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17-10-2025 - CLIMMAR Congress in Turin

CLIMMAR, the association of Dealers and Distributors of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, held its annual Congress in Turin on 16-18 October 2025, hosted by the Italian CLIMMAR member Federacma. Representatives from 15 member organisations gathered to discuss the state of play and important issues on the European dealers and distributors agenda. Read more

04-09-2025 - CLIMMAR Advisory Committee in Brussels

On 4 September, President Tomas Kvapil brought together his new Advisory Committee for the very first time in Brussels. Read more

14-03-2025 - CLIMMAR Introduces New Board Members

CLIMMAR, the European network of agricultural machinery and equipment dealers, proudly announces the appointment of its new board members following the Annual General Assembly held in Brussels on 13 March. Read more

13-03-2025 - Leadership Transition: CLIMMAR Pays Tribute to Departing Board Members

CLIMMAR, the European network of agricultural machinery and equipment dealers, expressed its sincere gratitude to its outgoing board members for their years of dedicated service and invaluable contributions to the organisation during its Annual General Assembly in Brussels on the 13 March. Read more

07-11-2024 - Presentation of the CLIMMAR Dealer Satisfaction Index at the EIMA 2024

CLIMMAR, the Association of Dealers and Distributors of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, presented the results of its annual DSI survey at EIMA in Bologna, Italy. The Dealers Satisfaction Index survey took place from April to May 2024; and involved now 11 countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Sweden. Read more

24-10-2024 - 70th CLIMMAR Congress: A Milestone for Agricultural Machinery Dealers in Hamburg

CLIMMAR, the association of Dealers and Distributors of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, held its annual Congress in Hamburg on 23-24 October 2024, hosted by the German CLIMMAR member LandBauTechnik. Representatives from 16 member organisations gathered to discuss the state of play and important issues on the European dealers and distributors agenda. Read more

05-09-2024 - CLIMMAR Advisory Committee Meeting in Brussels

The CLIMMAR Advisory Committee met in Brussels on the 4th and 5th September, bringing together Secretary Generals and Working Group Chairs of CLIMMAR Members to discuss key priorities. A primary focus was the Work Program 2025, where members outlined objectives for the agricultural machinery dealers and reviewed upcoming challenges. Read more

14-03-2024 - CLIMMAR participates in the second edition of Dealerday

Following the annual Spring Meeting in Brussels, CLIMMAR members participated in the second edition of the Dealer Day organised by Fedagrim. On that occasion, the CLIMMAR Working Group for Education organised a meeting to discuss future developments in European cooperation for vocational education. Additionally, CLIMMAR President Rinaldin presented certificates to commend the outstanding work done by some CLIMMAR members in the field of education. Read more

23-02-2024 - Climmar Launches Dealer Satisfaction Index for Garden Dealerships Across Europe

Climmar, the international distributor network for agricultural machinery and garden dealerships, is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive Dealer Satisfaction Index for Gardening Dealers. Read more

10-01-2024 - A successful start - the International Dealers Lunch was a complete success at Agritechnica

This new idea turned out to be a highlight: for the first time, the International Dealers Lunch took place during Agritechnica under the conceptual sponsorship of the German and European umbrella organisations of agri-cultural and construction machinery dealers CLIMMAR, organised by DLG, AT and LBT e.V. Read more

CLIMMAR Working Groups

There are 7 Working Groups active within CLIMMAR. Each working group is responsible for initiating and advising on one or more specific activities. In each Working Group several member / countries are involved. The supervision over the activities is done by the President or one of his Vice-Presidents. The working groups relate to

- Education
- Branch & Market Data
- Exhibition
- Gardening
- Dealers Contracts
- Dealers Satisfaction Index (DSI)
- Regulation and Standards

Working group Education
Chair: Wim Overeem

Objectives:

Improving the quality of vocational education for agrotechnics in the participating countries and striving for European uniformity.
Promoting the influx of well-educated young people into the agricultural industry in the participating countries.
A well-functioning and active educational working group that meets twice a year.

Working group Branch & Market Data
Chair: Germany (Ulrich Beckschulte)
Objectives:

Counting data from national associations about national markets: turnover, membership-levels, relations
Collect data of enterprises for EU benchmarking due to turnover structures, frames for employees
Collect market trends and create EU-index
Compare national regulation on traffic items like driver licences, weights, brakes, regular machinery checks Activities developed in former years.:

Working group Exhibition

Chair: Mateusz Lis (PIGMIUR)

Objectives

Sharing best practices in organising exhibitions,
Promotion of exhitions organised by CLIMMAR members,
an attemp to identify the challenges and directions of development of Agricultural exhibitions in the perspective of a few years.

Working group Gardening
Chair: Isabella Fontana (FEDERACMA)

Objectives
The group will share at the European level what are the common themes for the different countries to work on, based on the dealers of the DSI results and will work on the first 3 themes that will emerge
The objective of the working group is to support the activities of European dealers by collaborating on topics of common interest through listening to dealer needs

Working group Dealers Contracts
Chair: Klaus Nissen

Objectives
Fair dealer contracts. We need to reach a situation where the suppliers and dealers are more equal. We seek an equal business relationship – with mutual respect.
Meetings with the suppliers and manufacturers to discuss the CLIMMAR standpoint.