ROPA: sugar beet harvesters and potato machinery
ROPA, the family-run firm from Sittelsdorf, Bavaria: Tiger and Panther beet harvesters, Maus cleaner-loaders, Keiler and Gecko potato machinery.
ROPA is a family-run German maker of sugar beet harvesters, cleaner-loaders and potato machinery, based in Sittelsdorf, Lower Bavaria.
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ROPA is a family-run machinery company from Sittelsdorf in Lower Bavaria, founded by Hermann Paintner, who designed and built its first self-propelled sugar beet harvester. The Paintner family still runs its own farm in Sittelsdorf, where the company headquarters is located. ROPA builds sugar beet harvesting, cleaning and loading equipment, alongside machinery for potatoes, and serves specialist farms and contractors in several countries.
Sugar beet harvesting runs in a tight chain. A self-propelled harvester lifts the beet, removes leaves and soil and stores the crop at the field edge; a cleaner-loader then cleans the clamp again and loads lorries for the factory. How well this works depends on soil conditions, transport organisation and the quality of the harvested beet. ROPA's potato range adds trailed harvesters, a cleaner-loader and a planter for pre-sprouted potatoes.
Size of the business
ROPA works internationally and concentrates on two core specialisms: sugar beet and potatoes.
What does the company offer?
ROPA offers Tiger and Panther sugar beet harvesters, Maus cleaner-loaders, and Keiler and Gecko potato machinery.
How should a buyer make contact?
ROPA sells through national dealers and sales partners, listed on its website by country. Enquiries go best when they describe the crop, the harvested area, the transport set-up and the timing.
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