GRIMME, world leader in potato, sugar beet & vegetable farm machinery technology and Shaktiman, India’s leading agricultural implements manufacturer, have entered in 50:50 joint venture to develop & market potato and other root crop machines in India. The JV will leverage excellent German technology from GRIMME and state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities of Shaktiman to design and develop full-line solutions for potato and other root crops. The JV will enable both partners to optimize their current and future capabilities in the sub-75 HP category.
With Pan India dealer network, Potato & Root Crop Growers will be able to avail complete crop solution under one roof with exemplary standards of after sales service in line with Shaktiman’s mission of MAKING AGRICULTURE MORE ECONOMICAL.”
About Shaktiman
Tirth Agro Technology Pvt. Ltd. is a leading Indian agricultural implements manufacturer company with a history of over a decade.
Founded by a progressive farmer late Shri Ladhubhai S. Gohil as A.G. Agro Industries in 1997 at Rajkot, Gujarat, the company envisioned to mechanize Indian agriculture completely.
Initially, the company focused on the production of spare parts, but soon a complete production line of agricultural implements with the brand name of “SHAKTIMAN” began.
The Company has effectively fulfilled the needs of customers with the support of vast dealership network having more than 700 dealers and 46 distributors across the country.
With our pursuit to perfection in all the spheres of the business, we have made a strong presence in domestic as well as overseas market by capturing more than 50% of the domestic market share..
About GRIMME
160 years ago the family company was founded in the town of Damme, Lower Saxony, Germany.
The father of the current owner Franz GRIMME began in the 1930s with the development of potato harvesters.
Today 3300 employees work around the world for the GRIMME group.
This includes GRIMME Landmaschinenfabrik but also the companies Spudnik (Potato technology manufacturer from the USA), ASA-LIFT (Vegetable technology manufacturer from Denmark) as well as Ricon (Sales company for parts), Internorm (Plastic Engineering).