The AGRARTECHNIK Service Awards took place at a gala evening held on Friday, 12 January in Würzburg, as part of the 2018 Agricultural Business Conference. For the first time – and to everyone's surprise – the overall prize for Germany went to two winners.
AGRARTECHNIK Service Awards 2018: The Best of the Best
The AGRARTECHNIK Service Awards took place at a gala evening held on Friday, 12 January in Würzburg, as part of the 2018 Agricultural Business Conference. For the first time – and to everyone's surprise – the overall prize for Germany went to two winners.
Agricultural machinery specialists had to answer around 300 questions to be considered for the AGRARTECHNIK Service Award. The shortlisted few were visited and carefully inspected by a panel of experts including Franz-Josef Borgmann (Honorary Chairman of the Federal Association of Agricultural Engineering) and Frederik Masur (Editor of AGRARTECHNIK). One happy agricultural equipment manufacturer is Fendt, with Fendt Sales boasting the Best of the Best specialist companies.
"I'm delighted that we have regional winners from every area again this year. It goes to show how strong our dealers are and how seriously they operate their businesses,” says Andreas Loewel, Head of Fendt Sales in Germany. "I'm just so proud that two sites that sell and manage our machines have been crowned overall winners for Germany. Farmers and contractors can use our Fendt products reliably and sustainably only if customers have a strong dealer on their side, to provide an excellent onsite service."
These regional winners can count themselves among the top companies in Germany:
Regional Winner for the North
Agravis Technik Heide-Altmark
Site: 29525 Uelzen
Employees at site:
54 employees
33 workshop staff
11 trainees
Heinrich Schröder Landmaschinen KG
Site: 21702 Ahlerstedt
Employees at site:
35 employees
17 workshop staff
4 trainees
Regional Winner for the South
BayWa AG Riedlingen
Site: 88499 Riedlingen
Employees at site:
14 employees
7 workshop staff
2 trainees
Regional Winner for the West
Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main eG Geldern
Site: 47608 Geldern
Employees at site:
21 employees
8 workshop staff
3 trainees
The Best of the Best: Overall Winner for Germany
Two specialist companies were awarded the overall prize for Germany, achieving the same exceptionally high score:
BayWa AG Riedlingen
Heinrich Schröder Landmaschinen KG
National winners
The AGRARTECHNIK Service Award again recognised outstanding agricultural engineering companies from all over Europe. The European winner category "National Winner" was introduced in 2006. These Fendt businesses were crowned this year's winners:
