Pöttinger celebrates 150 years in business

Agricultural machinery manufacturer Pöttinger started in 1871 with a fodder-cutting machine. With the launch of its rotary hoes, row crop cultivators and tine harrows in August this year, the company closed the last gaps in its range to cover the whole mechanical crop care segment.

In an article published to commemorate its 150th anniversary, Pöttinger, the Austrian agricultural machinery manufacturer, states that it has always looked for ways to make farm work easier and more efficient. To this end, the company says that its product range is constantly growing and has always been updated to meet the latest needs of farmers. Company founder Franz Pöttinger had the ideal prerequisites for turning his inventions into something brilliant; he was a master clockmaker, a blacksmith with a feel for design, and a metalworker with an understanding of the need for durability and robustness.

He had already set the bar very high with the fodder-cutting machine that started it all. The product range back in the early days also included fruit mills, fruit presses, flour and grain mills for producing fodder, as well as silage and fodder choppers.

In 1927, a fruit and grape mill was patented with the telling name ‘Alkohol’. The product range was thereafter constantly extended with presses, circular saws, and shredders.

Thanks to the solid workmanship produced by the factory, Pöttinger machines became well known in many parts of Austria, and demand increased.