Väderstad introduce the new product family Inspire, focused on bringing excellent seeding results to the 12-meter seed drill segment. Then new Väderstad Inspire 1200C/S is designed to combine high capacity with an exact seeding precision.

“The new seed drill Väderstad Inspire 1200C/S is aimed at farmers with high-capacity needs. It’s compact both in the field and in transport and the combi version Inspire 1200C has one of the largest hoppers in its class,”

says Björn Jeansson, Commercial Product Manager at Väderstad.

The heart of Inspire is its responsive double-disc seed colter system. It has an excellent ability to adapt to any irregularities on the field, thereby always keeping the seeding depth constant. The result is an impressive seed placement and an even emergence over the entire field.

Inspire 1200C/S will be available in two different models – Inspire the 1200S and Inspire 1200C. The seed-only version Inspire 1200S is equipped with a 5000-liter hopper for seeds. While the combi version Inspire 1200C has a 7200-liter hopper holding both seeds and fertilizer in two separate compartments. When leaving the Inspire 1200C hopper, the seed and fertilizer are mixed into the same airstream and placed together into the soil.

A key feature of Inspire 1200C/S is its ability to control the seeding output in eight separate sections. To ensure a constant and even product flow from the large hopper to the seed colters, the seeds and fertilizer are metered out with high output precision from the large hopper via 8 Fenix III metering units.

“Inspire 1200C/S is able to control the output in eight separate sections. This means that Inspire 1200C/S can conduct a variable rate as well as sectional control down to 1.5m sections. This is a unique precision feature in the 12-meter seed drill segment,”

says Björn Jeansson.

When in the field the seeding operation is easily controlled via the iPad-based control system Väderstad E-Control, which is also possible to connect with an ISOBUS task control system.

Väderstad Inspire 1200C/S will have its premiere at the international tradeshow Agritechnica in February 2022. The machine will be available from the end of 2022.

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The Industrial Equipment Division will include the Company’s vocational truck business and other industrial operations such as excavators, vacuum trucks, street sweepers, and snow removal equipment. This realignment of our two divisions provides greater potential to capture synergies in cross-branding, distribution, product development, supply chain management, and logistics. They are also more balanced in scale and scope giving the company two strong platforms for ongoing development through a mix of organic growth and acquisitions.

The Vegetation Management Division will be led by Rick Raborn who is currently serving as Executive Vice-President of the Company’s Agricultural Division. The Industrial Equipment Division will be led by Michael Haberman, who is currently leading the Company’s excavator and vacuum truck business units and who served as the President of the Company’s Gradall business from 2006 to 2020.

Jeff Leonard, Alamo Group’s President, and Chief Executive Officer said,

“Rick Raborn has done an outstanding job managing the Company’s Agricultural Division over the last six years. I believe his sense of urgency as well as his focus on growth and continuous improvement will translate into success as he assumes responsibility for a significantly larger division with Alamo Group. Mike Haberman has been a highly valued leader within Alamo Group since 2006 when Alamo Group initially acquired the Gradall business. His leadership qualities and many years of experience and success within our industrial segment make him ideally suited to lead the new Industrial Equipment Division. I am very confident that Mike will continue to lead successfully in his new role.”

In addition to the above segment-related changes, Alamo Group has appointed Dan Malone to serve as the Company’s first Chief Sustainability Officer in an effort to enhance the Company’s focus on environmental and social governance and related sustainability efforts.

Mr. Malone will transition from his current position as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to take on his new role as Chief Sustainability Officer but will continue to have several other important additional responsibilities, including investor relations and supply chain management. Richard Wehrle will assume the role of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wehrle has been with Alamo Group since 1988 serving in roles of increasing responsibility, and most recently as the Company’s VicePresident, Controller, and Treasurer.

Mr. Leonard commented on the above changes as follows,

“it is time for Alamo Group to add a senior executive level role in sustainability and we are fortunate that we have someone as talented and passionate on this subject as Dan Malone. We have made some good progress over the last few years in making Alamo Group a more sustainable company but we have many more opportunities to pursue and some hard work ahead of us.
With my support and the support of our Board of Directors, Dan will lead these important efforts and push our Company to improve in this area considerably, which I believe will position us for long-term success. I am also very confident in having Mr. Wehrle assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. He has proven himself over many years as a valuable leader with very strong financial acumen and a tremendous passion for the Company. I look forward to working more closely with Richard as we continue to build on Alamo Group’s past success.”

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