Agria works
| Agria-Werke GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1947 |
| Seat | Möckmühl , Germany |
| management | Julian Viering, Klaus Mies |
| Number of employees | 65 |
| Branch | mechanical engineering |
| Website | www.agria.de |
| As of June 27, 2019 | |
The Agria-Werke GmbH is a manufacturer of power tools for agricultural, horticultural or municipal use such as walking tractors , tillers or remote controlled mower. The areas of application of the devices are in the areas of green space maintenance , soil cultivation as well as property and path maintenance. In addition to the well-known universal devices with a large selection of attachments, a new range of remote-controlled mulchers has been created in recent years .
history
The company was founded by the businessman Erwin Mächtel and the engineer Otto Göhler in Ruchsen near Möckmühl , but soon moved to a vacant site in Möckmühl.
Encouraged in particular by the needs of the farmers in the neighborhood, Agria gained a special reputation as a manufacturer of tiller, the production of which began in 1947. Known types of devices were in the 1950s and 1960s, the tiller Agriette or unicycle milling Agria baby also, commonly known herbs moped called with modified NSU Quickly Motor - NSU cc with a capacity of 49, 2.5 hp - Type 35 3-speed gearshift.
Also u. a. The single-axle series agria 2400 were equipped with NSU engines , which was replaced in 1982 by the successor model agria 3400, which is still produced today. In addition to tillers and single-axle machines , bar mowers such as the agria 2300 were an important pillar of the company and are still in production today.
In the course of its rapid success, the company was continuously expanded. In addition to the main factory in Möckmühl, other companies were established in Adelsheim and Jagsthausen, as well as in Spain, Italy and Greece at times until the 1970s.
For a short time Agria was also the manufacturer of a three- wheeled delivery scooter Triro , which competed with the three- wheeled light delivery vans Goliath and Tempo and, like the Goliath, advertised with a rear-wheel drive. The solid, very small truck could be ordered as a flatbed or box van, had a single-cylinder two-stroke engine with 250 cm³, 9 hp, and drove 50 km / h. This light commercial vehicle with a payload of 600 kg was built from 1950 to 1954. A total of around 500 pieces came onto the market. The flatbed truck cost up to 3,675 DM.
Agriette
agria single-axle tractor type 2400L
agria small tractor
type 4800
Bar mower from agria
Triro cargo scooter
In 1979 Eggebrecht Viering joined the company as managing director and soon became a partner. In the first few years he led the company together with the company's founders Erwin Mächtel and Otto Göhler. During this time, among other things, the single-axle agria 3400, which is still sold today, was created and production was technically advanced with welding robots and laser cutting machines.
At the beginning of the 1990s, the changed market conditions required considerable changes in the company. Eggebrecht Viering took over the company shares from the families of the company founders, who have since died, and geared himself to the latest strategies of the automotive industry . The high level of vertical integration was significantly reduced in favor of regional suppliers and concentrated on the Möckmühl location. In the course of this restructuring process, new companies emerged, some of which are still important suppliers today, such as KKI, which was spun off in 1994. After the successful reorganization of new tech products as the hydrostatic emerged subsequently implement carrier agria 5900 with portal axle .
Agria works today
Today Agria produces professional equipment for private users, gardening and landscaping and municipal users. The focus is still on high product quality, good operation and technical innovation.
The company continues to rely on hand-held devices such as the single-axle agria 3400 or the implement carriers of the agria 5900 series. In addition, with the introduction of the remote-controlled tall grass sickle mulcher agria 9600 in recent years, a new range of innovative, remote-controlled mulchers has been created the remote-controlled compact mower agria 9500 has been reinforced.
Single axle agria 3400 with tiller
Agria 5900 Taifun implement carrier with flail mower
Remote controlled caterpillar agria 9600
At the headquarters in Möckmühl, company administration, product development and the assembly of the devices are mainly carried out today . In modernized buildings, around 2000 devices with an engine output of up to 24 hp are built on two assembly lines and six individual assembly areas .
The agria devices are sold in Germany, Europe and worldwide and are organized by our own sales representatives, dealers and importers.
After the death of long-term partner and managing director Eggebrecht Viering at the beginning of 2019, his son Julian Viering continues the development of the family company together with managing director Klaus Mies.
additional
Agria is a dual partner of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Mosbach and regularly offers study places in the fields of mechanical engineering and electrical engineering , as well as apprenticeships in the commercial sector.
The quality management system of Agria-Werke GmbH has been certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 since 2008 . This certification was last confirmed in 2018.
One of the regional suppliers is the Johannes-Diakonie Mosbach , which works for people with disabilities and mental illnesses. The activities are u. a. job creation to foster personal and professional development and transitions to the general labor market. In the facility's workshops, individual parts are assembled into assemblies and then processed in the main Möckmühl factory.
Today's Agria industrial park with more than forty tenants was created around Agria-Werke GmbH from the vacant space in the course of the restructuring measures at the beginning of the 1990s.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Agria-Werke GmbH. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Local authority: agria 3400 - The classic with new power. July 4, 2018, accessed on June 11, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Bar mower: Products. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
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↑ Sources for the section on the Triro:
- Werner Oswald : German trucks and delivery vehicles. Volume 2: 1945-1969. 3. Edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-613-01197-2 , p. 486.
- Klaus Rabe: Historical motor traffic. Issue 6, 2006, ISSN 1612-4170 p. 42.
- ↑ About us - KKI GmbH Osterburken. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ^ Agria-Werke GmbH sales organization. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Long-time managing director and partner of Agria has passed away. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ DHBW Mosbach :: Course offers ›Electrical engineering› List of companies. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Job and training exchange. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ^ Johannes-Diakonie Mosbach: Work & Employment -. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .