2024-08-20News

Mechan celebrates 60 Years of Fendt importeurship

Agricultural machinery dealer Mechan in Achterveld, Netherlands, is celebrating a 60 year anniversary this year. Mechan has been an official importer of Fendt agricultural machinery since 1964.

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2024-08-20News

Mechan celebrates 60 Years of Fendt importeurship

Agricultural machinery dealer Mechan in Achterveld, Netherlands, is celebrating a 60 year anniversary this year. Mechan has been an official importer of Fendt agricultural machinery since 1964.

In 1964 sales of new equipment began in Achterveld and then Fendt quickly expanded its activities in the Netherlands to include maintenance of tractors and machines, parts supply, sales of used tractors and machines and later financial services.

Historical black and white photo of a house with an attached workshop and agricultural machinery in the foreground, de Vor's first dealership in the 1950s

Workshop with forge of the de Vor brothers on the Hessenweg in Achterveld

In the 1950s the Amsterdam brothers Willem and Cees de Vor imported used tractors, which they sold mainly in pubs. In 1957 they took over Jan Kooy's garage with forge on Hessenweg 164 in Achterveld, Netherlands. The brothers' great commercial spirit led the De Vor company to start importing the Fendt brand, then unknown in the Netherlands, in 1964.

Historical black and white photo from 1975, showing 3 men around a decorated Fendt farmer with a sign ’6,000th Fendt tractor for the Netherlands’

Handover of the 6,000th Fendt tractor for the Netherlands to a Fendt Farmer

In the first year the company sold a handful of tractors. But already in 1972 the De Vor company received a certificate from the Fendt factory for having sold two thousand Fendt tractors and in 1975 the company festively delivered the 6,000th Fendt. In 1986, 1,287 are sold in one year, making Fendt the market leader in the Netherlands.

5 men in front of a Fendt Farmer 412 Vario at the delivery of the 30,000th Fendt tractor to the Netherlands in 2013, the third man from the left in traditional Dutch traditional attire - blue clothing, peaked cap and a red neck scarf

Delivery of the 30,000th Fendt by de Vor with (ltr) Bart Calis (Sales De Vor Achterveld), Dick Bruil (Director Mechan Groep), Chris Post (Owner contractor Post), Bert Post (Contractor Post) and Gerard Vriezen (Director and Sales Manager Fendt de Vor)

In 1992, De Vor delivers the 20,000th Fendt (a Fendt 311) to its new owner and in 2013 the 30,000th, a Fendt Farmer 412 Vario. In 2014, as De Vor celebrates fifty years as a Fendt importer, the company merges into Mechan. The historic starting point, the dealership in Hessenweg in Achterveld is still in use today.

Mechan dealer location in Achterveld today

The fact that Mechan positions itself today as the engine of the agricultural sector and Fendt with the slogan Leaders drive Fendt, clearly indicates that both brands share a similar mindset and thus have a strong foundation for a long partnership.

About Mechan

Mechan Groep is a specialist and partner for agricultural machinery solutions. Based in Achterveld, the Netherlands, since 1970, first under the name de Vor and now under the name Mechan Groep. Mechan Groep offers agricultural machinery for sale, workshops with maintenance and service and spare parts at eight locations in the Netherlands.

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