Progress harvesting machines Neustadt in Saxony
The company Progress Erntemaschinen Neustadt in Saxony was one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery in the GDR and the only company that retained the name “Progress” after the dissolution of the Progress Agricultural Machinery Combine in 1990.
history
The plant in Neustadt in Saxony , which had undergone multiple changes of ownership and function in the 1920s and 1930s, was taken over by Hering AG Nuremberg in 1939 and converted to armaments production. After the war it was almost completely dismantled .
In 1946, the production of simple agricultural machinery and utensils began under trust management. In 1948 the expropriation took place and the nationally owned company Herkules-Landmaschinen-Werke was created. In 1949, the company was merged with the Stolpen agricultural machinery factory (formerly Carl August Klinger) and renamed Progress Agricultural Machinery Works (Plant I Neustadt, Plant II Stolpen).
In 1951, as part of the VVB agricultural, construction and woodworking machines, the progress agricultural machinery works were merged with three other agricultural machinery companies in East Saxony to form the LBH progress agricultural machinery works in Neustadt in Saxony, which were renamed VEB progress harvesting machines in 1953 and in 1964 the collective advanced agricultural machinery .
The further development of the company took place within the scope of the combine progress agricultural machinery initially with the status of a production area. All other functions from product development to sales were handled by the combine management, which was also based in Neustadt / Saxony. In 1978 the company was named "Progress Harvesting Machines Neustadt" and in 1982 all the functions required for an independent operation were transferred to it. In 1984 it was merged with the combine management. The company Progress Harvesting Machines Neustadt acted as the parent company of the combine from this point on . In 1989 this unit had around 6,400 employees, of which around 1,500 worked in the management of the combine and around 900 in the two parts of the company in Sebnitz (formerly the Sebnitz hoist plant ) and Stolpen.
In 1990 the management of the combine was dissolved and the company was placed under trust management as Progress Erntemaschinen GmbH. In 1994 the company was taken over by the Bidell Group, which also included Mengele (Günzburg) and Eberhardt (Waldstetten).
In 1997, CASE IH acquired the Progress Erntemaschinen GmbH together with the "Combine Harvester" product range from MDW Singwitz (formerly Progress Combine Harvester Plant Bischofswerda / Singwitz ) and the "Self-propelled Forage Harvester" product range from Mengele and founded CASE Harvesting Systems GmbH based in Neustadt / Saxony . As a result of the merger of CASE IH and New Holland in 1999, the company in Neustadt / Saxony became redundant and closed in 2004. The Capron company, founded in July 2005, acquired the Neustadt plant. In November 2006, the production of motorhomes and caravans started there.
Maschinenfabrik Stolpen GmbH, which continues to operate in the field of agricultural engineering, was created through privatization in 1993 from the Stolpen division, the former Carl August Klinger company.
Products
It began in 1946 with heaping plows and heating stoves and in Stolpen with repairs and later with the manufacture of threshing machines for the Klinger company. The first new developments were blower forage harvesters, tractor attachment mowers and haymaking machines.
This was followed by the products geared towards large farms:
- Broaching and collecting press T 242 (from 1953),
- Harvester E 062 (from 1955),
- Forage harvester E 065 with the successor types E 066/067 (from 1957),
- Flail chopper E 069 (from 1963),
- High pressure press K 441 with the successor K 442 (from 1959),
- Wheel rake E 247/249 (from 1962),
- Multi-purpose trailer / manure spreader T 087 (from 1964).
From the mid-1960s, the focus was on stalk forage harvesting technology with the main products:
- Self-propelled forage harvester E 280 and its successor type E 281 (from 1970) - production took place in the Schönebeck tractor factory from 1973,
- Self-propelled swather E 301 and its successor types E 302 and E 303 (from 1970),
- Special trailer / fertilizer spreader T088 (from 1974) - production took place in Hungary from 1976,
- High pressure press K 453 and further development K 454 (from 1975),
- Series high pressure presses K 420, K 430, K 440 and K 460 (from 1985),
- E 930 single-axle tractor with additional equipment (from 1983),
- Square big baler 4550 (from 1989).
From 1990 these product ranges were replaced by further and new developments. These included:
- Self-propelled swather E 304 (from 1990),
- Self-propelled swather E 340 (from 1992),
- Large square balers 550 and 530 (from 1992),
- Large square baler 540 (from 1994),
- Self-propelled big baler in cooperation with Deutz-Fahr (1993/1994),
- Self-propelled forage harvester 8790 (from 1997),
- Further development of the Mengele forage harvester 6900, 7400, 7800 (from 1997),
- Combines E 525 and E 527 (from 1998),
- Combines of the CF and CT series (from 1999),
- Superstructures for waste disposal vehicles (from 1993),
- Equipment for vehicle painting systems as a cooperation service (from 1995).
literature
- Krombholz, K .: Agricultural machinery in the GDR - light and shadow . DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-7690-0717-6 .
- Collective of authors: The nationally owned combine progress agricultural machinery Neustadt in Saxony and its companies 1945 - 1990 . Publication of the traditional association KOFO Neustadt / Sa. eV, Neustadt in Saxony 2005.
- Bauer, G .: Fascination of agricultural engineering - 100 years of agricultural engineering companies and manufacturers in transition . DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2003, ISBN 3-7690-0596-1 .