Review of Open House 2018
Open House 2018 at the ROPA location in Viersen-Boisheim
Potato and sugar beet harvesting at the same time in a field near the plant premises - this was the premiere at the demonstration and location opening of ROPA Rhineland. More than 5000 enthusiastic visitors experienced the practical demonstration up-close in the field directly adjacent to the 2.5 ha premises of ROPA Rhineland. Several sugar beet harvesters, ROPA Maus 5 and various potato harvesters were working simultaneously in the field. A particular highlight was the plant premiere of the Keiler 2L 2-row potato harvester with 5.5 t overloading bunker. Non-stop harvesting with simultaneous overloading on a trailer driving alongside enables significantly increased performance.
Review of 2016 demonstration
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.
Review of 2014 demonstration
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.
Review of 2012 demonstration
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.