SIMA 2015 PARIS-NORD VILLEPINTE
The SIMA, International Exhibition for Agricultural Machinery held at Villepinte, about 20 km North of Paris, every 2 years, is intended primarily for professionals, unlike the International Exhibition of Agriculture, which targets the general public every year, more oriented products of agriculture and livestock. In fact, SIMA is visited by thousands of young and not so young people visitors who are not necessarily professionals. SIMA 2015 recorded 238,848 professional entries whose 23% from the international from five continents, for 1740 exhibitors, including 50% abroad.
SIMA was born in 1922, the same time and juxtaposed to the Agricultural Show in Paris, at Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles in intramural Paris. Then, SIMA was held in Villepinte fairgrounds, bigger, for the first time in 1992.
SIMA is a place of meetings and exchanges for operators of crop but also for farmers with livestock part of the show, the Simagena.
On this occasion are given the SIMA Innovation Awards, which reward every 2 years the best technological innovations in each sector. This year, Claas presented a panoramic cabin, Gold Medal, and John Deere a precision seeder at high speed, Silver Medal.
Tractors and some other agricultural machines are high-tech vehicles and generally designed to move in mud, marshy terrains or slopes. They are all-terrain and often unusual.
Pictures, royalty free, were taken by J.M. Maclou, unless otherwise stated, on February 22, 2015, at SIMA, Paris-Nord Villepinte.
The comment is below each picture.
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Deutz-Fahr Warrior Tractor. SAME Deutz-Fahr group (SDF group) builds tractors under the name of SAME, Lamborghini, Hürlimann and Deutz-Fahr and combines under the Deutz-Fahr and Duro Dakovic. It builds also agricultural machines and engines. The group is based at Treviglio, Italy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAME_Deutz-Fahr |
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Lamborghini tractor |
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Hürlimann Tractor |
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SAME Tractor |
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Ferrari Cobram articulated 4x4 |
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Pascali articulated 4x4 tractors |
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BCS articulated 4x4 tractor, Milan, Italy. BCS group include Ferrari, Pasquali, Mosa brands. |
Semi-tracked BCS Tractor |
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Brielmaier Motor Mower for steep slopes. |
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Airless wheel assembly, which had an Innovation Award 2015. This ideal wheel design not only provides incredible traction, but also improves wheel tracking over standard pneumatic tires and solid wheel alternatives on the market. The rim is deformable http://www.zimmatic.com/nftrax-2 |
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Claas Scorpion 7055 telescopic loader. The new chassis has a very low center of gravity and the telescopic arm a very low pivoting axel in the chassis. In low position, the arm is fully aligned with the body. http://www.claas.fr/produits/chargeurs-telescopiques/scorpion9055-6030 |
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Claas Xérion Tractor |
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Claas Tractor 850 Axion. There is also John Deere, Agco (Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Laverda, Valtra, Challenger, Gleaner, Hesston), Fiat CNH (Case IH, Fiat Trattori, New Holland, SAME-Deutz-Fahr, Claas which bought Renault Agriculture, Argo Spa (Landini, McCormick, Pegoraro and Valpadana) and other manufacturers. |
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Unigreen Sprayer from Campodarsego (Padova), Italy. There were many brands sprayers at the SIMA. They are 4x4 hydraulically powered, they have a high ground clearance but they need a relatively flat ground because of the height. |
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TYM Tractors, from South Korea. |
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Caruelle-Nicolas Self-propelled Sprayer Nympheos FC with elevating Front Cab, hydrostatic transmission. Caruelle Nicolas SAS, St Denis de l'Hotel near Orléans, is part of EXEL Industries, 2600 people in 23 countries. |
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Tecnoma Self-propelled Sprayer with elevating cab. |
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Tecnoma Self-propelled Sprayer, from Champagne, France. |
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Artec Self-propelled Sprayer, France, with partnership with KUHN. |
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Matrot self-propelled sprayer Falcon very large : 12 m long, 3.55 m wide and 1.8 m ground clearance. This gigantic sprayer will be marketed in America and also Europe. 6000 m3 tank, hydrostatic transmission, engine Cumins 380 hp, independent pneumatic suspension on the 4 wheels. Matrot Equipment is at Noyers-St Martin, France |
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Matrot Falcon, the cab |
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Alpha Sprayer of Hardy-Evrard, Beaurainville |
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Alpha Sprayer VariTrack of Hardy-Evrard |
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Berthoud Raptor sprayer 4240, from Belleville, France. Variable track. |
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Berthoud Raptor sprayer 4240 |
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McCormick Tractor of the Argo SpA Group (Landini, Sep, Laverda) |
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Robotcut 1300 of McConnel, Ludlow, England. It's a remote control brush cutter. |
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Case IH 340 tractor |
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Case IH 380 semi-tracked |
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Quadtrac Case IH |
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Case IH 240 with dual rear wheels |
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Agrifac Condor Sprayer from The Netherlands |
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Agrifac Condor ClearancePlus. Clearance of 2 m for high cultures. Picture from : http://www.agrifac.fr/condor/condor-clearanceplus |
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Holmer T4 self-propelled sugar beet harvester from Ipswich, England. http://www.farmersguide.co.uk/page.aspx?p=219&article=2714 |
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Vervaert Hydro Trike fertilizer spreaders from The Netherlands |
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Vervaert Beet Eater 925, beet harvester. http://www.vervaet.fr/fr/beet-eater-925 |
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Grimme Rexor 930 beet harvester. http://www.grimme.com/fr/products/selbstfahrende-erntetechnik-1/rexor-630 |
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Grimme Varitron potatoes harvester. Grimme Group is based in Flanders near Bruges. http://www.grimme.com/fr/products/selbstfahrende-erntetechnik/varitron-200-220-270 |
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AVR Puma 3 potatoes harvester from Belgium. http://www.avr.be/index.php?lng=fr&id=114&Newsid=87 |
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