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XtraBlatt Issue 01-2021

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A self-propelled

A self-propelled long-term favourite, trail blazer, world record holder and pearl of the Krone BiG line: Since the very first model in 1996 more than 3,500 BiG M machines have left the assembly line. In 2021 the model series celebrates its 25th anniversary.

EDITORIAL DEAR READERS, By the time you read this issue, the end of the corona pandemic should hopefully lie within our grasp. Nevertheless, some of the regular measures we’ve had to come to terms with since March 2020 will probably remain. For instance, the ordering of more products online. Or Zoom and Teams still being used for at least some meetings and schooling sessions. Maybe we’ll be shaking hands less often, too. And not being irritated so much over the day-to-day trivialities that gave us “blood pressure” pre-pandemic. But still, we in Krone, as well as probably the entire farm machinery sector, recognise there’s unfortunately one blood pressure heightening factor impossible to eliminate in the short term: the past and present delays in machinery assembly and delivery caused by pandemic disruption of component supply chains. Such material holdups feature not only items such as microprocessors, but even timber. The market for this material indispensable as packaging for the delivery of our machinery has been swept bare worldwide. We sincerely regret these delays and we’re doing everything we can to limit them as much as possible! To these belong climate change and the necessary measures to reduce the speed of global warming. Hereby, agriculture can and will supply an important contribution, for instance through expansion of regenerative energy – a measure that hopefully will in the future be more and more supported by government policies. Additionally, our present situation demands less use of natural resources and more sustainability in industrial production. In this direction, there are effective fine-tuning screws already in-place. For example, new ideas in machinery development and ways of ensuring longer working life of components such as sensors. Among the most important aims are practice-oriented digital service concepts ultimately leading to more efficient application of your Krone machinery – and to used machines offering a second, or even third, working lifetime. You’ll come across many of these themes while reading this issue. I wish you interesting insights thereby. The timber situation serves as a good example of the numerous challenges within our society, indeed overall on our planet, pushed into the background by the corona pandemic but now back with us again with the old disruptive potential. Yours sincerely, Bernard Krone 3