Around 450,000 specialised visitors, more than 100,000 of them from abroad, visited the Agritechnica trade show in Hanover from 12th to 18th November, 2017. The influx of visitors on the 1,700 m² Amazone Stand in Hall 9 was bigger than ever before.
In advance of the Agritechnica 2017 exhibition an expert commission, implemented by the DLG, has awarded even three Amazone innovations each one silver medal.
At the beginning of September 2017, more than 120 specialist agricultural journalists from 30 countries around the world took part in an international press conference as guests of Amazone.
In the Schleptrup industrial area near Bramsche, Amazonen-Werke has started on the build of its new production facility. The official initiation was given on August 31st, 2017 with a symbolic first ground-breaking ceremony.
At present, Kathrin Schmidt, from Amazone Product Marketing, is on her way across North America on a demonstration tour with a Xerion 5000 and a 12 m wide Catros+ 12003-2TS compact disc harrow.
The XTender-T has been developed for farms looking to simultaneously apply fertiliser and/or seed in combination with the soil tillage operation via a cultivator or compact disc harrow.
Insgesamt hat die neue Lackieranlage rund 20 Mio. Euro gekostet und ist damit die bislang größte Einzelinvestition in der Unternehmensgeschichte der Amazonen-Werke.
With regard to the topic of post exhaust emissions treatment, AMAZONE relies on the exhaust gas recirculation with a diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filter.
AMAZONE now offers, in addition to the already well-proven C-Mix shares, the new C-Mix-Clip quick change system for the Cenius mulch cultivator series to enable an even more comfortable share change.
At the agricultural technology exhibition SIMA 2017 in Paris the Amazone stand was very well attended on all days. The mood of the visitors was more positive than initially expected.
The title ‘Machine of the Year’ is a specific distinction for innovation awarded by a jury of specialist gricultural machinery journalists from across Europe.
HeigthSelect is an innovation which, in combination with the electric 4-fold AmaSelect individual nozzle switching, results in the automatic matching of the distance between boom and target surface depending on nozzle distance and nozzle type.
In the business year 2016 the Amazone Group has achieved a turnover of 406 mio. Euros. Compared with the previous year the turnover thus has been slightly increased.
As an innovation for the ZA-V fertiliser spreader product line, AMAZONE now offers the EasySet operating system. This new, in-cab terminal allows the specific, simple and comfortable actuation of the fertiliser spreader.
At the Hasbergen-Gaste factory, Amazonen-Werke has invested about 2 million Euros in buildings and equipment in a new test centre. With this new building, the capacity for research and development at the Hasbergen-Gaste site has been significantly expanded.
With 50 the Amazonen-Werke again came out superbly well and gained the 4th place against all agricultural machinery manufacturers represented in Germany.