A Foolish Projects that may represent 2025 starting the company’s appeal for division Agricultural aviation. Focusing on production in Botokato (SP), the company maintains a stable rhythm 60 to 70 aircraft sold a year – The number that must be repeated this year if the political and economic scenario remains favorable.
“Our plan, at the present time, is to continue in this production scope,” said the Agricultural Aviation Leader of Embraer Sany Onofre.
The current production capacity allows up to 100 units annually without significant investments. Although he does not intend to use it completely, Embraer feels.
“This year we have already noticed more optimism than last year, which is also good,” said CEO. “We believe this year represents a turn,” he said.
The company’s main star in this sector is iPanema, for five decades. The current generation of the model, which was already born 100 % to ethanol, accumulates approximately 400 units that are delivered and is part of an active fleet of about 1,200 aircraft in the country.
“IPanema is the best selling plane in Brazil – not only between cultivation, but taking into account all sectors.”
He said that the model is cheaper in the work than keeping four ground machine guns, and replaces them with efficiency. The current price of iPanema is about $ 4 million, and ranges according to the integrated equipment. According to Embraer, real estate producers with more than 1500 hectares can justify investment in their own aircraft.
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In addition to iPanema, Embraer was betting on innovation with the launch of Agro Explore Digital Platform, which focuses on farm mapping. The Visiona satellite solution, a group company, is used to detect the failure of pest’s cultivation and outbreak, and to generate accurate application recommendations.
Although the company notes trends like unmanned aircraft, it does not see drones as direct competitors. “IPanema has a thousand liters in the tank. The agricultural plane, such as the Chinese, is about 40 liters. They are supplementary techniques. The important thing is to use the correct tool for each type of operation,” compare.