About Wintex Agro
Thirty years of going deeper.
Automatic soil samplers from Thy, in the far north-west of Denmark, working in fields on every continent.
Torben Vinther, founder, product development
The idea
Torben Vinther is a farmer and agronomist who used to take soil samples by hand. He knew there had to be an easier way: one that spared the body and gave precise, representative samples, always from exactly the same depth.
In 1996 he built the first automatic sampler for 25 cm, the Vindél 100. Improved step by step, it was launched in 1999 as the Wintex 1000. Mounted on an ATV it made sampling far easier, faster and more accurate, and much larger areas could be covered.
It quickly became a bestseller in Denmark, then across Europe and beyond. Customer feedback led to samplers that go deeper in harder ground, with a hydraulic hammer and several layers in one operation. Today Wintex samplers work in the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa and across Europe.
From Vindél to MCL3.
1996
The Vindél 100
Farmer and agronomist Torben Vinther, tired of sampling by hand, builds the first automatic sampler for 25 cm.
1999
Wintex 1000
Improved and renamed, and mounted on an ATV. It becomes a bestseller in Denmark, then across Europe and beyond.
2000s
The hammer
Customers ask to go deeper in harder ground. The 1000s, 2000 and 3000 add a hydraulic hammer and multi-layer sampling.
2012
Wintex MCL3
Wintex takes over a Norwegian semi-automatic sampler for 120 and 200 cm and rebuilds it as the MCL3.
Today
Seven samplers
The 2500 and 3000s join the range: three layers from 60 cm and from a full metre. From 25 cm to 2 m.
2024
Part of Sdiptech
In December, Wintex Agro is acquired by the Swedish listed technology group Sdiptech. Torben Vinther continues his work at Wintex.
1996
The Vindél 100, where it began.
The archive film of the very first sampler is in our films.
What we stand for
Economic, reliable, easy to use, low maintenance.
Our focus is always on the people who use our samplers. Feedback from distributors and customers keeps us close to the latest developments in the world market, and it is why we attach such importance to quality, reliability, ease of use and minimum maintenance.
In December 2024 Wintex Agro was acquired by the Swedish listed technology group Sdiptech. Torben Vinther continues his work at Wintex Agro.
