Kinze’s Culture of Innovation
Almost a year ago, we unveiled the new 4900 series planter. This innovative, front fold planter comes in 12, 16 and 24 rows with 30” spacing. It has many desirable features including the all new vacuum meter with an electric option providing 99.5%+ accuracy up to 8mph! Kinze built a brand new manufacturing facility on our campus in Williamsburg, Iowa specifically to produce this new technology driven planter. If you haven’t yet had a chance to learn about this innovative new planter, you owe it to yourself to check out this video: But the real story isn’t necessarily the innovative features themselves (which are, by the way, really cool). The real story is about how those innovations came about in...
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Grain Cart Maintenance Before Harvest Season
Efficiency is vital during harvest season. This article offers tips for keeping your grain cart in effective and efficient working condition through preventative maintenance. Read more on Iowa Farmer Today.
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Isobus Technology Used in Kinze Row Crop Planters
Manufacturers are working on creating ISOBUS technology that allows farmers to use precision technology to connect any brand of tractor with any implement. Kinze will be producing its ISOBUS line of planters that will include a single monitor in the tractor cab. See the full story, “ISOBUS shows promise, but still far from perfect,” at Precision Farming Dealer.
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Harvesting Concepts — Kinze System Coming to Fruition
Kinze Manufacturing has spent the last year honing their Autonomous Harvest System technology. This article explores the methods used to test the equipment, including the use of Kinze testing fields and giving farmers the chance to try the technology. Read the full article on pages 24-25 in Mission Critical. (After opening the link, press cancel to view the article.) Note: Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. is located in Williamsburg, Iowa, not Monmouth, Illinois, as stated in the article.
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Hydraulic Weight Transfer Technology to Reduce Soil Compaction
Tractor and planter compaction can reduce yields. Among possible solutions is Kinze Manufacturing’s hydraulic weight transfer system. The hydraulic weight transfer system keeps the wing rows in the ground, improves depth control and reduces soil compaction. See the story on Ag Web.
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See the New Kinze Innovation Center
Take a sneak peak inside the Kinze Innovation Center (KIC), as Kinze’s own Luc van Herle walks through the KIC in this Farm Equipment video. The museum space demonstrates the inspiration, imagination and hard work Kinze Manufacturing employees, partners, family and friends have dedicated to manufacturing Kinze’s row crop planters and grain carts. See the full video on Farm Equipment.
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Lithuania’s Prime Minister Attended the Opening of Kinze Manufacturing
Lithuania’s Prime Minister, Algirdas Butkevicius, attended the opening event for the Kinze Manufacturing production facility. The facility will manufacture planters to support Kinze’s growing market in countries neighboring Lithuania. Read the article on The Baltic Course or the Lithuania Tribune.
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Kinze’s New Lithuanian Operation to Serve Eastern Europe
Kinze’s first venture overseas will manufacture Kinze row crop planters. The new plant in Lithuania will serve Kinze’s Eastern European markets. The official opening event will take place on June 12th in Lithuania, and assembly will begin in the fall. See the video on Farm Equipment or AgriMarketing.
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Kinze to Open Manufacturing Facility in Lithuania
Kinze Manufacturing is opening a new plant in Lithuania. The plant will produce both of Kinze’s product lines, with an expected 99 percent of output being exported to Eastern European markets. By 2017, the plant is expected to be a full-cycle operation, from metal processing to final assembly. Read the full story on Baltic Business News.
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Susie Veatch Discusses Kinze Opening It’s First Production Facility in Lithuania
Kinze Manufacturing’s Chief Marketing Officer, Susie Veatch, discussed why Kinze chose Lithuania for expansion, and how that expansion abroad will help create more jobs and opportunities for Americans. Hear the interview from Real Agriculture.