Amazonen-Werke

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  • Christian Dreyer
  • Justus Dreyer

The Amazons -Werke H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG (My spelling: AMAZONEN ) is a manufacturer of agricultural and municipal machinery. The main plant of the company founded by Heinrich Dreyer in 1883 the company is located in Hasbergen - guests, Lower Saxony.

History of the name

Heinrich Dreyer wanted to describe with reference to the mythical woman folk of the Amazons its machines with the brand name " Amazon" as beautiful and strong.

History

Founder Heinrich Dreyer began in 1883 with the first production of grain cleaning machines, and later included plows, cultivators, potato sorter and 1915, the first fertilizer spreader. Early Dreyer began with the export, so in 1906 the first grain cleaning machines were sold to Valparaiso in Chile. 1942, the first potato harvesting machines came on the market in 1949 was followed by drills and 1959, the manure spreader. Were very successful in the 1960s, the twin disc fertilizer spreader ZA and the drill D4, which Amazone achieved market leadership in this segment. 1967, the company entered into tillage, Amazone developed the first manufacturer pto-driven tillage equipment that could be combined with a drill. First, the harrow, were then the rotary cultivator and finally taken up the harrow in the product range. Later, after the German reunification, more passively operating tillage machines were introduced to the market. In 1987, the first precision seeder by Amazon.

In 2008, the Amazon Foundation was established, which was characterized in the following year for the first time young recruits for its student theses in the field of agricultural engineering. In 2009, Amazone on the assembly of Großsämaschinen at the new site Hude - Altmoorhausen and began in Tecklenburg - Leeden with the natural production of self-propelled sprayers named Pantera. In addition, a designated as BoniRob autonomous field robot was presented for the individual plant -based experimentation, the. , In cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Robert Bosch GmbH was developed and other partners

In January 2010, a new fertilizer spreader test hall in Hasbergen - guests was put into operation. With this it is possible for the company to test fertilizer up to a working width of 72 meters, as well as to explore new kinds of fertilizer on their material and scattering properties.

In February 2011, Amazon has sold the division warehouse technology.

Corporate Structure

The shares of the company owned in full by the two families Dreyer. Managing Directors Christian Dreyer and Justus Dreyer. The number of employees amounts to a total of about 1800, the turnover was approximately € 515 million in 2013. It exports to over 70 countries, the export share is 80 % (as of 2013). The customers of Amazon are farmers, agricultural contractors, municipalities and related fields.

Locations

  • Hude near Oldenburg
  • Forbach (France): Commercial Mowing
  • Leipzig: BBG tillage equipment (formerly Rudolf bag Leipzig)
  • Ledeen (city Tecklenburg ): AmazoneTechnologieLeeden
  • Samara ( Russia): GAG EUR technique Samara

In Germany Amazone has five business offices in Rendsburg, goddess, Winningen / Mosel, Altheim and Gablingen.

Distribution sites there are in the UK, France, Poland, Ukraine and Russia.

Product spectrum

Amazone produced plows, seeders, seeders, fertilizer spreaders and sprayers in various designs, continue machinery for park and green area maintenance and winter services. In parallel with the production of agricultural machinery performs Amazone agricultural projects and experiments. Another mainstay until 2011 was the design and construction of multi-purpose warehouses.

Fertilizer spreader

Built drill to harrow

Sprayers

Amazone Profihopper

Types of business entity Seed drill Samara, Russia
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