| Machinery
Kubota a Balmoral 2017 CLAAS to build a new
test centre
Visitors to Kubota UK’s stand at this year’s Balmoral Show
could take advantage of the machinery manufacturer’s
enticing spring cash back incentive scheme.
he company was
offering a fantastic
£300 cashback on
the purchase of its
powerful GR2120
ride-on mower and
£200 cashback on the economic
and versatile GR1600.
In addition, visitors to Northern
Ireland’s premier countryside
show were be able to see first
hand Kubota’s high performance
range of groundcare machinery on
its stand. This included its
prestigious domestic lawncare
products and solutions for the
professional groundcare market.
Kubota’s recently launched
L1361 Tractor was a show
highlight too as it made its debut
appearance at the show. This 36.6
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HP compact utility tractor offers
unrivalled versatility, productivity
and efficiency. Featuring a
powerful three cylinder Kubota
D1803-M-E2 engine, manual or
three range speed hydrostatic
transmission and a 38 litre
capacity fuel tank to enable
operators to get their tasks done
more efficiently, all with greater
comfort, performance and ease!
Across the four day event,
Kubota’s machinery experts were
on hand to help visitors select the
right machine for their needs,
backed up by the company’s first
class commitment to aftersales
service and support, which also
includes attractive finance options.
CLAAS is significantly increasing its testing capacities for
the development of new agricultural machinery by
building a new centre at its site in Harsewinkel. By the
time it’s completed in autumn 2018, total investment in
the new centre will be over 15 million euros.
e will merge the
test laboratories at
our Harsewinkel
site into the new
test centre; it will
also enable us to
expand our capacities and lower
the dependency of our testing
cycles on the harvest schedules",
says Oliver Westphal, head of
validation at CLAAS. The test
centre will be able to simulate a
broad variety of climactic
conditions encountered during
harvests around the world. These
simulations help the engineers to
assess the performance
capabilities and reliability of the
machinery at an early stage of its
development.
The new centre will be
equipped to test components for
combine harvesters, forage
harvesters and tractors. "We
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