Kongskilde Industries
| Kongskilde Industries A / S | |
|---|---|
| legal form | A / S |
| founding | 1949 |
| Seat | Sorø , Denmark |
| Number of employees | 997 (2016) |
| sales | EUR 293 million ( 2014 ) |
| Branch | Plant construction |
| Website | www.kongskilde.com/de |
The Kongskilde Industries A / S is an investment manufacturer based in Denmark Soro , who has worked in the areas of grain storage and industrial plant construction. The Danish cooperative DLG was 100% owner of Kongskilde Industries A / S from 2007 to 2016.
history
Kongskilde was founded in 1949 by Mogens Petersen and Hans Tyndeskov. The production of grain blowers started at that time. In 1956, the construction of spring-tine harrows started working in the soil. In 1997 the seed drill manufacturer Becker from Gieselwerder was taken over. In 1998, the Swedish plow manufacturer Överum was taken over by the Electrolux Group; Its beginnings are in 1654. In 2000, the manufacturers Howard and Nordsten were taken over, as well as shares in the Tim machine factory. The turnover in 2008 was 928 million Danish kroner (around 124 million euros), in the crisis year 2009 it was 735 million Danish crowns (around 99 million euros). In September 2011 Kongskilde took over the grassland technology from the manufacturer JF . In a press release from March 2015, Kongskilde announced that it would in future only market its products under the Kongskilde brand. The other brands are no longer sold. In June 2015, the closure of the JF plant in Sønderborg was announced and production was relocated to Poland. The sale of the agricultural machinery division to CNH Industrial with two plants in Poland and Sweden was announced in October 2016. The acquisition was completed on January 31, 2017.
Product range and brand names
In the case of agricultural machinery, the machines were marketed under the brand names
- Kongskilde
- Howard
- Northernmost
- Becker
- Överum
- JF
- Juko
- Vitfoss
In addition, shares in TIM Maschinenfabrik were acquired . Distribution in Germany was carried out by DANAGRI. In addition to soil cultivation equipment, the range also includes stone collectors and precision seeders .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Half a century of agricultural engineering from Denmark ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ dlv.de Kongskilde ( Memento from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 628 kB)
- ↑ message on agrarheute.com to acquire JF ( Memento of 20 October 2011 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Kongskilde's one-brand strategy
- ↑ Closure of JF's Sønderborg plant ( Memento from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Takeover of the agricultural machinery division by CNH Industrial
- ↑ CNH Industrial announces completion of Kongskilde Agriculture acquisition , at www.cnhindustrial.com , accessed February 15, 2017