Posts Tagged: 'Richard Markwell'

Beauvais tractor manufacturing facility wins France’s Factory of the Year Award 2016

AGCO’s Massey Ferguson Manufacturing Facility at Beauvais, France, has been presented with France’s prestigious Factory of the Year 2016 award. The Beauvais site in Picardy beat ten other shortlisted factories from a wide range of industries in France to win...

MF 35 – the People’s Tractor – launched in Kenya

Massey Ferguson is launching a tractor for the Kenya market which will provide emerging farmers and new-start agricultural contractors with the important first step in farm mechanisation. “Straightforward, dependable and affordable, the 36hp MF 35 is truly the ‘People’s Tractor’,”...

Welcome home! Police escort through city streets for returning South Pole tractor hero

The MF 5610 tractor which spearheaded the gruelling Antarctica2 expedition to the South Pole in December received a rapturous hero’s welcome on its return home to the French City of Beauvais on 13 February. Crowds turned out to honour the...

Tractors for the New Generation of Farmers World Premiere for Massey Ferguson Global Series

Massey Ferguson, a worldwide brand of AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), is unveiling the groundbreaking new MF Global Series tractors at its exciting Vision of the Future event in Beauvais, France. Backed by an investment of over $350 million from its parent...

Massey Ferguson – a Year in Review

2011 has been a year of new products, investment and multiple awards for Massey Ferguson. That’s the message from Richard Markwell, MF’s Vice-President and Managing Director for Europe, Africa and Middle East in his personal review of 2011 in the...