Famous jam-maker Tiptree partners with Antobot

Antobot has announced a partnership with Wilkin & Sons, maker of Tiptree jams.

Wilkin & Sons  started growing fruit in the 1700s with their jam and conserve business dating back to 1885. Since then, the company has gone from strength to strength, acquiring several well-respected brands, opening tea rooms in Essex and beyond, all while maintaining its 850 acres of top grade fruit. Receiving Royal recognition with a visit from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark the anniversary of 125 years of their jam-making, Tiptree is the best-known jam business in the UK and one of the most iconic producers worldwide.

Now sharing ownership with their employees, the team at Tiptree are striving to keep their products high quality and increasingly sustainable. They are dedicated to innovation such as through irrigation systems with reservoirs built on site and installation of the first New Growing Systems in the UK in 2016 which involve movable suspended platforms for strawberries.

“We’re excited about getting the Antobot team working on site here at Tiptree with their robots," said Andrey Ivanov, Farm Manager Tiptree. "We look forward to the innovations which this collaboration will bring.”

“We are looking forward to working closely with the team at Tiptree as an iconic British brand and brilliant innovator in horticulture," added Howard Wu, CEO & Founder Antobot. "We can’t wait to see how this partnership can strengthen robotics and automation for the fruit sector.”