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Kinze Announces Difficult Decision to Reduce Workforce Due to Down Ag Market
Williamsburg, August 1, 2024 Kinze announced today that it will be implementing a reduction in its workforce in response to the ongoing economic downturn in the agricultural sector. The reduction affects 193 of Kinze’s 815 employees in Williamsburg, Iowa. No other reductions are planned at this time. “We deeply regret the necessity of this action,” said Susanne Veatch, President of...
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Kinze Expands Sales and Service Network in Romania, Kinze Europe
Vilnius, Lithuania (2nd July 2024) The U.S. agricultural equipment manufacturer, operating for nearly six decades in the United States and over four decades in Europe (with European production since 2013), is expanding its sales and service network in Romania. Until now, K-Planter SRL was the sole distributor of Kinze products in the country, having joined the Kinze dealer network in...
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Distribution Agreement Expands Kinze Products in 18 States
WILLIAMSBURG, IOWA (December 15, 2020) — Kinze Manufacturing has entered into an agreement with General Implement Distributors, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, to distribute Kinze planters, tillage equipment and grain carts to their dealers in 18 states, mostly in the western U.S. “This relationship will provide Kinze with access to a significant portion of the industry which most of...
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Kinze Wins AE50 Award for True Speed Planter Technology
Williamsburg, Iowa (Nov. 16, 2020) –Kinze Manufacturing has received a prestigious AE50 award for 2021 for its True Speed® technology enabling high-speed planting. The award was bestowed by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food and biological systems.AE50 awards recognize top innovative products...
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Kinze Manufacturing’s Long Road to ‘disruptive Innovation’ in the Farm Equipment Industry
Now in its 2nd generation, Kinze Manufacturing’s father-daughter team discuss challenge and triumph, and their aim to innovate with new products dealers want to sell and farmers want to buy. Read the full article at Farm Equipment
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Kinze – Taking Control of an Electronics Destiny
Kinze Electronics could be called the “high-tech” arm of Kinze Manufacturing, the well-known maker of planters and grain carts. The new group is launching its first commercial product for the 2019 planting season — the Blue Vantage system — a product that has been in development for four years. Read full article at Farm Industry News
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Kinze Lithuania Frequently Asked Questions
Williamsburg, Iowa (May 20, 2013) Q: Why did Kinze choose to open a factory in Eastern Europe? A: Kinze is rapidly growing market share both domestically and globally. As the business grows, Kinze has experienced the following challenges: production capacity in Williamsburg, availability of skilled labor in Williamsburg, high global shipping costs for ocean containers, and long shipping transit times across...
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Planter Prep: Inspection Process Looks at Hardware and Software
Before heading to the field, make sure you check out all the soil engagement components on your planter, including disc blades, seed tubes, coulters, gauge wheels and closing wheels. Read the full article at Equipment Connection
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Mach Till Helps Farmers Prepare for Planting
Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network talks about fieldwork, as we wait for snow to melt and fields to dry. Kinze shares how the Mach Till can help prepare for planting. Read the full article at Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network
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Jon Kinzenbaw Receives Honorary Doctor of Science Degree From Iowa State University
May 5, 2018 - Jon Kinzenbaw, farmer, inventor, manufacturer and entrepreneur, received an honorary Doctor of Science from Iowa State University. For more than 52 years, Kinzenbaw, CEO and chairman of the board for Kinze Manufacturing Inc., has brought innovative technologies and mechanization to production agriculture, all while continuing to farm himself. In addition to its 520-employee Iowa headquarters, Kinze Manufacturing also...
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