Review of 2016, 2014 and 2012

Impressions 2016

On Sunday, November 20, the traditional company open house with demonstrations of sugar beet harvesting was opened at 10 a.m. at the ROPA plant in Sittelsdorf. This time the 30th anniversary of the ROPA company was celebrated with 12,000 to 15,000 visitors. Various self-propelled machines, including the introduction of the new Tiger 6 and Panther 2 sugar beet harvesters, were in operation on the fields around the ROPA factory. The sugar beets were loaded directly after harvesting with the spectacular ROPA Maus 5 and shredded and silaged at the experimental pilot biogas plant.

Impressions 2014

On Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 10 am the traditional company open house with demonstrations of sugar beet harvesting took place in the beet fields around the ROPA plant in Sittelsdorf. During the open day for commissioning 2.7 ha of new production buildings on 7 ha of new company land the family company opened the new assembly centre of public inspection for the first time. A total of 30 million euros has been invested in the assembly plant with upstream shot-blasting and powder-coating plants that meet the latest environmental standards. PMB Paintner Maschinenbau GmbH also held an open day for inspection of the advanced metal engineering, frame production, laser cutting and precision CNC machining facilities.

Interviews by Landtechnikvideos at the open day

The Landtechnikvideos team visited us at the open day with their cameras and recorded some impressions for you.

There were some self-propelled machines in the field, including the new ROPA Maus 5 beet loader for the first time and the new flagship, the 3-axle ROPA Tiger 5 beet lifter with R-Concept, and the ROPA Panther. A study for a project with an electric drive was also demonstrated. The sugar beets were loaded immediately after harvest by the ROPA Maus 5 and shredded and ensilaged at the pilot and test biogas plant with an in-house built prototype. The latest developments in GPS steering systems were demonstrated in the field by Reichhardt Elektronik.

Impressions 2012

More than 12,000 international visitors came to see demonstrations of ROPA innovations. Hermann Paintner demonstrated his first beet lifter manufactured in 1972

Significantly more than 12,000 visitors came to the demonstration at ROPA Fahrzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH in Sittelsdorf, a genuine record. The number of visitors far exceeded the most optimistic expectations. A comprehensive programme with great variety including demonstrations of the new ROPA euro-Panther with two axles and slope compensation, the ROPA-euro-Maus 4 and the mass demonstration of seven sugar beet harvesters from Sittelsdorf in the field simultaneously kept visitors interested.