PP C&A, Jaltek Collaboration Set to Drive £4 Million Growth in Precision Farming

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• PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) and Jaltek have formed a partnership targeting £4 million in new orders from UK agritech organisations, focusing on indoor/vertical farming, automation, precision farming, and remote sensing.
• The collaboration aims to speed up clients’ time to market, maximise output, and offer value-add design and engineering through a comprehensive suite of production capabilities.
• If successful, the growth will help create new jobs at the factories in Cheslyn Hay and Luton.
• The partnership is driven by the surging demand for agritech innovation, with £919.1 million in Innovate UK grant funding supporting the sector over the past five years. The firms aim to streamline the design, manufacture, and funding processes to turn innovative ideas into practical agricultural solutions.

PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) has formed a strategic partnership with a leading technology solutions provider, Jaltek, aiming to secure up to £4 million in new orders from UK organisations involved in indoor/vertical farming, automation, precision farming, and remote sensing.

The collaboration is designed to accelerate clients’ time to market, maximise output, and provide value-add design and engineering solutions by leveraging a comprehensive suite of production capabilities.

If the projected growth is achieved, the additional revenue will enable both firms to create new jobs at their factories in Cheslyn Hay and Luton.

“Agritech has grown 20 percent over the last five years and is seeing significant investment, with £919.1 million of Innovate UK grant funding directed its way in recent years,” said Garry Myatt, Sales Director at PP Control & Automation. “There is a surging demand for new technology, and the PP x Jaltek partnership is set up to streamline the path from blueprint to the field. We aim to work with innovators and companies to navigate the complexities around design, manufacture, and funding.”

“This collaboration is not just about assembling mechanical parts or circuit boards. It’s about providing the sector with the tools to scale up swiftly and sustainably, turning good ideas into the very fabric of agricultural innovation.

“We both share a passion for facilitating innovation and ensuring the UK benefits commercially from new technology and disrupting the status quo. Jaltek’s expertise in PCBA layout, fast turnaround new product introduction, test, and final product assembly complements what PP C&A offers, making our partnership a very attractive proposition.”

Claire Mackay, Business Development Manager at Jaltek, added: “This is a fantastic example of two UK manufacturers joining forces to deliver a solution that a fast-growing market is looking for.

“There is so much innovation in this country, but often it is commercialised elsewhere. We want to reverse that trend and believe agritech is the perfect sector for us to pioneer this new approach.”

PP x Jaltek is looking to bring new partners into the collaboration, with a company specialising in pneumatic and electrical automation equipment set to join shortly.