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Jalison Cruz managing Oxbo do Brasil

Oxbo appointed Jalison Cruz as general manager of Oxbo Brazil. In this role, Cruz will be responsible for the overall leadership of Oxbo’s Brazilian operations, including strategy execution, business performance, and continued development of the team.  Cruz brings more than 20 years of experience in...

Vice President Procurement AGCO

Jens Jorch will be joining AGCO in early September as Vice President Procurement. Jorch brings more than 20 years of international industrial experience, including over 15 years in global direct and indirect procurement. Jens Jorch joins AGCO from BMW Group, where he held senior leadership roles acr...

Siloking enforces management board

Siloking Mayer Maschinenbau is systematically aligning its leadership structure to support further growth. Effective August 1, Jürgen Rückert has been appointed to the executive management team. Alongside Georg Mayer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Margit Mayer as General Manager, Jürgen Rücker...

Leadership changes at AGCO

AGCO Corporation appointed Damon Audia and Indira Agarwal at new positions in the company. Audia becomes President of PTx & Corporate Strategy, whereas Agarwal has moved to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. In this position, she succeeds Damon Audia. Damon Audia’s n...

Helmut Claas would have turned 100

Claas is marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Helmut Claas, honouring the engineer and entrepreneur whose innovations helped transform modern agricultural technology, while shaping the company into a global player in the ag machinery industry. Born in Harsewinkel, Germany in 1926, Helmut Cl...

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“I wanted to disrupt the industry”

Craig Rupp is a self-made man. The founder and owner of US based Sabanto, has a clear vision on automation in agriculture. “I wanted to disrupt the industry,” he says. And so, he did. Craig developed the Steward retrofit kit, making tractors operate autonomously. It eases the workload for farmers. B...

“Cotton King” high clearance tractor

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia, are rich in cotton production. In order to meet technological constraints, Lovol launched the high clearance TX1104-H “Cotton King” tractor, specifically designed for cotton production in these countries. Th...

“Agritechnica Asia live” is approaching

From 24-26 August, Agritechnica Asia Live 2022 will be held in Can Tho City, Vietnam. At Agritechnica Live, machinery will be demonstrated in the field. Concurrently there’s an exhibition with a seminar programme. The previous edition was held in Myanmar, which attracted visitors from across South E...

“Let the future begin”

The global ag machinery market is continuously evolving. AGCO aims to be in the forefront of new technology. Serving their own customers, but also mixed fleet operations. With new solutions in precision ag, autonomous vehicles and engines running on clean energy. Always with full focus on the farmer...

“Agricultural robots” today at Agritechnica digital

“Agricultural robots” is the first topic in new webinar series on startup technologies, presented in Agritechnica digital. Free-to-attend ‘AgTech’ events explore topics shaping startup innovation scene: robotics, digitalization, circular economy and soil health. Today, 18 January 2022, Agritechnica ...

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AGCO senior staff join AEM Board of Directors

AGCO’s Robert Crain and Bill Hurley have been elected to the US Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) leadership.  Robert Crain will serve as AEM chair of the Board of Directors, whereas Bill Hurley will serve as Vice Chair of the Agriculture Equipment Sector Board. Both terms will begin in J...

Walter Wagner new Managing Director of Fendt R&D

Walter Wagner (60), the former Vice President of Engineering for Fendt Tractors, will take over the position of Managing Director of Research & Development at AGCO/Fendt from 1 January 2022. He will succeed Dr. Heribert Reiter, who will resign at the end of the year. “We are delighted with...

Mogens Rüdiger new chairman at AgroIntelli

Mogens Rüdiger has been elected as the new chairman of the board of directors at AgroIntelli. Rüdiger succeeds Karen-Marie Katholm, who has decided to resign to pursue a career with AkzoNobel in the Netherlands. Troels Øberg, Nordic Alpha Partners, was elected as vice chairman of the board of direct...

Yasukazu Kamada CEO & President of Kverneland Group

Kubota Corporation announces the appointment of Mr. Yasukazu Kamada as new President and CEO of Kubota Holdings Europe B.V. and of Kverneland AS. Mr. Kamada replaces Mr. Shingo Hanada, who has been given a new assignment as Managing Executive Officer, President of Kubota North America Corporation an...

Leanne G. Garet joins board of directors Deere & Co.

Deere & Company elected Leanne G. Caret to the company’s board of directors. She is an executive vice president of The Boeing Company and serves as president and chief executive officer of the Boeing Defense, Space, and Security business. In 2020, Boeing’s revenue from defense and sp...

AGCO appoints Niels Pörksen to its Board of Directors

AGCO announces the election of Niels Pörksen to its Board of Directors effective October 21, 2021. Pörksen takes over the position of Roy Armes, who is retiring from the Board of Directors. “We are delighted to have Niels join our Board,” said Eric Hansotia, Chairman, President and CEO of AGCO Corpo...

Management change at Case IH

Case IH announces Scott Harris, current vice president of North America, will lead the brand as Case IH global president. Harris replaces Brad Crews, who will serve as president of North America for CNH Industrial. Kurt Coffey, current global brand marketing manager and marketing communications lead...

Raby succeeds Magnusson to lead Claas of Americas

Claas has announced that Eric Raby will succeed Leif Magnusson as Senior Vice President of the Americas Region effective October 1, 2021. Magnusson joined Claas in 2008 and has led the Americas Region during a time of significant growth and development. He will continue with the Claas Group in an ad...

Changing of the guard at AEM

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) in the USA, announced that Dennis J. Slater will retire as AEM President, effective December 31, 2021. The AEM Board of Directors has selected AEM’s Senior Vice President, Construction & Utility Sector Megan Tanel to succeed Slater and serve as AE...

Tobias Eichberg new managing director of DLG Exhibitions

Tobias Eichberg has taken over as Managing Director of the Exhibitions Department of the DLG (German Agricultural Society) and DLG Service GmbH, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Eichberg succeeds Peter Grothues, who will be retiring on 31 July Tobias Eichberg has accumulated more than 25 years’ ...
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