12/11/2023

Valtra Announces Retirement of Jari Rautjärvi as Vice President and Managing Director, Valtra EME and Appointment of Mikko Lehikoinen as successor. 

Mikko Lehikoinen is appointed Vice President and Managing Director, Valtra EME as of 1 January 2024, reporting to Torsten Dehner, AGCO Senior Vice President, General Manager, Fendt/ Valtra.

Mr Lehikoinen succeeds Jari Rautjärvi, who will retire at the end of 2023 after more than 30 years of service to AGCO and the Valtra brand. 

12/11/2023

Finnish tractor brand Valtra, a leading AGCO brand, is working in collaboration with Neste and AGCO Finance to help farmers reduce their carbon footprint by increasing the awareness and availability of Neste MY Renewable Diesel for farmers. Valtra is the first tractor factory in the world to fill its new tractors with Neste MY Renewable Diesel. 

12/11/2023

Over the years, Valtra has gained a reputation for their easy-to-use smart farming technology. Now the Nordic tractor brand has turned their attention to using the data generated by their smart tractors to aid drivers in reducing their idle time to improve fuel efficiency and cut their carbon emissions. 

12/11/2023

Valtra Unlimited is introducing the Smart Top Link for improved fertiliser application accuracy.

Smart Top Link saves fertiliser by automatically adjusting spreader top link length to ensure the spreader is correctly calibrated throughout application.

22/09/2023

Recently, Valtra unveiled the latest generation of our flagship high horsepower tractor – the S Series. After significant investments in our home factory in Finland, the 6th generation S Series will now be produced in Suolahti.

22/09/2023

Recent investments in our factory in Suolahti, Central Finland enable even better customer service through improved manufacturing efficiency and better working conditions for many of our 1,200 employees. 

02/08/2023

Valtra UK are pleased to announce the appointment of Malpas Tractors Ltd as their new dealer covering the Lancashire region.

“Valtra in the UK continues to strengthen their dealer network by appointing Malpas Tractors Ltd for Lancashire from their branches of Lathom & Condor Green.  Malpas is a long-established family company in the Agri machinery business in the northwest of England and look forward to continued success growing the Valtra market share in this region. Malpas Tractors Ltd will be offering the full Valtra tractor model range from 75 HP to 400+HP, along with a comprehensive service and parts back up,” states Alan Sanderson, National Sales Manager, Valtra UK & Ireland.

21/04/2023

Valtra celebrates another achievement as their ‘Beast’ receives a prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design. The much-anticipated Q Series was released in September 2022, and quickly garnered industry attention, picking up the FARM MACHINE 2023 JURY AWARD at the SIMA show in November.

14/03/2023

This year Valtra Unlimited marks ten years of providing customer-specified tractor solutions across agriculture, aviation, forestry, municipal, and other specialist sectors.

During a Valtra Unlimited test-driving day arranged in Central Finland, Valtra specialists and industry experts from Unlimited’s partner network including Nokian Heavy Tyres, Piippo hydraulics, Kesla, Vuomet, Noremat, PTG and Arctic Aebi Schmidt showcased some of the latest innovations available from Valtra Unlimited.

14/03/2023

This year Valtra marks five years of collaboration with energy company Neste on renewable diesel. The Nordic tractor brand uses Neste MY Renewable Diesel for all of its tractor testing, and first fills every tractor’s fuel tanks with the renewable diesel before it leaves the Suolahti factory in Finland. Valtra’s long-standing interest in renewable fuel is part of a wider strategy to reduce the company’s carbon footprint.

30/11/2022

The teams at Chandlers and Ross Farm Machinery are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement to join forces, combining the strength of both teams and their main franchises. The combined business will begin trading from the 1^st February 2023 from 17 depots across the Midlands and employ more than 425 people.

17/11/2022

Valtra’s 5th generation model range is now complete with the recent launch of an all-new series that fits between the popular T and S Series. The award winning Q Series, designed, engineered, and manufactured in Finland, is the ideal tractor for large farms and contractors that seek performance and integrated smart technology in the 230-305 HP range.

6/11/2022

The all-new Valtra Q Series has won the much-coveted FARM MACHINE 2023 Jury Award. The FARM MACHINE award, formerly known as Machine of the Year, is one of the most prestigious awards in agricultural engineering. 

1/11/2022

The Valtra Unlimited studio will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2023 and will launch two special edition packages at the SIMA show in Paris in November 2022.

1/11/2022

Valtra Unlimited VIEW - Vision-based Intelligent Electronic Warnings – is a new feature released for the 10-year anniversary of Valtra Unlimited. “The Unlimited VIEW solution is an excellent example of the future vision of Valtra Unlimited as we focus more and more on developing intelligent solutions that serve customer needs.” Says Senior Manager, Brand Management, Unlimited Operations, Petri Loukiala.

2/9/2022

Valtra’s 5th generation model range is now complete with an all-new series that fits between the popular T and S Series. The Q Series, designed, engineered, and manufactured in Finland, is the ideal tractor for large farms and contractors that seek performance and integrated smart technology in the 230-305 HP range. By combining industry-leading design, high quality components and finishing, and outstanding aftersales support, the Q Series has the power, intelligence, and versatility to maximise productivity while driving down costs for large farms and contractors.

13/6/2022

With Covid restrictions now lifted Valtra UK & IE will be attending a number of the key agricultural and farm machinery shows taking place during June and July.

25/4/2022

Valtra drivers now benefit from completely automatic headland turns of their tractor. Together with Auto U-Pilot headland automation and Valtra Guide automated steering, the new SmartTurn feature completes the automation of field tasks by automatically turning the tractor in the headland. As a result, the driver does not have to touch the steering wheel at all on the entire field.s.

25/4/2022

The 5th generation of Valtra N Series has won the iF Design Award 2022 for best Product Design with top scores awarded from the jury.

31/3/2022

One of the newest Valtra tractor series, the 5th generation N Series, wins the Red Dot Design Award 2022 in the Red Dot: Product Design award series. The latest Red Dot Award continues Valtra’s tremendous success in the Red Dot design competition over the past decades.

9/3/2022

Precision farming will become even more precise when Valtra customers get access to the Section Control 96 with Multiboom feature. Section Control automation has previously been able to divide the boom of an ISOBUS-compatible sprayer, for example, into 24 or 36 sections. The new Section Control 96, by comparison, can divide the boom into up to 96 different sections, while the Multiboom feature makes it possible to simultaneously control up to three different booms fully automatically.

07/3/2022

The FARM MACHINE award, formerly known as Machine of the Year, has been one of the most coveted awards in agricultural engineering. The Valtra G Series won in the Utility Tractor category.

9/13/2021

Effective from 1st October 2021, AGCO has agreed changes with existing dealer partners in S. Scotland on the distribution of the Valtra and Massey Ferguson brands. These changes support AGCO’s long-term strategy driving brand exclusivity, full-line responsibility, and appropriate brand bundling to support the growth of each brand.

9/2/2021

Valtra has two Tractor of the Year finalists, small giant from A Series and modern workhorse from T Series.

5/20/2021

Following RW Crawford’s appointment as Fendt and Valtra dealers for Sussex and Hampshire and the subsequent opening in 2019 of the Billingshurst depot in West Sussex. AGCO are delighted to announce that Crawfords will be opening a new branch in Ropley, Hampshire, later this summer.

5/3/2021

The iF Design Award is one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions. The Valtra G135 won in the vehicles category for product design.

4/16/2021

Following the launch of the G Series last year and the A Series at the start of this year, Valtra continues its development into the fifth generation by introducing its new N and T Series tractors

4/16/2021

Valtra’s extensive experience with factory fitted front loaders culminates this year in a completely new front loader control experience. Together with its fifth generation of tractors, Valtra is launching the completely new Precision Lift & Load app for G, N and T Series SmartTouch models.

3/30/2021

The Valtra G135 has received the Red Dot Design Award 2021 in the Red Dot: Product Design award series. This marks already the sixth Red Dot award in Valtra’s history and demonstrates how Valtra’s success story continues with the latest, fifth, product generation of tractors.

1/29/2021

The popular Valtra A Series, twice the recipient of the Machine of the Year award, in 2017 and in 2019, is going into its 5^th generation. The tractor range is now available with many new features that have been requested by customers. The model series continues to comprise seven models to choose from, all of them available as so-called GL-models, which feature an easy-to-use mechanical transmission. The best-selling 105 and 115 horsepower model are also available with a four-step powershift transmission. In these HiTech 4 models, transmission is controlled electronically. All A Series come with Valtra’s renowned shuttle transmission including the integrated handbrake.

1/29/2021

Valtra turns 70 in 2021 and is celebrating its anniversary in a variety of ways throughout the year. 70 years ago the focus was on the mechanisation of agriculture, while later on that focus shifted to for instance improvements in working safety, to growing farms and the success of rural businesses. Valtra’s technologies and services have always been up to the task of meeting our customers’ needs. But it’s in the last 10 years where the largest leaps have been taken. In the coming years Valtra sees digitalisation and precision farming technology change the face of farming significantly. 

1/29/2021

Valtra Connect has for several years enabled tractor owners and their local service technicians to monitor tractor data remotely. In the near future, customers can choose to make this data available to the AGCO Machine Monitoring Center, where service needs can be detected in advance through the continuous processing and analysis of the data transmitted by tractors.

1/29/2021

The Valtra factory in Suolahti, Finland is going to become more flexible and sustainable than ever before with the addition of a new state-of-the-art paint shop. Detailed plans are currently in development and the new paint shop will start operations in 2022.

The new Valtra G135 Versu has been awarded the title Tractor of the Year 2021 Best Utility in the virtual TOTY award ceremony on 18 December 2020. The jury awarded the multipurpose and utility tractor above 70 horsepower that offers the best solutions available on market.

5/3/2019

At the end of February this year, there was a special opportunity to celebrate the handover to a new owner of already one thousand VALTRA tractor imported into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Exclusive importer of Valtra tractors situated in the city Beroun - company TOPAGRI s.r.o., together with the Embassy of the Republic of Finland, organized a dignified reminder of this milestone at the residence of the Finnish ambassador in Prague.

1/8/2018

Valtra will update N, T and S Series tractors above 130 kW to stage V emission standards during 2019. At the same time several new features will be introduced that improve operator comfort and reduce the overall cost of ownership of the machine.

1/8/2018

Valtra introduces service offering to maximize machine uptime

Valtra customers can now benefit from the Valtra “Connect, Care & Go” service offering allowing them to access a range of services related to their machine at a fixed cost.

11/8/2018

The winners of the 2018 Valtra Design Challenge were announced at the EIMA Show in Bologna, Italy. The competition which started in April and ended on September 23rd was targeted globally to designers, academic design students, design studios and automotive suppliers. This year’s challenge was to design the multi-purpose vehicle of the future: a machine that can handle multiple tasks to meet future needs and that is more efficient than today’s highly specialized machines. 

6/18/2018

Trelleborg has joined the Valtra Smart Tour 2018 roadshow as an official partner. The Valtra Smart Tour demo fleet is equipped with Trelleborg tyres and Trelleborg will have a stand at Smart Tour locations. With the collaboration, both Valtra and Trelleborg aim to provide their customers with a more comprehensive customer experience at the roadshow and offer a good platform to deepen the discussion about Valtra tractors and Trelleborg tyres.

3/21/2018

The finals of the Valtra Master Cup were held in March among the winning drivers from last year’s national competitions. The most skilful Valtra driver proved to be Radoslav Račák from Slovakia followed by Tets Kalvis from Latvia in second and Jean-Philippe Paraire from France in third.