An experienced manager in the agricultural machinery industry, Adrian Winnett, has been appointed General Manager at AgriArgo UK Ltd, the distributor of Landini, McCormick and Valpadana tractors in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He succeeds Ray Spinks, who has stepped down from the role after 40 years working in the sector.
Mr Winnett is no stranger to the Argo Tractors product line, having worked as Landini sales manager for seven years before joining the UK arm of implement manufacturer Amazone, where he was appointed general manager in 2009 and then managing director in 2014. He also started his career in his family’s Northamptonshire-based farm machinery dealership, which held the Landini tractor franchise, before joining the Landini sales operation in Britain.
“Adrian brings invaluable experience of managing a successful agricultural equipment distribution company,” Argo Tractors’ corporate business director, Simeone Morra. “Combined with his knowledge of our business and the Landini product range, he will be a great asset. We welcome him back to the Argo Tractors family.”
Mr Winnett said he was very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Argo Tractors again, and a product line that had been transformed.
“We face turbulent times in the agricultural machinery industry, with cost, staffing and competition pressures, and also with restructuring in the dealer sector as some manufacturers go “full line” in the hope of securing more business from their dealerships,” he said. “Argo is taking a different path, continuing to specialise in what it does best, producing well-engineered and performance tractors for all sectors, and promoting and supporting independent dealerships free to decide on the products they sell.
“I’m looking forward to steering the AgriArgo business and encouraging more farmers and contractors to consider a Landini or McCormick for their next tractor.”
For more information visit: www.argotractors.com/as/.
