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FROM THE FENDT ARCHIVES: THE FIRST GRASS MOWER FROM FENDT In 1927, the Fendt family worked with a self-made petrol grass mower in the field for the first time. In the photo, the entrepreneurial family of Kreszentia and Johann-Georg Fendt harvesting hay in the former Oberdorf/Allgäu. They were the parents of the brothers Xaver, Hermann and Paul Fendt, who successfully built up the Xaver Fendt & Co. tractor factory until the 1980’s. Today combines are real high-tech machines. This November, Fendt will be awarded a Silver Medal at the Agritechnica for its 360° camera for combines. More on page 18....

Cover Story Fendt Women > 20 Quality in hp: Three hundred ninety and one horsepower, a portrait of Liesa Repetzki, Schröder Landtechnik > 6 Fendt 1000 Vario. A revolutionary standard tractor. Fendt International > 24 Family-run business on a solid base, Bröders from the Netherlands > 36 The first Katana in Switzerland, Contractor Bruno Näf from Buckten Fendt Interview FENDT Reports > 28 Intelligent connection: save costs with Fendt Variotronic > 12 “ e are here for you with our entire team!“ W Peter-Josef Paffen, Vice President and Chairman of the AGCO/Fendt Management Board in an interview:...

Fendt 1000 Vario. A revolutionary standard tractor. The Fendt 1000 Vario was presented for the first time at the International Press Conference 2014 at the Neuschwanstein Castle. Some details about the engine, the further developed cab Fendt Life Cab and the lighting system were revealed to the public. However, Fendt kept silent about the core, the completely new generation of the Vario transmission and the engine with low engine speed concept. Now we will unveil the secret and present the new Fendt iD drive train to you exclusively. Fendt 1000 Vario: 14-tonne unladen weight. Can be ballasted...

Fendt set an exceptional goal for the new Fendt 1000 Vario series: to develop a completely new standard tractor in a power range not yet occupied worldwide, 400–500 hp, that is compact, agile and versatile, and also extremely power and fuel-efficient. To achieve this result, a completely new development as well as an entirely new approach were required. The Fendt 1000 Vario is the first standard tractor worldwide with the comprehensive low engine speed design “Fendt iD” and the “Fendt VarioDrive” drive technology. A new green for the Fendt 1000 Vario: Fendt Nature Green. High-torque and variable...

is available over the entire speed range from 0 to 60 km/h without interruption of pulling power (range selector). Thanks to the intelligent transmission design, the hydraulic motor FA does not transfer torque to the front axle above approx. 25 km/h; it is completely decoupled at higher speeds. There are no drag losses, which significantly increases efficiency when driving on the road. Intelligent four-wheel management with the VarioDrive drive train The front and rear axles are driven independently, which opens completely new possibilities for the Fendt 1000 Vario: optimised traction, automated...

Peter-Josef Paffen is known as the Chairman of the AGCO/ Fendt Management Board. Born in the Rhineland, he joined Fendt in Marktoberdorf in 1998. At the beginning, as a qualified engineer, he was responsible for the international coordination of product management for Fendt tractors in the Research and Development Centre. He soon climbed up into the management level. He drove the expansion of the Marktoberdorf and Asbach-Bäumenheim sites forward. In September 2012, the “world’s most modern tractor factory” went into operation. Before the world’s largest exhibition for agricultural machinery,...

that such a machine is in the works. Now it is here. With the Fendt 1000 Vario, we are setting a new standard in technology. Because the tractor not only represents an increase in power, it is also a completely new development. Moreover, it is the largest individual project that Fendt, but also AGCO, has ever developed in our company history up to now. The first feedback from the market has been fantastic. This will have a positive impact on our entire operations. Even the “old-timers” from the agricultural press have confirmed to us that the 1000 Vario sports a completely new driving and working...

With nearly 2,500 m2, Fendt has the largest AGCO Stand so it can present itself as a full-line manufacturer with the entire new product range: All tractor ranges from the Fendt 200 Vario narrow track tractor up to the exhibition highlight, the new Fendt 1000 Vario The new Fendt Katana 65 forage harvester and Fendt Katana 85 with Tier 4 Final emissions and new technical features The new harvesting machinery with combine harvesters and balers Fendt at the Agritechnica 2015: More space, greater variety of machines = even more Fendt. From 10-14 November the world's leading exhibition for agricultural...

agritechnica 2015: Fendt as innovation driver in the agricultural equipment industry Fendt secures its reputation as the innovation driver in the agricultural equipment industry at the Agritechnica 2015. The German Agricultural Society (DLG) already announced the medal winners at the information forum in Hanover on the 9th of September, 2015. The neutral expert commission, brought together by the DLG, awarded Fendt a Gold Medal and four Silver Medals. Fendt VarioGrip Pro – tractor tyres filled quickly for driving on the road DLG Jury: “Tyre pressure control systems offer many uncontested advantages,...

Quality in hp: Three hundred ninety and one horsepower Liesa Repetzki has been working in the Schröder Landtechnik GmbH in Friedland, where she directs powerful agricultural machinery, for two years now. She is also an active horseback rider. All this is impossible to manage without ambition, singlemindedness and discipline. She and her Trakehner welding Simon enjoy jumping. That was not always so, explains Liesa: “A half a year ago it would have been unthinkable that I would even try a jump. But Jürgen Dierlich and my horse convinced me with their patience.” An honest and straightforward demeanor...