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{{Short description|German manufacturer of agricultural machinery and municipal machinery}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = AMAZONEN-Werke H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG
| logo             =
| type             = [[Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien|GmbH & Co. KG]]
| foundation       = [[Hasbergen|Hasbergen-Gaste]] ({{Start date|1883}})
| founder          = Heinrich Dreyer
| key_people       = * Christian Dreyer
* Justus Dreyer
| location_city    = [[Hasbergen]]
| location_country = [[Germany]]
| area_served      = [[World]]wide
| industry         = [[Agricultural machinery]] [[manufacturing]], [[Agriculture]]
| products         = [[Broadcast seeder|Fertilizer Spreaders]], [[Sprayer]]s, [[Seed drill]]s, [[Tillage|Tillage machinery]], etc.
| services         = Parts, service, training
| num_employees    = 1,500
| homepage         = {{URL|www.amazone.net}}
}}
'''Amazone H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG''' (also known as:''Amazone'') is a German [[Manufacturing|manufacturer]] of [[agricultural machinery]] and municipal machinery. The headquarters and main plant of the company was founded in 1883 by Heinrich Dreyer and is in [[Hasbergen]]-Gaste near [[Osnabrück]].
Amazone produces a wide range of products including [[Broadcast seeder|fertilizer spreaders]], [[sprayer]]s, [[seed drill]]s, and [[Tillage|tillage machinery]]. The logo is an [[Amazons|Amazon]] woman riding a horse. Agricultural machinery uses an orange logo and the machinery is green and orange. The municipal machinery uses a green logo, and the machinery is tan with green.
==History of the name==
Heinrich Dreyer wanted to give a name to his most successful machine. He asked a friend, a teacher in Gaste, what he thought. The friend told Heinrich that his machine was beautiful and very strong on the market. These two attributes of beauty and strength reminded him of an Amazon. This is a [[heroine]] in [[Greek mythology]] confident, very strong and beautiful.<ref>Die AMAZONE-Chronik</ref>
==History of the company==
[[File:Frau Dreyer201902.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Mrs. Dreyer in 1902 as the first Amazone model]]
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 [[Plough|plow]] [[cultivator]]s, potato sorters and in 1915 the first fertilizer spreader was put on the market. Early on Dreyer began [[export]]ing of his machinery; in 1906 the first grain cleaning machines were sold in [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]]. He substantiated this with his slogan: "We must go out to the world".<ref>''125 years'' Amazonen</ref> In 1942, the first potato harvesters were introduced to the market and in 1949 the [[seed drill|seed drill machine]]s and 1959, a [[manure spreader]]. In the 1960s, the two-disc ZA fertilizer spreaders and D4 seed drills were very successful, which helped Amazone to reach market leadership at this time. In 1967 the company entered into tillage and there developed the first Amazone manufactured [[PTO shaft|PTO]] driven tillage equipment that could be used with a drill. The [[Harrow (tool)|harrow]] and rotary cultivator were also included into the product range. Later, after the [[German reunification]], a variety of passive soil-working machines were added to the market.
[[File:Amazone BoniRob Feldroboter-Entwicklungsprojekt.jpg|thumb|Amazone BoniRob Field robot]]
In 2008, the Amazone establishment exceeded expectations because for the first time they added interns and other young workers to their workforce. 2009 saw the opening of an extension of the central spare parts warehouse in Hasbergen, which doubled the workflow capacity for spare parts supply by Amazone. That same year, Amazone took over a new manufacturing site for production of large seeders in [[Hude, Lower Saxony|Hude]] and began with their production site in Leeden near [[Tecklenburg]] with the production of self-propelled [[sprayer]], the Pantera. In addition, the ''BoniRob'', an [[Agricultural robot|autonomous field robot]] for the individual plant-based experimental research, was presented that was developed in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, the [[Robert Bosch GmbH]] as well as other partners.
==Present==
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 {{convert|72| meters}} 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.
After the huge success at the first ''Amatechnica - Amazone field day'' in May 2005, this event was repeated in September 2010. Customers and prospective customers from around the world were shown demonstrations of new and long-standing agricultural machinery.
In February 2011, Amazone sold the warehouse technology division to a newly formed company.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amazone.net/101.asp |title=Amazone Multipurpose storage halls sold to AM Technik GmbH |access-date=2011-07-19 |archive-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312044018/http://www.amazone.net/101.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Management===
Heinrich Dreyer, the original founder of Amazone, had two sons. It was decided that each of his sons would receive half ownership of the company, but only one of their children would be allowed to carry on the company. Amazone is now in its fourth generation with Christian Dreyer, son of Klaus Dreyer, and  Justus Dreyer, son of  (SAA Samara)  Heinz Dreyer.  Both fathers remain active at Amazone. The number of employees is approximately 1700. Amazone exports to over 70 countries, the export share is 75% (in 2012). Amazone's customers are farmers, agricultural contractors, municipalities and related areas.
===Manufacturing plants===
[[File:Amazone Hauptsitz Hasbergen-Gaste.jpg|thumb|Amazone headquarters in Hasbergen-Gaste near Osnabrück, Germany.]]
Amazone also has manufacturing facilities in the following locations:<ref>[http://www.amazone.net/929.asp Amazone manufacturing plants]</ref>
* [[Hude, Lower Saxony|Hude]] near [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]], Germany -
* [[Forbach]], ([[France]]) - municipal implements
* [[Leipzig]], Germany - formerly known as BBG - tillage equipment
* Leeden (near [[Tecklenburg]]), Germany - AmazoneTechnologieLeeden - Pantera
* [[Samara, Russia|Samara]], ([[Russia]]) - GAG Eurotechnology Samara
Amazone maintains working offices in 5 locations in Germany; [[Rendsburg]], [[Göttin]], [[Winningen]]-[[Moselle (river)|Mosel]], Altheim-[[Landshut]] and [[Gablingen]].<ref>[http://www.amazone.de/724.asp Amazone offices]</ref>
Are 6 sales locations in Europe in the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Hungary]] and [[Russia]].
===Current machinery range===
The production program includes soil tillage implements, seed drills, mineral fertilizer spreaders and crop protection sprayers. Amazone is a specialist for “Intelligent crop production” in agriculture. In addition Amazone produces implements for park and green maintenance and winter application.<ref>[http://www.amazone.net/maschinen-landtechnik-kommunaltechnik.asp Product Range]</ref>
<gallery>
File:Amazone Testhalle ZA-M Effekt.jpg|The new test hall for fertilizer spreaders with the ZA-M.
File:Amazone Saemaschine DMC Primera 12000.jpg|Amazone DMC Primera 12000 Seed drill
File:Amazone ZA-M 1001.jpg|Amazone ZA-M 1001 fertilizer spreader
File:Amazone Kompaktscheibenegge Catros 5001-2.jpg|Amazone Catros 5001–2 in the field.
File:Amazone field sprayer.jpg|Amazone UG field sprayer.
File:AMAZONE Pantera.jpg|AMAZONE self-propelled Pantera crop protection sprayer.
File:Profihopper 4WDi arbeit 2.jpg|Amazone 4WDi Profihopper working
</gallery>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Amazone}}
* [http://www.amazone.de/ amazone.de]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714010138/http://www.amazone.co.uk/ Amazone Ltd]
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[[Category:Agricultural machinery manufacturers of Germany]]
[[Category:Companies based in Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:German companies established in 1883]]
[[Category:Agricultural robotics]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1883]]