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About us
We are smaXtec

smaXtec is shaping the future of global dairy farming together with milk producers. As a pioneer and technological leader in a growing industry, we are committed to making a difference – for people, animals, and the environment. smaXtec is an investment in the future.

We stand by your side

Together with our dairy producers and their operations, we are shaping a secure future! Real preventive health management, made possible through valuable collaboration, is the key to achieving this. smaXtec increases the profitability of dairy operations worldwide, improves animal welfare, and preserves valuable resources.

As a true partner to dairy producers and with our unique artificial intelligence, we continue to expand our position as the global technological leader. We stand for:

  • More sustainable milk production
  • Improved animal welfare and cow understanding
  • Future-proof dairy production
  • Responsibility and transparency
Your success is our greatest goal!

At smaXtec, we live a true hands-on mentality – developed by farmers, for farmers. Our technologies are created in close collaboration with veterinarians, research institutions, and successful dairy producers, specifically designed to meet the challenges of dairy production. Throughout this process, we always put you and your needs at the centre.

Our goal is to enable you to act proactively and secure the long-term success of your dairy operation. Because your success is our greatest success.

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A true 'Triple Win'

The optimal state for dairy producers lies in a balance between profitability, sustainability, and consistent animal welfare. A win for the producer, the animals, and society – a true ‘triple win’. Our goal is to make this triple win achievable for all dairy operations worldwide, regardless of size or location.

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Profitability

By more efficiently managing health, feeding, and reproduction, smaXtec works with farmers to increase their profitability and helps them to use resources optimally.

animal welfare
Animal Welfare

Our solutions ensure that cows live healthier and with less stress by detecting health issues at an early stage, enabling better care.

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Sustainability

With resource-efficient technologies and preventive measures by dairy producers, smaXtec contributes to a more environmentally friendly and future-proof milk production.

CEO Stefan Scherer ©Ripix

Together with our dairy producers, we are setting new standards in animal welfare, sustainability, and profitability. We create new opportunities to lead dairy operations successfully into the future – thanks to our unique early detection system.

Stefan Scherer,
CEO

Our Company
our story

2025
2024
2023
2022
2020
2016
2009
2006
Strong growth and
sustainable investment

smaXtec continues its success and growth – now with a strong new partner at our side. From 2025, KKR will support us in further revolutionizing dairy farming. Together, we will refine our technology and expand our system worldwide.

Management Team of smaXtec ©Ripix
smaXtec heralds a new era in the dairy industry ©Ripix
From monitoring
to health management

The smaXtec digital assistant and the expansion of TruAdvice™ technology mark the beginning of a new era: TruHealth Management. With smaXtec’s AI-driven and preventive health management, dairy producers are always two steps ahead of diseases – efficient, transparent, and preventive.

Digital smaXtec assistant and TruAdvice Sujet
smaXtec TruHealth Management
TruAdvice™:
disease indication notifications

smaXtec’s TruAdvice™ technology is a revolution in dairy cow health monitoring. By combining internal cow measurements using bolus technology with artificial intelligence, TruAdvice™ provides the first-ever disease indication notifications with probability indications for common dairy cow illnesses such as mastitis.

TruAdvice mastitis indication notification on a phone in front of a cow
TruAdvice™ unites data quality and expertise

Growth &
international expansion

smaXtec continues to expand its team and establish direct market presence in countries such as Germany, Ireland, the UK, and the USA. With its AI-powered TruDrinking™ application, smaXtec has been the only system since 2022 to reliably provide data on individual water intake and drinking cycles of each cow.

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TruDrinking™ provides insights into drinking behaviour

Out of the cow
into the cloud

With the goal of driving long-term positive change in the dairy industry and further expanding our technological lead, Stefan Scherer took over management of the company alongside founder Stefan Rosenkranz in early 2020. The introduction of TruRumi® in 2020 added another unique parameter to our cow monitoring system: rumination activity. Thanks to direct measurement in the reticulum, smaXtec provides rumination data with the highest precision, allowing for even better decision-making in health, feeding, heat detection, and calving.

smaXtec CEOs Stefan Scherer and Stefan Rosenkranz
CEO Stefan Scherer & CPO Stefan Rosenkranz

From dairy cow
to the market

In 2016, the commercial sale of our products began, marking the start of the most comprehensive health monitoring system for dairy operations of all sizes. But this was just the beginning of our success story.

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Commercial distribution began in 2016

From research
to progress

Founded as a research project in 2009, smaXtec is now the global market leader in its field. We recognised that the rumen is not only useful for measuring pH levels but also provides unique and valuable data for dairy farmers, such as internal body temperature and activity.

smaXtec founder Mario Fallast
smaXtec co-founder Mario Fallast

Curiosity turns
into novelty

The idea for smaXtec was born in 2006 from the curiosity of two engineers who stumbled upon a problem in dairy farming: rumen pH measurement is highly valuable for research and improving dairy farming but could previously only be done with great difficulty and for a few cows. Founders Stefan Rosenkranz and Mario Fallast quickly realised that there had to be a better solution. As pioneers, they started developing sensors that continuously and long-term collect data inside the cow – with great success!

smaXtec co-founder and CEO Stefan Rosenkranz
smaXtec co-founder and CPO Stefan Rosenkranz
Checking cow health data with the smaXtec app
Awards & recognitions
Successful together

We are very proud of the verious awards and prizes we have received in recent years – both for our achievements in the field of precision dairy farming and as a company.

Commended for Cream Award for Innovation 2025
Commended for Cream Award for Innovation 2025
LAMMA Dairy Innovation of the Year 2025
LAMMA Dairy Innovation of the Year 2025
Royal Dairy Innovation Award 2023
Royal Dairy Innovation Award 2023
EY Scale-Up Award
EY Scale-Up Award
Agrarfuchs 2020
Agrarfuchs 2020
DLG Innovations Commission
DLG Innovations Commission
Primus 2018
Primus 2018
Hofgenie 2018
Hofgenie 2018
AgraME Award 2013
AgraME Award 2013
EuroTier 2010
EuroTier 2010
Inel D'Or 2010
Inel D'Or 2010
Our values &how we work

We are brave, forward-thinking, responsible and approachable. We are smaXtec.

We deliver valuable, high-quality solutions with determination. By farmers, for farmers!

  • Forward-thinking
  • Responsible
  • Brave
  • Approachable
We are forward-thinking

By continuously developing the smaXtec system and expanding our technological lead, we provide dairy producers with a future-proof solution for tomorrow’s challenges.

smaXtec customer holds bolus in hand
smaXtec customer holds bolus in hand
We are responsible

We take responsibility – for dairy producers, their herds, society, and the environment. With ambition and empathy, we constantly improve our system to promote sustainable dairy production.

Milking carousel with Fleckvieh cows
Milking carousel with Fleckvieh cows
We are disruptive

With determination, confidence, and courage, we are disruptively shaping a more sustainable future – for dairy cows, operations, producers, consumers, and the environment.

smaXtec employee is looking for something in the trunk of his car
smaXtec employee is looking for something in the trunk of his car
We are approachable

We are closely connected to dairy producers and understand their daily challenges. Through personal consultation, practical solutions, and open dialogue, we support them as a reliable partner.

smaXtec employees and customers look at a tablet in the barn
smaXtec employees and customers look at a tablet in the barn

What does smaXtec mean?

smaXtec is a combination of the words smart and technology. The X symbolizes the crossover of two disciplines – the foundation of our success.