The Brazilian market has expanded due to the intense ongoing research and development of new products, growing agricultural mechanization and the wider search for worldwide competitiveness. To meet the demand from an extremely diversified agricultural sector, the company has a complete line of crop spraying equipment that meets the needs of both small and large-scale farmers. It has adequate equipment for the most diverse kinds of farming, from vegetables to perennial cultivation.
In the 90's, the launch of new products was accelerated in order to meet this new reality.

Masterflow Control

In 1993, the Columbia Vortex was developed, with an exclusive air-assisted boom system, which allowed the application of agricultural chemicals with minimum environmental drift and contamination. The launching of the Masterflow command allowed farmers to greatly improve spray quality. This new control allows the spray volume to remain constant despite changes in tractor speed within the same gear.

In 1995, an intelligent sprayer with an electronic plant detecting system was introduced into the Brazilian market. This JACTO technology component permits pesticide application only when there are plants, and automatically turns off spraying when none are detected. This Sensorflow System is available as an option on Jacto's trailed Arbus line sprayers, which are used mainly to spray citrus fruit trees, an area where Brazil is a world leader.

In 1997, the tractor-pulled coffee harvester model KTR, which made mechanical harvesting viable in smaller plantations of 100 to 200 hectares, was launched. Despite its lower price, the KTR offers the coffee farmer the same resources as the K-3 fully self propelled unit, stripping coffee from the branches, cleaning and putting it into sacks.

JSC 4000 definitely took Jacto into the era of electronic sprayer controls.

In 1998 ushered in the era of precision agriculture, with the introduction of the JSC 4000 electronic sprayer control, which began to equip Jacto's trailed boom sprayers. With the JSC4000, sprayers rely on a computer, which dispenses with the need to calibrate the volume of application As of now, the operator only needs to "tell" the computer the volume of chemical he wishes to apply. The JSC 4000 takes care of the rest. In addition, it supplies information such as: worked time, treated area, applied volume, etc. In this way, it helps the farmer to better administer his spraying operations.

This technological advance introduced into national computerized sprayers the components to regulate and control all spray applications. JACTO launched into the market, also in 1998, the new tractor mounted Falcon Vortex sprayer, equipped with fully hydraulic air assisted booms, with the objective of improving the quality of spray application, and at the same time minimizing natural wind interference.

These launches consolidate the "precision spray" concept, i.e. application of the exact volume desired with uniform distribution throughout the entire application area.

Jacto's philosophy of working closely with the farmer in order to develop and adapt new technology to its equipment with a view to improving productivity on the farms has made its sprayers popular in farms and plantations throughout Brazil.

Beyond farming frontiers

Eletro 600 vehicle for commuter transport. Jacto technology in new production lines.

JJACTO technology, however, does not limit itself to providing solutions for farming. In 1995, the company introduced into the market the first national electric car called Eletro, designed for both cargo and passenger transport. Since then, it has been used in plants, airports, supermarkets, shopping centers, hangars, condominiums, football stadiums, golf courses and other environments. It can carry up to 900 kilos using energy from 6 batteries only, giving it the autonomy of a full day's work. The passenger version can transport up to six people.

In 1996, JACTO launched a complete line of high and medium pressure washers that can be used in industrial, commercial and residential services. The Cleaning Division, under which these products are grouped, was born from the incorporation of Sanisplay.

High pressure washer model 6500

The various Pressure Washer models ranging from Model 6500 to Model 9500 allow for efficient cleaning using high pressure. They are useful in domestic services as well as for industrial and commercial uses, including car wash in fuel stations. On the other hand, models LAV 500 and LAV 750, of medium pressure, are designed for heavy cleaning in fuel stations, transport companies, bus companies, etc.

All these models use advanced technology and parts, most of which was originally developed for Jacto's spraying equipment.