AGCO’s Fendt Brand Sponsors the German Equestrian Team during the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky
18 Agosto 2010 - 7:00PM
Business Wire
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE: AGCO), a worldwide
manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, today
announced that its Fendt brand will be the main sponsor for the
German equestrian team during the World Equestrian Games in
Kentucky. “The German equestrian team ranks among the world's best
and we are very pleased to sponsor such a successful team,”
explained Martin Richenhagen, AGCO Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer.
The 2010 World Equestrian Games will be held September 25 -
October 10, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky and are a preparatory
competition for the Olympics. The World Equestrian Games are
comprised of the world championships for eight equestrian sports -
show jumping, dressage, eventing, driving, reining, vaulting,
endurance and para-equestrian. The sponsor commitment of the Fendt
brand will help the German Riding Association (FN) and the German
Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR) to face the financial and
organizational challenges of the competition.
“Fendt is the leading high-tech brand for tractors and the
German equestrian team leads in international competitions – that’s
a perfect match,” explained Martin Richenhagen. AGCO’s Fendt brand
manufactures tractors and agricultural equipment in three German
factories. As the main sponsor, the Fendt brand will finance parts
of the equipment of the German equestrian team. Among other things,
the Fendt logo will be visible on the German team’s equipment and
apparel. The Chef Equipe of the German team, Reinhard Wendt,
explained: “We are very pleased to have such an attractive main
sponsor as Fendt and we will do our best to successfully represent
Germany during the 2010 World Equestrian Games.”
ABOUT AGCO
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company, (NYSE: AGCO) was founded in 1990
and offers a full product line of tractors, combines, hay tools,
sprayers, forage, tillage equipment, implements, and related
replacement parts. AGCO agricultural products are sold under the
core brands of Challenger®, Fendt®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®,
and are distributed globally through more than 2,700 independent
dealers and distributors, in more than 140 countries worldwide.
AGCO provides retail financing through AGCO Finance. AGCO is
headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, USA. In 2009, AGCO had net sales
of $6.6 billion. Please visit our website at www.AGCOcorp.com.
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