September 5, 2017, became a celebration not only for «Astra» employees, but for all the farmers of Cherkasy region who visited our new office.
From early morning, «Astra» employees were getting ready to welcome guests.
Equipment was already waiting on the grounds: a lineup of Fendt 720 Vario, Fendt 936 Vario, and Fendt 1050 Vario tractors, a Fendt 6335C combine, a Berthoud Raptor self-propelled sprayer, a Gregoire Besson Normandie disc stubble cultivator, a Manitou loader, a Kuhn heavy disc harrow, a Gregoire Besson Helikrak subsoiler, and Bogballe trailed and mounted spreaders.
Here’s the equipment, ready to greet the guests:
Our first spare-parts store (whose official opening also took place that day!) is fully stocked and polished to a shine:
During registration, guests didn’t just drink coffee and relax – they also got equipment consultations from our product managers:
And then came the moment everyone had been waiting for – the official opening began!
All the guests were welcomed by our CEO, Ihor Hubariev. He explained that opening an office in Cherkasy is a strategically important event that took years to work toward. The company already had a presence in the region before, but its operations have now reached a new, higher-quality level.
Next, representatives of the Cherkasy office spoke: regional manager Dmytro Sosnytskyi and his deputy, regional sales representative for spare parts, Oleksandr Shpak:
Our partners also attended the grand opening, arriving not only with congratulations but with gifts too!
Anton Kostyrko, AGCO Marketing Director for Eastern Europe:
Hryhorii Avram, AGCO Distribution Development Manager for Eastern Europe:
Anton Sydorov, Head of AGCO Parts Sales for Eastern Europe:
Olena Peltek, Berthoud’s commercial representative in Ukraine:
Viktor Popov, Director of the Gregoire Besson representative office in Ukraine:
They ceremonially cut the red ribbon and wished for more new offices to open. On that symbolic note, the celebration was just getting started!
Then came the tour: the office spaces, the spare-parts warehouse, the service department, and the parts store:
The celebration continued with a buffet reception, contests, a prize draw, and, of course, an entertainment program. We had beautiful dancers, soulful singers, a female saxophonist, and a performance by strongman Viktor Yurchenko, an Honored Master of Sport in strongman multi-discipline competition. The world champion didn’t just coach our guests – he also showed off real Ukrainian strength, pressing a 65 kg dumbbell with one arm and inflating two hot-water bottles to bursting at the same time!
We’re delighted that around 100 guests found some free time to share our housewarming with us. That’s why not a single guest went home without a gift.
We now look forward to seeing everyone at our new office: Cherkasy, 60/5 Chyhyrynska St.!
