HISTORY

Heinrich Dreyer founded Amazone in 1883, though the Dreyer family had been involved in the manufacture of agricultural machines earlier. The first machines brought to production were grain cleaning machines, later ploughs, cultivators, potato sorters and in 1915 the first fertilizer spreader was put on the market. In 1942, the first potato harvesters were introduced to the market and in 1949 the seed drill machines and in 1959, manure spreaders. In the 1960s, the two-disc ZA fertilizer spreaders and D4 seed drills were very successful, which helped Amazone to reach market leader. In 1967 Amazone manufactured the first PTO driven tillage equipment that could be used with a drill.

In January 2010, a new fertilizer spreader test hall was opened in Hasbergen-Gaste. This has enabled the company to complete fertilizer spreading tests with a working width of up to 72 meters (approximately 235 feet) as well as to study new types of fertilizers regarding their mass and scattering properties. This information can then quickly be added to the Amazone fertilizer database so when customers ask how their machine should be set, the answer is easily acquired. This test hall is state-of-the-art and a unique feature for a mid-sized company; no other manufacturer has such a building.