Dear CLIMMAR Members,

Representing the sector of distribution and maintenance of tractors, agricultural and gardening machinery is an honour, and also a great responsibility.
The changes affecting our sector are many. The events of the last three years have had a significant impact on entrepreneurial decisions throughout Europe. The pandemic, geopolitical turmoil, supply chain disruptions, and high purchase incentives across Europe have forced entrepreneurs in our sector to reassess their plans and reorganise dealership operations.

We are also witnessing an inevitable transformation of distribution systems at the European level. Manufacturers, especially of tractors, prefer to consolidate their distribution network with dealers of significant size who can organize themselves logistically, economically, and financially. As with the general business climate, there are many questions that agricultural machinery dealers ask themselves, especially to find a strategy that works for the future.

In order to guide our members through these important changes, our association continues to develop advocacy work based on thorough data collection. The current and future business sentiment  are presented in the branch report). Moreover, developments in business relations are described in the Dealer Satisfaction Index.

Other agricultural machinery dealers associations are applying and will soon take part in CLIMMAR, a sign of how important it is to have a player at European level who can influence issues concerning the sale and use of agricultural machinery.

The CLIMMAR General Assembly met in October 2023 during the congress held in Gdansk, Poland. Currently, we are coordinating the Spring Meeting in Brussels and preparing for the annual congress scheduled to take place in Hamburg, Germany in October 2024. On these last days of January, when I am still allowed to wish you all the best, I would like to wish all players in the European agricultural supply chain a happy 2024. I am confident that together we will meet the collective expectations of all stakeholders


Kind regards,

Roberto Rinaldin, CLIMMAR President