Horsch’s representative office in Velyka Soltanivka village
Today, June 24, marked the official opening of Horsch (opens in a new tab)‘s representative office in Velyka Soltanivka village, Kyiv region.
The representative office covers almost 15 ha of land and 3,300 m² of buildings. The newly opened centre consists of a head office, a spare-parts warehouse, demonstration fields, a marketing hall, a space for large conferences and other smaller halls, where the company plans to run seminars for dealers, partners and customers on sales and service. Horsch’s representative office in Ukraine will employ 35 specialists.
The machinery display site at Horsch’s representative office
The season for using our machinery is quite short. From now on, our dealers will have uninterrupted access to spare parts and the ability to provide technical assistance to customers right away.
Johannes Klut (opens in a new tab) – General Director of “HORSCH Ukraine”.
According to company representatives, the complex was built in a modern architectural style, complying with all construction standards, ensuring comfort for both staff and guests. For example, the large conference hall was fitted with special acoustic panels to improve sound quality during speakers’ presentations.
The conference hall at Horsch’s representative office
The company has also contributed to local infrastructure: it laid 3,500 m of gas pipeline at its own expense. Horsch’s management plans to keep growing its own capacity in Ukraine, and is in particular considering the option of building a plant here.
There are plans to open production facilities in Ukraine. We’ve already bought a plot of land for this. The plot is ideally positioned in terms of logistics. Agricultural machinery today contains a lot of electronics, and in Germany it’s hard to find good programmers, while Kyiv is a European centre for IT technology, and we’re seriously considering opening an IT centre here. That’s exactly why we opened our centre near Kyiv. We’ve been discussing the possibility of opening a production facility for a while now, but there’s no specific timeline yet. Still, the centre and all the infrastructure are already set up with a future plant in mind. We’ve already brought in 750 kW of power, gas pipelines — everything sized for plants.
Philipp Horsch (opens in a new tab) – owner of HORSCH Corporation.
