A group of British farmers and contractors from East Anglia, the South East and Shropshire visited two of Pöttingers factories during December. The group also included local dealer and Pöttinger UK staff first visited the most northerly of Pöttinger factories, Bernburg in North East Germany.
Established in 1853 the Bernburg factory was founded by the Siedersleben family, and there has been continuous manufacturing of seed drills on the site ever since. The Siedersleben family soon after formed the company Saxonia and quickly established itself as a well regarded seed drill manufacturer of the time. Beginning exports of seed drills in 1873 the company quickly increased production and was one of the first to introduce tractor drawn seed drills in Europe. In 1952 the company was amalgamated into the state owned VEB manufacturing division where it continued producing seed drills under the Saxonia brand and also that of Fortschritt, producing up to 5,000 seed drills per year. The Bernburg factory is recorded as Europe’s oldest manufacturing facility for seed drills, having produced in excess of 200,000 seed drills throughout its 159 year history.
Pöttinger invested in and purchased the facility during 2001 from its previous private owners whom had run the factory throughout the 1990’s. Today the site houses a state of the art modern manufacturing facility that produces the complete Pöttinger seed drill range from 2.5 Mtr up to 9 Mtr wide.
Recent investments seen by the visiting British group included the onsite powder coat paint facility ensuring all Pöttinger products get the best paint finish. The group was also shown the latest technology in bonding hopper lids together allowing a reduction in overall weight of the item but maintaining structural integrity. Annual output of the Pöttinger Bernburg factory is around 2,000 seed drills a year with products being shipped all over the world from this plant.
Journeying south down through Germany into adjoining Austria the group also visited the home of Pöttinger at Grieskirchen. This factory is very much the centre of the company’s business housing not only manufacturing but it acts as the HQ for the service, parts and sales divisions of the company. It was here in Grieskirchen town that in 1871 Franz Pöttinger founded the company that today is one of the leading manufacturers of agricultural machinery exporting to more than 50 countries worldwide.
At the Grieskirchen factory Pöttinger produces its complete range of grass harvesting equipment, and its plough range. Visitors were able to tour the production are and see the manufacturing of these products for themselves. Pöttinger prides itself on the fact that it produces many of the required components in house allowing them to ensure a supply of quality components as required. This can be seen from the large amounts of steel arriving into one end of the factory with a steady stream of finished machines leaving the other end. From here the machines are transported the short distance to the loading area where up to 5 lorries can be loaded at any one time, along with many machines being dispatched by rail from the companies own railway sidings.
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