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report Edition 24 Gaste Hude Forbach BBG Leipzig Samara Magazine of Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer For employees, customers and friends of the house BBG Hude ATL Leeden Report on the actual situation employees is decisive for the future success of the enterprise, a large amount is released for personnel The positive expectations of the management for 2012 development measures. Further, the amount for have been fulfilled. This year’s turnover of Amazonen- investment in the Gaste headquarters has been Werke will noticeably exceed 400 million € and thus considerably increased. In order to strengthen the exceed this threshold for the first time. Everybody has core workforce, Amazonen-Werke has taken over 75 powerfully contributed to this pleasant growth across temporary employees into permanent employment. all sites of the company group and the management extends particular thanks to our customers and emplo- Our development department at the different sites yees. works intensively on the technical progress of the entire programme. With innovations and additional improvements of With the objective to safeguard the long-term viability of the the existing products, Amazone creates the basis for the future and the headquarters in Gaste, Amazonen-Werke has freed themselves from positive development of the business. Additional growth is also planned the tariff commitment. As the vocational education and training of our by increased activity in new markets. Amazone blooms, grows and prospers On 10th July this year the topping out of our factory in Altmoorhausen With the three new halls the capacity is extended by an additional was celebrated. Three new bays with a total area of 7,200 m² were 7,200 m² and once they are finished completely, a covered area of topped out in presence of the Mayor of Hude, Axel Jahnz, the district ad- approximately 17,000 m² will be available. Altmoorhausen is the proof ministrator, Franz Eger and, of course, a representative of the construc- that Amazone proceeds yet further. tion company. Also additional executives from Amazone were present and among them also some former employees who wanted to see the Dr. Evers together with Mr. Nieters impressive development of the site. The gentlemen of the Dreyer family, (Hoving and Helmich) at the of Prof. h.c. (SAA Samara) Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinz Dreyer, Herr Klaus Dreyer topping out ceremony and the directors Christian und Dr. Justus Dreyer were all present. The topping out ceremony was celebrated in marvellous weather and in the The whole view of the factory at best of moods. Altmoorhausen As the next step, the management plans to install a modern paint facility in Altmoorhausen. The long-term concentration of activities in the large area sowing technology range and the active soil tillage is intended and investment to further extend this site will be forthcoming. 1 New at Amazone: Amazone UX 11200 trailed sprayer Latest technology meets efficiency Amazonen-Werke has extended their vast programme of crop protec- tion sprayers with a new model in the UX series. With the UX 11200, Amazone now offers a 12,000 litre sprayer with tandem axle unit for areas where especially high work rates are demanded. 10 top features and benefits for the UX 11200: Huge capacity, actual volume 12,000 litres Tank design with a favourable centre of gravity and limited baffles for an optimised field and road holding, efficient interior cleaning and minimal residual volumes Steel profile frame, strong as an ox, with safely routed hoses Covered, central operator station and Comfort-Pack with automated controls for the utmost comfort Perfect driving comfort and safe behaviour on the road due to the level regulated hydro-pneumatic axle suspension and SingleTrail self steering Option: DoubleTrail axle steering for optimum true track following and the best manoeuvrability Safe and superbly strong hitch drawbar with shock load damping and three ton support load Simultaneously superbly strong, yet superbly light and superbly compact sprayer booms with aircraft wing design Latest, operator-friendly control chests and AMATRON3 ISOBUS terminal High capacity 900 l/min capacity pump for quick filling 2 report Edition 24 “AMATECHNICA“ in Gaste on 10th May, 2012 On the 10th May, Amatechnica, the big field day with a presentation of the complete programme, was held at the headquarters of Amazonen- Werke. There was a huge interest in this event where over 5,000 farmers and contractors came from all over Germany and its neighbouring countries. The visitors were presented with a varied programme across an area of approximately 10 hectares. The machine presentations and practical field demonstrations were the focus of interest. As a further focus, seminars on the topic “More field intelligence“ were offered in our Active Centre. In an official prize-giving ceremony during the course of Amatechnica, Amazone was given the award “Selected location 2012“ in the competition “365 locations in the country of ideas“. Further events, such as tours through the factory and our fertiliser testing laboratory, the opportunity to show their working place and the production proce- the exhibition of vintage tractors or rodeo riding rounded off the diverse dures to their relatives. Of course, also for the family day, the machine programme. Amatechnica ended in the big marquee with live music from demonstrations were of special attraction whereas a drawing contest, the “Country Girls”, which ensured a great mood. bouncy castle and a ”bag full rally“ provided good entertainment for the kids. On the following Saturday, our headquarters opened its doors to our employees and their families. Almost 750 visitors joined the family day in We thank all employees who contributed to the good success of this Hasbergen-Gaste. In the course of factory tours, many employees took year’s Amatechnica. 3 Once upon a time: “Gloria“ butter making machines from Heinrich Dreyer Already soon after the foundation of his company for the serial produc- tion of agricultural machinery, Heinrich Dreyer developed plans how to extend his production programme. He did not want to make himself solely dependent on his Amazone winnower. One of his ideas was a butter making machine where he developed interesting concepts to ease the work of making butter. He also had carefully made his own copper engravings to have fine pictures for advertising. As basis for the engravings, he took photo- graphs and in this case his wife Lisette served as model. Around some hundred of these butter machines of different types were sold, however, at no time were they of great importance. When then in 1910, the “Federkraft” potato sorter production started successfully, the making of butter making machines was gradually stopped. But at least “Gloria“ butter making machine with they are an interesting chapter in the wife of the boss, Mrs Lisette Dreyer. the history of Amazonen-Werke. Always on the road for Amazone: Dipl.-Ing. agr. Michael Hager One of our longest-serving representatives is Mr. Michael Hager from Dielmissen in the northern district of Holzminden in Lower Saxony. Due to his professional career Mr. Hagen, is especially qualified for representing Amazonen-Werke. After he had served in the German Armed Forces he studied agricultural productivity at the Gesamthoch- schule in Kassel and successfully finished his studies in 1987. Then also, he undertook commercial training at a cooperative. In addition he has an outstanding knowledge of practical farming. In 1990, in other words almost 25 years ago, Mr. Hager joined Amazonen-Werke and very soon he gained the confidence of his customers in the trade and on farms. At his dealers he is a welcome partner and advisor. He keeps fit with football and Triathlon. We wish Mr. Hager still a long, successful career and thank him for his excellent work. From left: Mr. Hager with the base managers of AGRAVIS Einbeck-Dassensen Mr. Matthias Leese and Mr. Hans Dunkel 4 report Edition 24 New machines for production and training: Rationalisation is increasingly vital! At all our production sites new machines are constantly purchased to improve the quality of production and so to optimise the process as well as easing the work of our employees. So, in our training work- shop at the headquarters in Gaste, a new lathe was installed, which not only produces highly precise parts for our tool construction and for production, but which also serves for training the apprentices. In addition in Hude, a big plastic injection moulding device was purchased so that bigger parts of high grade plastic can also be produced in-house. With the high vertical range of manufacture, Amazonen-Werke is more flexible than many other companies. The new efficient plastic injection moulding device in operation (left) Tutti Frutti in Leipzig For approximately one year “fruit shelves“ have existed on the pro- However, with one minor flaw because, for the different shares, nuts duction line at BBG Leipzig, however, with fruits hard to digest. How and bolts with identical thread diameters are used, which, however, did that come about? Actually very simply! differ in other details, such as, for example, their length, but they have significantly similar part numbers. These similarities resulted in The entire logistics for the provision of share sets for the tine ma- the everyday practice that simply ”suitable“ bolts and nuts were being chines in the final assembly required substantial changes. Objective taken. The careful classification and composition required much time was the customer specific composition and provision during the final and was “annoying“. assembly of the specific machine. To achieve this, a share “super- market” was installed in the centre of the final assembly. Since then, But what has to do all this with fruits? Well, in order to simp- all share types in their as delivered state, plus all necessary bolts, lify the identification of the parts every relevant part number was washers and nuts as well as cases for them to be packed in are up assigned to a fruit and illustrated on the relevant storage container.

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