OREANDA-NEWS. April 22, 2013. In the current year Ukraine will start making Tucano-440 highly productive grain harvesters. This project will be realized in Ukraine by Kherson machine-building plant (KMBP) in synergy with the Claas German company. Mechanisms of lease are also elaborated and it will afford to the national agriculturalists to purchase this machinery. It was discussed at a meeting of Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhniuk and representatives of the Claas company.
 
“Issues of agriculture machine-building have been raised to the highest state level. And we are planning to realize this task by means of a joint production of grain harvesters. We are satisfied with our cooperation with the German Claas Group. So, in the current year we intend to launch production of a highly productive grain harvester on the base of Kherson machine-building plant in synergy with the Claas,” Mykola Prysyazhniuk explained. .

Moreover, the Minister suggested determining volumes of production of equipment together with the German party in the nearest time. He emphasized that significant part of this agricultural equipment will be realized in Ukraine. Hence, there are elaborated optimal conditions of lease, which will enable Ukrainian agriculturalists to purchase this machinery.

In his turn, Sales Director of the Claas Group Jan-Hendrik Mohr emphasized that within nearest time necessary components would be transported to Ukraine. He stressed that German party is especially interested in production of agricultural machinery jointly with Ukrainian producers. So, already this year the equipment of joint production will operate in Ukraine.

It should be noted that issues of agriculture machine-building are among topmost tasks of the national agriculture envisaged by the Program of activization of the economic development for 2013-2014.