Custom automation machinery for fruit and vegetable processing lines
Unitec designs and manufactures end-to-end automation systems for fresh-produce handling—sorting, quality selection, and packing—across 50+ fruit and vegetable types. The tech stack (CNC, PLC, SCADA, ROS, SAP S/4HANA, C++ and C#) reflects a hardware-first company managing both mechanical design and real-time control systems. Engineering hiring (54 open roles) is concentrated, signaling active scaling of plant design and commissioning capacity; manufacturing and logistics teams are smaller, suggesting Unitec focuses on high-complexity custom integration rather than volume production.
Unitec is an Italian automation machinery group founded in 1924, now operating across 20 countries with regional branches in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. The company specializes in designing and manufacturing customized processing lines for the fruit and vegetable industry, handling the full cycle from project definition through mechanical, electrical, electronic, and software integration, including vision-based quality selection systems. The product portfolio covers sorting, grading, packing, and traceability solutions, all manufactured in-house and sold to producers and processors across multiple continents. Current hiring spans 9 countries across engineering, sales, manufacturing, and operations roles.
Unitec designs and manufactures custom automation machinery for processing, sorting, quality selection, and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables, serving over 50 produce types across the global supply chain.
Unitec is headquartered in Lugo, Italy, and operates 20 international branches including locations in the USA (Washington, California, Oregon), France, Spain, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Turkey, Australia, and Canada.
Unitec's core stack includes CNC, PLC, SCADA, ROS, AutoCAD, Solid Edge CAD/CAM, C++, C#, and SAP S/4HANA for enterprise resource planning and financial management.
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