In Italy you see more specialized machinery used to produce and ship plant material. The propagation stages of nursery production in Italy are well mechanized. Italian nurseries have capitalized on the use of European high-tech greenhouse innovation to produce liners for container and field production. The use of small shear machines that shear plants evenly on the tops and sides at one time. Standard-sized rolling racks for regional plant deliveries.
Racks are generic and of universal size used by growers in the region.
The use of telescoping, articulating, high-lift type forklift vehicles for assembling and loading plants. Large wire-bin type stackable pallets used for assembly and loading of plants. Small digging machines for field nurseries. Many container plants are grown in the field for several years. Then they are field-potted and finished in container nurseries.