History 2020-today

2020

MERGE MAXX 760 belt merger at work on a meadow
  • KUHN receives a double award from the American association ASABE for the MERGE MAXX 890 belt merger and the OPTIDISC ELITE cutter bar.  
  • KUHN creates a distribution subsidiary in Hungary. 
Self-propelled autonomous mixer AURA distributing to livestock
  • Our distribution subsidiary in the United Kingdom celebrates its 50th anniversary. 
  • KUHN presents AURA, the first fully independent self-propelled mixer. 
2021
  • KUHN acquires the Brazilian company KHOR Industrial Ltd, specialised in the manufacture of trailers used for agriculture. 
  • The MGM extension is put into service. 
  • KUHN inaugurates its new site of Voronej in Russia, which groups together distribution, service, manufacturing and assembly of machines dedicated to the Russian market. 
  • The KUHN AURA receives the gold medal at the SIMA AWARDS 2021. 
KUHN AURA receiving the gold medal at the SIMA AWARDS 2021
2022
  • The KUHN VBP 7190 is awarded FARM MACHINE 2023 at SIMA (France) 2022 
The KUHN VBP 7190 (baler-wrapper combination) is awarded FARM MACHINE 2023 at the SIMA (France) 2022

2023

KUHN IBERICA, the Spanish distribution center, celebrate its 20th anniversary.
  • KUHN IBERICA, and KUHN China, our Spanish and Chinese distribution subsidiaries, celebrate their 20th anniversaries.
KARL: a concept of autonomous crop production machine by KUHN
  • KARL, our autonomous solution for field-crop production, makes its first public appearance at the Agritechnica fair in Hanover.
Mechanical weeding : Rowliner and Tineliner
  • KUHN introduces a range of mechanical-weeding tools (tine weeders, row-crop cultivators, rotary hoes) to complete its range of crop-care implements.
KUHN North America, siège social à Brodhead (WI - USA)
  • KUHN North America, in Brodhead, Wisconsin, celebrates its 20th anniversary.
  • The first AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot) logistics robots go live at the KUHN MGM site in Monswiller.
  • The KUHN Saverne foundry lab is revamped. All the measuring and testing instruments are renewed.
  • KUHN wins the French Ploughing Championship, with a competitor from the Alsace region.
  • KUHN DO BRASIL is voted « Best company in the mechanics sector » in the country, in 2023.
  • The biggest stamping press in Europe goes live at the KUHN HUARD site in Châteaubriant, France.
2024
  • The FC 13460 RA triple mower-conditioner combination with swath grouping conveyor is voted « Farm Machine 2024 » by a panel of European journalists.
  • Launch of a new powder-coating installation at the KUHN Sao José dos Pinhais site in Brazil.
  • First public presentation, in France, in real working conditions, of the AURA autonomous self-propelled mixer. The AURA is also presented for the first time at an international trade fair (EUROTIER, Hanover, Germany).
Faucheuse conditionneuse FC 13460 RA primée farm machine 2024
Eima technical innovation for Optimer and VB 7100

Gold medals at the EIMA trade fair in Bologna (Italy) for 2 KUHN machines with innovative features: OPTIMER stubble cultivator « Smart Soil Technology » and VB 7190 round baler « Baler automation ».

Opening at KUHn-Geldrop for a Training and Event building

Inauguration of a new training centre at the KUHN Geldrop site in the Netherlands.

2025

  • The ‘assembly-dispatch-finishing’ building at the Saverne site (Alsace, France) is extended.
  • KUHN AUDUREAU, in La Copechagnière, celebrates its 100th anniversary.
KUHN won 2 awards at the LAMMA in United Kingdom

Award given to KUHN for the Smart Soil Technology (SST) device of the OPTIMER tillage tool at Agromashexpo (Hungary)

BALER AUTOMATION at FIGAN 2025

Medal for the VB Series 7100 round baler automation system at the FIGAN trade fair (Spain).

GMD 15030 at work in the field

The GMD 15030, the world's largest mounted disc mower, is designated "Machine of the Year 2026" by a jury of European journalists at AGRITECHNICA 2025 (Germany).

Pulvérisateur KARAN en action

2025 "Innovative Agricultural Product" Award given to the KARAN trailed sprayer in Poland.

60 years of drum mower experience in KUHN-Geldrop

KUHN celebrates 60 years of the PZ drum mower and 30 years of the VENTA pneumatic seed drill.

  • In Brazil, the manufacturing of agricultural transport trailers from Tuparendi has been transferred to the Passo Fundo site (Rio Grande Do Sul).
  • In France, transfer of the sprayer manufacturing activities from Chaumes en Retz (44) to the KUHN MGM site in Monswiller (67).
  • Laying of the foundation stone for the construction of KUHN's new distribution subsidiary in Schopsdorf, Germany.
2026
  • Gold medals at the LAMMA Show (United Kingdom) for theSmart Soil Technology (SST) device of the tillage tool OPTIMER, as well as for the mounted pneumatic fertilizer spreader AERO
  • Silver Medal at the LAMMA Show (United Kingdom) for the ESPRO 6002 seed drill.