Kverneland Group Soest GmbH Competence Centre for Seeding Technology 1 Location Kverneland Group Soest Soest Kverneland Group Soest Headquarters BA Soil equipment Hamburg Hannover Düsseldorf Frankfurt Competence center and manufacturing site for Seeding 310 employees Berlin Dresden Kverneland Group Deutschland Kverneland Group Holding Sales company for Kverneland products in Germany and Austria Shared Service Center, Global Tax, IT/IS Kverneland Group International Nürnberg Sales Area II München 86 employees 35 employees 2 Facts & Figures 3 Kverneland Group Soest GmbH Number of employees (end of 2014): 310 (thereof 19 trainees) Real estate: ca. 75 000m2 – thereof 39 000m2 covered by buildings Suppliers: 50 “A” suppliers cover >80%, 80 ”B” suppliers cover 15%, in total 450 suppliers Hamburg 37 000 active parts 2 700 machines each year - 42 different models Soest Hannover Berlin Düsseldorf Dresden Frankfurt Nürnberg München 4 Plant Oestinghausen – Production of plastic parts Number of employees: 17 Real estate: 10 000m2 600 parts Short distance: Oestinghausen - Soest 5 Historical Milestones 1. Pneumatic fertilizer spreader (1983 Turbo w. aluminium boom) WEISTE triangle Start with Precision drills Foundation by Heinrich Weiste in Sieningsen Accord PNEUMATIC system 6 Integration into the Kverneland Group Centre of excellence for Seeding Technology Company of the year 60 years Kverneland Accord 60,000 seed drill from Soest Plastic Production in Oestinghausen Aquisation of KLEINE Company Start of restructuring Kverneland Soest new dispatch, R&D workshop, 7 Re-opening factory with new paint shop Kverneland integrated into Kubota 8 Soest Manufacturing Site - Line Layout The flow structure ensures: • Shorter planning time. • Easier adaptation to meet individual customer requirements. • More effective production to reduce time from raw material to the finished product. Flow Group 1 Flow Group 2 Flow Group 3 Flow Group 4 High capacity precision drills Pneumatic and mechanical seed drills Precision drills Seeding combinations/ OEM 9 Soest Factory Inside Goods Reception R&D workshop Logistic axle Paint line Assembly line 4 Seeding combinations/ OEM Assembly line 3 Assembly line 2 Assembly line 1 Precision drills Pneumatic and mechanical seed drills High capacity precision drills Dispatch 10 Products in facts 42 different models of machines 500 – 1500 different parts in one machine 2 – 12m working widths 8 000 – 150 000 Euro per machine (depending on configuration) We export into 67 countries on all 5 continents Performance of up to 18 ha per hour is possible 60% of all precision drill are equipped with electric drive (e-drive) 86% of our seed drills are supplied disc coulters and 14% with Suffolk coulters 11 Pneumatic Seed drills & Mechanical seed drills Pneumatic & Mechanical Seed Drills brands Kverneland Accord and Vicon Rau OEM-supplier of pneumatic seeding components (e.g. John Deere) John Deere 740A Kverneland Accord i-drill PRO Kverneland Accord m-drill PRO 12 Pneumatic Seeding Combinations Seeding combinations brand Kverneland Accord Kverneland Accord u-drill Kverneland Accord Tine Seeder 13 Pneumatic Precision Drills Pneumatic precision drills; brands Kverneland Accord and Vicon Rau Kverneland Accord Optima Vicon Rau Multicorn 14 Pneumatic Precision Drills Special machine for seeding vegetable; brand Kverneland Accord Kverneland Accord Miniair 15 Mechanical Precision Drills Mechanical precision drills; brands Kverneland Accord and Vicon Rau Kverneland Accord Monopill Vicon Rau Unicorn 16