Predecessor Paulsen recognised as “acting from a sense of conviction in support of agricultural machinery”
In his opening address, Dr. Garbers praised his predecessor in office: “The dedication with which you fulfilled your responsibilities is remarkable.” He continued, “Henning Christian Paulsen acts from a sense of conviction in his support of the agricultural machinery industry; as a figure who is able to integrate various interests, to a considerable extent he is also appreciated by farmers.”
Key role of the agricultural machinery industry
In view of the recovering market situation for agriculture and agricultural machinery, in order to recognise and utilise the enormous overall potential of agribusiness, it is essential “to set the right course for the future,” emphasised VDMA Chairman Dr. Garbers. The agricultural machinery industry plays a key role in sustainable solutions for major social issues such as global nutrition, energy supply, and climate protection.
Dr.-Ing. Hermann Garbers, Chairman of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association. Source: Claas.
High-calibre executive board
Vice-Chairmen Dr. h.c. Norbert Rauch, Managing Director of Rauch Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH, and Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Christian Dreyer (Graduate Industrial Engineer), Managing Director of Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG, were confirmed in office.
With the Chairman, they form the Executive Board of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association.
Dr. Hermann Garbers is an internationally esteemed expert in the area of self-propelled agricultural machinery and tractors. Following high-profile positions in science and industry, since 1999 Dr. Garbers, aged 59, has served as Executive Vice-President for Technology and Quality in the Claas Group. An important initiator, he is a founding member of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Steering Committee established in the year 2000.
Dr. h.c. Norbert Rauch has served as Vice-Chairman of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association since 2001.
A member of the Management Board since 1992, aged 59, he is active in distinguished roles in various Association committees, including the Seed and Plant Care division and the Agricultural Machinery standards group.
Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Christian Dreyer has been a member of the Management Board since 2001. In his function as member of the Board and Chairman for many years of the Soil Tillage division, he plays a prominent role in organising committee work.
Executive Board and Management of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association: Dr. h.c. Norbert Rauch, Dr.- Ing. Hermann Garbers, Dr. agr. Bernd Scherer (Doctor of Agricultural Economics) and Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Christian Dreyer.
Source: VDMA.
25 executives of the agricultural machinery industry on newly elected management board
In addition, the following are members of the newly elected Management Board of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association: August Altherr, John Deere Werke Mannheim; Siegfried Arndt, Agria-Werke GmbH; Christian Bauer, CNH Deutschland GmbH; Thomas Bortz, Kverneland Group Deutschland GmbH; Dr. Franz-Georg von Busse, Lemken GmbH & Co. KG; Vincenzo Cetani, CNH Deutschland GmbH; Stephanie Egerland-Rau, Rabe Agri GmbH; Karl-Heinz Gießner, Mercedes Benz Special Trucks; Franz Grimme, Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG; Helmut Korthöber, John Deere Vertrieb; Bernard Krone, Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH; Andreas Loewel, AGCO GmbH; Rainer Morgenstern, Same Deutz-Fahr Deutschland GmbH; Peter-Josef Paffen, AGCO GmbH; Henning Christian Paulsen, Claas Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH; Heinz Pöttinger, Gebr. Pöttinger GmbH; Ulrich Rassenhövel, GEA Farm Technologies GmbH; Dr.-Ing. Heribert Reiter, AGCO GmbH; Peter Röttgen, GKN Walterscheid GmbH; Michel Siebert, Kuhn S. A.; Dr. Klaus-Peter Strautmann, B. Strautmann & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG; and Wilhelm Voß, Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH.
With 160 national and international member companies, representing over 90 percent of industry turnover in Germany, the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association exhibits an exceptionally high level of organisation.
In 2009, VDMA member companies achieved a turnover of €5.6 billion for agricultural machinery. As international leaders in the area of innovation and technology, German agricultural machinery and tractor manufacturers have approximately 27,000 employees.
