Lemken (company)
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1780 |
| Seat | Alps , Germany |
| management | Anthony van der Ley |
| Number of employees | 1,600 |
| sales | EUR 380 million |
| Branch | Agricultural engineering |
| Website | www.lemken.com |
| Status: 2018 | |
Lemken ( spelling LEMKEN GmbH & Co. KG ) is a company that specializes in product development , production and sales of agricultural technology. It was founded in 1780 as a forge and has developed into a leading company in the field of soil cultivation , seeds and crop protection . The company's main location is in the Lower Rhine Alps , around 50 km north of Düsseldorf .
Sales figures and history
77% (in comparison: 2016: 74%) of sales are in the export sector ; Lemken is represented in 49 countries, 14 of which have their own sales organizations and branches.
The company has been family-owned for seven generations and generated sales of 360 million euros in 2017 (for comparison: 2012: 340 million euros, 2011: 283 million euros, 2010: 218 million euros). In 1996 the Hassia company was taken over. In 2005 the companies RTS ( Meppen ) and Jacoby ( Hetzerath ) were taken over. With these two companies, Lemken also entered the crop protection equipment market.
Locations
Lemken currently operates two plants in Germany, in Alpen and Haren . In 2015, Lemken announced the Föhren location , which was only reopened in 2011 when Hetzerath was relocated, to want to close. Production was relocated to a new factory in Haren. Lemken has been represented abroad since 2012 with a plant in Nagpur, India, as well as assembly locations in Qingdao, China (also since 2012) and Detschino ( Kaluga ) in Russia . The location in Detschino is operated jointly with Grimme .
Products
- Plows and subsoil packers for basic tillage
- Cultivator for stubble cultivation and soil loosening
- Seedbed combinations and power harrows for seedbed preparation
- Drills for sowing
- Field sprayers for crop protection
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b [1]
- ↑ Lemken: Positive mood and new products in 2017 , on www.agrarheute.com , accessed on February 25, 2017
- ↑ Lemken wants to strengthen production in Haren, at www.noz.de , accessed on July 25, 2015
- ↑ Modern agricultural technology for China, on www.lemken.com ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 25, 2015
- ↑ Lemken strengthens Russia presence, on www.agroexpo.eu ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 25, 2015
