Finance

Vogelsang: Successful financial year with product innovations

Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG has reported annual turnover in 2021 of 145 million euros for the Vogelsang Group (Vogelsang Germany and its subsidiaries). This represents an eight-percent rise in sales compared to the previous year. Despite the continued difficult conditions resulting from the Corona pandemic, the company has been able to increase its sales both at home and abroad – driven primarily by the segments of agricultural technology, biogas, and industry. “Product innovations and the further development of our machines and components are driving us forward. Yet more important, though, is that we maintain a direct exchange with our customers and partners and remain in close contact with them. Consequently, we were pleased to present our innovations and further developments at our in-house events as well as in webinars featuring live product demonstrations,” says Harald Vogelsang, CEO of Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG.

Portfolio expanded further

Milestones from the last year include the introduction of new and further developed products: One of these is the XSplit press screw separator, the first separator Vogelsang has launched for the processing of slurry and digestate. Also new are the precision distributor ExaCut ECC without air suction and the ProCap T progressive cavity pump, as well as the PowerFill Small compact filling aid and the Flow Performance Monitor (FPM). In addition, the UniSpread universal linkage is now also available with a working width of 10.5 m, while the BlackBird trailing shoe linkage in working widths of 21 and 24 m is equipped with a simplified control system. Vogelsang has also further developed the SyreN system for liquid manure acidification in terms of both appearance and safety.

Digital customer experiences still a key focus

Over the last few years, Vogelsang has dedicated itself largely to the issue of digitalization and its digital offering has been expanded to include further virtual 360-degree showrooms. This way, those who are interested in the segments of wastewater, agricultural technology, and biogas can find information on the Vogelsang product range that functions interactively. This year, the company is planning a further two showrooms in the areas of industry and transportation.

Harald Vogelsang: “We are delighted to support our customers in their work with our technology and advice. To do so, we are continuing to invest in the areas of research and development, production, and in the digitalization of marketing and sales.”

Lycetts proud to be part of newly named Group

Rural insurance broker Lycetts is aiming to help reach a £250 million charity target as part of ambitious plans of rebranded parent company, Benefact Group.

The Group, formerly known as Ecclesiastical Insurance Group – the fourth biggest corporate charity donor in the UK1 – hopes to hit the target by 2025.

The new name2 and brand identity has been chosen to reflect its diversity, breadth and purpose more accurately. ‘Benefact’ derives from the Latin for ‘to do well by supporting a person or good cause’.

Lycetts, which supports a range of farming and rural charities, will continue to operate under its own name, as will more than 30 other specialist financial businesses within the Group.

Charles Foster, CEO of Lycetts, said: “We are proud to be part of a group that is committed to improving lives and communities, and whose individual trading brands share the same high ethical standards. Each of us is united in the belief that better business can be a force for good, giving hope and help to those who most need it. Integrity matters.”

Originally created to protect parish churches from fire, the Group is owned by registered charity, Benefact Trust, and has been in existence for more than 130 years. During that time, it has grown to become an international family of three divisions – insurance, investments and broker and advisory – with operations in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia.

In recent years, the Group has given more than £100 million of its available profits to good causes through various programmes such as the Movement for Good awards, which accepts charitable nominations from both its customers and the wider public.

The Group’s giving supports a wide range of causes across different sectors including education and skills, rural, heritage, arts, faith, climate change, animal and wildlife charities.

Alongside the support Lycetts gives to Group charities, it has raised money for rural and farming charities including RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution) and YANA (You Are Not Alone).

Mark Hews, Group Chief Executive at Benefact Group, added: “Benefact Group is a very different financial service group. We are owned by a charity which means all our available profits can be given to good causes.

“As a company whose purpose is to contribute to the greater good of society, charitable giving is at the heart of what we do. I’m very proud of our new name which reflects our unique purpose, the breadth of our offering to our trading partners and marks an ambitious new chapter for the Group and our family of specialist businesses.”