Kongskilde Industries

Kongskilde Industries is a Danish company based in Sorø, with a history dating to 1949, when it was founded by Mogens Petersen and Hans Tyndeskov. The company began by making grain blowers and later expanded into agricultural machinery and industrial solutions. The supplied company history describes a business that grew through product development and acquisitions, while its current website presents Kongskilde together with Seko as a combined business and brand presence. Kongskilde’s present website describes three broad areas: agriculture, livestock, and green and compost solutions. Its agricultural offering spans work from tillage to harvest, with examples including seedbed preparation and stone removal. Livestock solutions include feeding, mixing, and herd-management technology. Its green and compost area focuses on recycling and composting technologies that process waste into resources. The site emphasizes productivity, reliability, precision, adaptable systems, and resource-conscious operations. The company’s history includes acquisitions and changes in ownership. DLG acquired Kongskilde Industries in 2007, and Green Park Partners became its sole owner in 2018, according to the supplied German-language Wikipedia article. The same article records the acquisition of MATHO Absaugtechnik GmbH in 2023. The current official website says Kongskilde and Seko have joined forces and describes the combined undertaking as Kongskilde-Seko. The supplied material does not establish a current ultimate parent or provide detailed geographic market coverage.

Kongskilde was founded in Denmark in 1949 by Mogens Petersen and Hans Tyndeskov. According to the supplied German-language company article, its initial products were grain blowers. In 1956, the company entered soil cultivation machinery with the production of spring-tine harrows, broadening its role from grain handling into agricultural equipment. The company expanded its product and brand portfolio through a series of acquisitions. The supplied history records the acquisition of Becker, a seed-drill manufacturer, in 1997, followed by the Swedish plough manufacturer Överum in 1998. In 2000, Kongskilde acquired Howard and Nordsten and bought shares in Tim Maschinenfabrik. In 2007, the Danish cooperative DLG acquired all of Kongskilde Industries. In September 2011, Kongskilde acquired JF’s grassland equipment business. In March 2015, Kongskilde announced that it would market its products under the Kongskilde brand rather than continue distributing the other brands. The following June, it announced the closure of the JF factory in Sønderborg and the relocation of production to Kutno, Poland. In October 2016, the sale of Kongskilde’s agricultural machinery division, including two factories in Poland and Sweden, to CNH Industrial was announced; the transaction was completed on 31 January 2017. The supplied article says the acquired division was integrated into CNH’s New Holland brand. In 2018, British investment firm Green Park Partners acquired Kongskilde Industries from DLG and was reported as its sole owner. In 2023, Kongskilde acquired MATHO Absaugtechnik GmbH, a company based in Lauchheim, Germany. The company’s current website describes Kongskilde and Seko as joining forces, with the combined business presented as Kongskilde-Seko. It promotes solutions in agriculture, livestock, and green and compost operations. The website highlights products such as the Germinator Pro seedbed-preparation cultivator, the Stonebear stone-removal machine, and the SCV self-propelled biomass turner. The supplied sources do not specify the date of the Kongskilde-Seko combination or detail the current ownership structure.

• Kongskilde was founded by Mogens Petersen and Hans Tyndeskov.

• The company entered soil cultivation equipment with spring-tine harrows.

• Kongskilde acquired seed-drill manufacturer Becker.

• Kongskilde acquired Swedish plough manufacturer Överum.

• Kongskilde acquired Howard and Nordsten and bought shares in Tim Maschinenfabrik.

• DLG acquired all of Kongskilde Industries.

• Kongskilde acquired JF's grassland equipment business.

• Kongskilde announced that it would market products under the Kongskilde brand.

• The company announced the closure of the JF factory in Sønderborg and relocation of production to Kutno, Poland.

• The sale of Kongskilde's agricultural machinery division to CNH Industrial was announced.

• The sale of the agricultural machinery division to CNH Industrial was completed.

• Green Park Partners acquired Kongskilde Industries from DLG and became its reported sole owner.

• Kongskilde acquired MATHO Absaugtechnik GmbH.

The current website positions Kongskilde as a provider of agricultural, livestock, and green-waste solutions focused on productivity, reliability, precision, and resource-conscious performance, presented alongside Seko as a combined business.

• Germinator Pro

  A cultivator for high-precision seedbed preparation, described as preparing seedbeds in one pass while leveling and optimizing soil structure.

• Stonebear

  A machine designed to remove and collect stones from cultivated land while minimizing soil disturbance.

• SCV Series

  Self-propelled biomass turners designed for efficient and homogeneous turning of biomass in windrows.

1. 1Homepage - Kongskildekongskilde.com
2. 2About Us - Kongskildekongskilde.com
3. 3Kongskilde Industriesde.wikipedia.org
4. 4Kongskilde Industrieswikidata.org