbs the UV-C light, thus avoiding damage to the crop, which will decrease the pesticide residue. 

Trends awarded Octinion as "Gazelle" in the category "small companies" in Vlaams-Brabant. This prestigious nomination rates fast growing companies based upon 3 growth criteria: revenue - personnel and cashflow. We're very excited with this award! 

In Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 50, the list of the fifty fastest-growing technology companies in Belgium, Octinion was awarded as sector winner in the category Hardware. The ranking recognises and ranks the 50 fastest-growing companies in Belgium based on revenue growth over the last four years.

Octinion has just launched Octinion The Netherlands with an office at Campus Greenport in Venlo. 

Octinion has built its own Testing Facility for its different robotic solutions for strawberry harvesting, with the help of a number of partners. A place where different aspects of strawberry production are being reviewed in the light of robotization.

We did it: we're the first company in the world presenting a commercial strawberry picking robot! We're presenting our robot, which will be available under the name Rubion, at Fruit Logistica in Berlin. 

When we say we’re growing, we’re serious! In September our innovation team will be counting at least 40 people!

We were awarded for "best innovation" at a competition organized by the UK Department for International Trade

Read all about the Trends Gazellen on the website of Trends.

Our second Belgian office has opened its doors

We're officially 25 now! Over the last couple of months, several engineers have joined the team. At least five more will join soon and we're still recruiting! 

We festively opened our new building on Thursday 15 June 2017. Next to the 500 m² of renovated offices we already occupied, we expanded our offices with another 700 m² and a brand new workshop of 600 m². The renovation gives space to over 50 employees and prepares Octinion for a solid growth in the coming years.

During the International Strawberry Fair at Hoogstraten, we present a prototype of our fully autonomous strawberry picking robot and of our autonomous platform, Dribble. 

To support and facilitate our growth, Octinion continues to invest in its own infrastructure. We move to a new location: Interleuvenlaan 46, 3001 Heverlee. We move into newly renovated offices while we build new and bigger office space, labs and a workshop for our own production facilities. 

Welcome to the team, Dries! 

On its 6th birthday, INDUCT changes its name to Octinion. The name Octinion represents how we bring innovation in complexity. Octinion is derived from Octonion, which are a 8-dimensional type of complex numbers. 

Next to projects for clients, we have the ambition to build our own products. We start with an ambitious project: building a picking robot for strawberries. 

The proximity to the university facilitates recruitment and the collaboration with the university on R&D projects.

In April 2009, INDUCT was officially founded by Tom Coen, Jan Anthonis and Wouter Saeys. Tom was initially the only one active in the company, starting up an office in Zaventem. 

INDUCT stands for innovation. The name is a combination of the first two letters of innovation with 'duct' meaning 'to lead'. Our aim is to lead innovation to build bridges between for example universities and companies.

Initially, we focus on the agricultural industry, thanks to decades of combined experience of the founders in this sector.