A Ukrainian farming operation has expanded its machinery fleet with a $11 million deal for new Case IH agricultural equipment.
In one of the largest recent sales of tractors and agricultural equipment in the country, farming business Epicenter K has expanded its fleet of machines in an $11m deal that will help it to handle an expanding land area.
The tractors, sprayers and tillage equipment were supplied by Case IH importer Titan Machinery Ukraine, part of a corporation which is one of the world’s largest market operators for Case IH equipment.
The agreement involved the purchase of 50 separate items of equipment, comprising two Quadtrac 600 articulated tracked tractors, 19 Magnum 340 tractors, 17 Patriot 4430 sprayers and 12 True-Tandem 335VT vertical tillage tools.
Epicenter K manages land assets of over 110,000 hectares, and has operated in Ukraine since 2015.
The company has significantly increased its land assets in recent years, with a land fund concentrated mainly in the Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil, Vinnytsia and Kyiv regions, and has plans to grow its land area further.
Cropping is concentrated on winter wheat, sunflowers, corn and winter oilseed rape.
Negotiations around the deal began in summer 2017, and were supported by a local hands-on demonstration of the equipment involved.
Epicenter K announced a tender for the purchase of equipment and invited offers from various manufacturers that operate in Ukraine.
The decision in favour of Case IH was said to be based on the ratio of price to quality, a complete dealer network and the unique advantages of selected products.
The final terms of purchase, delivery, service and specification of the equipment fleet were discussed at the 2017 Agritechnica exhibition in Hannover, where senior management from Case IH, Titan and Epicenter K shook hands on the deal.
