Agricultural machinery:
fully equipped with rubber

It all began in the 1980s with just a few moulds. Today, the partnership between GRIMME and RIS has grown into a much larger production operation with weekly deliveries.

Founded in 1861 in Damme, Germany, GRIMME began as a family-run blacksmith’s forge. The father of the current owner, Franz Grimme senior, developed the first machines for harvesting potatoes. This marked the beginning of the GRIMME Agricultural Machinery Factory in the Lower Saxony town of Damme. Over the years, the company has evolved into a full-liner in potato, beet and vegetable technology. Today, the familiar red machines are used in more than 120 countries worldwide.

At the modern production facilities in Damme and Rieste, GRIMME manufactures not only machines for tillage, planting and sowing, crop care and harvesting but also sieving webs and conveyor belts, sold by subsidiary RICON. The GRIMME Group employs more than 2,400 people worldwide.

haulm toppers and pintle bars

WHAT DO WE MAKE FOR GRIMME?

GRIMME’s harvesting machines are filled with moulded rubber products, many of which are made by RIS Rubber. For the sieving webs and conveyor belts, we rubber-coat pintle bars in a wide variety of lengths and types. These rubber-coated bars ensure that the harvested crops remain undamaged. To remove the haulm from potatoes and sugar beets, we produce haulm toppers. Additionally, we rubber-coat large transport and drive rollers that keep the sieving webs and conveyor belts moving.

production in Bulgaria

CUSTOM RIS SOLUTIONS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

At RIS, every product we make for GRIMME is custom-made, with materials carefully chosen to suit each specific application. All moulded rubber products for the agricultural sector are manufactured entirely at our factory in Bulgaria. From there, we provide weekly deliveries of rubber products directly to Germany.