FOCUSED ON FARMING
PERFORMANCE
Farmtech is a European leader in the design and manufacture of high-tech all-purpose agricultural vehicles and other machinery. Philip Yorke takes a closer look at a company that is poised for significant growth, and reports on the products that are driving its global expansion.
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armtech was founded in Slovenia in 1954 and is a subsidiary of the Austrian industrial group Komptech, a leading supplier of machines for the mechanical and biological treatment of solid waste and biomass. Farmtech became part of the Komptech Group in 1997 and has since seen consistent growth and a broadening of its product portfolio. Today Farmtech manufactures more than 1000 farm equipment units per year. In addition to transportation vehicles for the agricultural industry, it also produces equipment for the environmental and recycling industry.
The Komptech Group operates in locations in Austria, Germany and the USA. Today the group employs more than 550 people worldwide, and last year recorded sales of over €100 million. In 2013 Farmtech contributed over €20 million to Group revenues, and currently employs 260 people.
Diversity and innovation The broad range of products offered by Farmtech is designed to meet the growing and diverse needs of today’s modern agricultural users. The company produces all types of single axle, double axle, tri-axle and tandem
tipping trailers as well as all-purpose farm vehicles and manure spreaders. Farmtech’s manure spreader range includes mountain spreaders from 4 and 5.5 tons, as well as spreaders ranging from 6.2 to 12 tons. This is in addition to a special all-purpose spreader produced in sizes from 18 to 22 tons. With its in-house R&D team Farmtech continues to set new standards in terms of innovation and cost-effectiveness. In addition to traditional crops and bulk materials, there is also a growing demand for the transportation of heavy goods such as sand, gravel, building rubble, soils and
