Lemken

LEMKEN GmbH & Co. KG is a German agricultural machinery company whose origins date to 1780, when the business began as a small blacksmith’s shop. It has developed into an international manufacturer focused on machinery for professional arable farming. The company describes its work as developing innovative solutions intended to support productive and efficient agriculture, and presents farmer success, reliability and sustainability as central to its approach. Its equipment portfolio covers several major field-operation areas. The supplied company material identifies soil-working tools such as ploughs, cultivators and harrows, as well as sowing equipment and crop-protection machinery. LEMKEN’s homepage highlights the Faya MF precision seed drill as a product in its portfolio. Its services include spare parts, customer service, dealer support, after-sales care, training and access to used equipment. LEONIS is described by the company as a central platform for documents relating to its machines, including operating instructions and spare-parts lists. LEMKEN operates internationally. Its company page reports 2,000 employees worldwide, 1,200 employees at its headquarters in Alpen, and 32 locations worldwide, alongside annual turnover of €420 million for 2024. The homepage describes the business as having 33 subsidiaries worldwide; these are different measures and should not be treated as interchangeable. The company identifies itself as a family business combining traditional values with the processes of a global enterprise. The supplied French-language Wikipedia entry also characterizes it as a family business spanning seven generations. The company has broadened its activities through acquisitions, including the acquisition of Hassia in 1996 and RTS and Jacoby in 2005, according to the supplied French Wikipedia entry. Its homepage also reports the acquisition of South African sowing specialist Equalizer. LEMKEN remains active and presents itself as a global partner for farming technology, emphasizing equipment, manufacturing quality, service assurance and solutions to contemporary agricultural challenges.

LEMKEN traces its beginnings to 1780, when the business was established as a small blacksmith’s shop. From those origins it grew into a manufacturer of agricultural machinery. The company describes itself today as a family business with a long tradition and more than 240 years of work in agricultural technology. Its present focus is machinery for professional arable farming and solutions intended to help farmers operate productively and efficiently. The company expanded its portfolio through acquisitions. The supplied French-language Wikipedia entry records the acquisition of Hassia in 1996. In 2005, it says, LEMKEN acquired RTS, based in Meppen, and Jacoby, based in Hetzerath; the entry links those acquisitions to the company’s presence in crop-protection equipment. These dates are reported by that source and are not further detailed in the supplied company pages. LEMKEN’s product and service offering encompasses soil-working equipment, sowing machinery and crop-protection machinery. The supplied material names ploughs, cultivators and harrows among its soil-working tools. The company’s current homepage highlights the Faya MF precision seed drill and refers to new products in its portfolio. Its services include spare parts, customer service, after-sales support, dealer information, training and used machinery. The company also presents LEONIS as a central platform for relevant machine documents. The company’s international scale is reflected in the figures on its company page: 2,000 employees worldwide, 1,200 at its headquarters in Alpen, 32 locations worldwide and 2024 annual turnover of €420 million. Its homepage separately states that it has 33 subsidiaries worldwide. The figures describe different categories as presented on the respective pages. LEMKEN characterizes its business model as combining family-business values with the processes of a global company. The supplied French-language Wikipedia entry reports that in 2022 LEMKEN had turnover of €560 million, with 80 percent of that turnover from exports, 30 locations and 1,773 employees. These are historical figures attributed to that entry and differ from the company’s more recent company-page snapshot. The homepage also reports the acquisition of South African sowing specialist Equalizer, but the supplied text gives no date for that transaction. LEMKEN continues to present itself as an international manufacturer and service provider for agriculture.

• 2025

  AGRITECHNICA 2025

  [1]LEMKEN – Innovative farming technology for high-yield agriculturelemken.com
• 2024

  Company page reports annual turnover

  [2]LEMKEN: Ag Machinery Manufacturer – Discover Our Difference | LEMKENlemken.com
• 2022

  Historical company figures reported

  [5]Lemkenfr.wikipedia.org
• 2005

  Acquisitions of RTS and Jacoby

  [5]Lemkenfr.wikipedia.org
• 1996

  Acquisition of Hassia

  [5]Lemkenfr.wikipedia.org
• 1780

  Business founded as a small blacksmith’s shop

  [1]LEMKEN – Innovative farming technology for high-yield agriculturelemken.com

An international, family-owned manufacturer of agricultural machinery for professional arable farming, emphasizing productive and efficient agriculture, reliability, service and sustainable solutions.

• Faya MF precision seed drill

  A precision seed drill highlighted on LEMKEN’s homepage.

• Soil-working tools

  The supplied French Wikipedia entry identifies ploughs, cultivators and harrows among LEMKEN’s products.

• Sowing machinery

  Sowing equipment is part of the company’s portfolio; the homepage reports the acquisition of South African sowing specialist Equalizer.

• Crop-protection equipment

  The supplied French Wikipedia entry associates the RTS and Jacoby acquisitions with LEMKEN’s presence in crop-protection equipment.

• Acquisition of South African sowing specialist EqualizerOther

  Source

1. 1LEMKEN – Innovative farming technology for high-yield agriculturelemken.com
2. 2LEMKEN: Ag Machinery Manufacturer – Discover Our Difference | LEMKENlemken.com
3. 3Lemken Services - Always there for you! | LEMKENlemken.com
4. 4Career at LEMKEN - Apply now! | LEMKENlemken.com
5. 5Lemkenfr.wikipedia.org
6. 6Lemkenwikidata.org