Altor Equity Partners, the investment fund manager that sold tractor loader maker Ålö, will retain an interest in agriculture through its 2018 acquisition of a majority holding in Trioplast Industrier, a Swedish manufacturer of innovative agricultural and industrial plastic films.
The Russian owner of Bühler Industries has increased the domestic content of its Versatile-based tractors sold in Central and Eastern Europe and plans to introduce CKD assembly of Versatile MFWD and the new Nemesis models.
Sales of specialist cleaning units into North America for a variety of root and other crops have contributed to a record year for Scotts Precision Manufacturing.
The Rosario Board of Trade is reporting that corn planting intentions in Argentina are forecast to decline to 16.8 million acres during the 2019-20 growing season from 17.2 million acres planted in the 2018-19 marketing year.
The Brazilian National Assn. of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) released the total unit sales of agricultural machinery in the South American country for 2019.
In the year that Claas completed the transition from harvesting specialist to full line supplier in North America, the German group recorded sales revenues at a level similar to the prior 12 months but saw profitability plunge almost 40% in a challenging market.
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