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trailer world Issue One 2014

    Issue One 2014  27 Agricultural for farmers in the area around Albersloh for many years whenever they needed repairs undertaking on their agricultural machin- ery. An important event can be dated back to 1937: the company embarked on trading agricultural machinery – Stapel’s first sale was a tractor made by Fahr. Acting as a ve- hicle dealership created another pillar for the company, and it needed more space as well as more employees. In 1980, they re- located to the bush camp industrial park, from where they now produce about 150 new vehicles every year on premises cov- ering 10,000 sq. metres. With the change of generation, Bernd Stapel and the me- chanical engineer Thomas Suntrup took over management of the company on 1 Oc- tober 2001, founding Stapel GmbH. The new company also gave rise to new varie- ty at the same time; the product range has continued to grow ever since. Agriculture is pure technology When Bernd Stapel is explaining how the requirements and technology of agri- culture have changed over the years, he reaches for an illustrated history book. It shows a classic manure tanker spreading the manure on the field by means of an im- pact plate. Nowadays, on the other hand, highly complex vehicles with hydraulically swivelling side arms distribute the manure with pinpoint accuracy onto the base of the plants by means of towed hoses with a rig up to 30 metres wide. The amount of ma- nure is precisely controlled by a computer; the track width matches the “tramlines” with accuracy down to the millimetre. “That is pure technology,” says Bernd Sta- pel. You could also say: That is agriculture nowadays. (peb) Stapel GmbH  Stapel GmbH from Albersloh is a specialist in agricultural machinery, mechanical engineering and environmental technology. For more than 150 years, it has developed, produced, repaired and sold high-tech vehicles for use in agriculture. The company has specialised in individual solutions. Its range includes manure spreaders, spreading systems, tipper bodies, transport semitrailers/pumping trailers, containers, hook lift systems as well as special vehicles and steel fabrication. Since 2011, the company has operated its own production facility in Poland, where the tankers are manufactured. The space this freed up in Albersloh will be used for manufacturing special products. Another business area was founded in 2003: the company founded its “Stapel Mietservice”, a plant rental arm. Customers can rent vehicles for a period of their choosing. The company employs 52 people in total. For more information, refer to www.stapel.info as well as www.agrotruck.de Always on the lookout for what is coming next: Stapel’s CEO Bernd Stapel (l.) and Thomas Suntrup following the production steps in manufacturing a tanker trailer.

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