Development and manufacture of combine harvester headers – corn heads, cutting platforms, sunflower and millet headers

Carl Geringhoff Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Ahlen (Porschestraße 8) · Ahlen (Gersteinstraße 18) · Ahlen-Guissen · St. Cloud, MN (USA)New on Amplifa

1880Founded

5. GenerationFamily business

3 SitesGermany, 1 site USA

About Geringhoff

Carl Geringhoff Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG is an internationally active mechanical engineering company headquartered in Ahlen (Westphalia), run as a family business in its fifth generation. The company develops and produces combine headers for a wide variety of crops: corn headers, grain and draper cutting platforms, sunflower and millet headers. From a forge founded in 1880 and an agricultural machinery dealership, Geringhoff has evolved into a modern, international engineering company and an important employer in the region. Production takes place in Ahlen (Gersteinstraße) as well as in St. Cloud, Minnesota (USA), for the North American market; products are shipped from the logistics center in Ahlen-Guissen to Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. Geringhoff headers are also fitted as original equipment, among others, by Deutz-Fahr and John Deere. Many of today's standards in harvesting technology – from the foldable corn header to the row-independent corn head – trace back to developments by the company.

Site: Ahlen
Processes: Manufacture of combine harvester headers (corn headers, cutting platforms,, Metal forge (forging), Development and manufacture of threshing machines, Spare parts service (24/7 online ordering, dispatch usually within one business day from central, Technical customer service, Harvest emergency service (June 1 to November 30, 7–21), Dealer network support, Warranty processing
Materials: Steel
Founded: 1880
Industries: Agricultural machinery / agricultural technology (combine headers for combine

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Engineering & Development
02
Metal processing (historically a forge, today modern manufacturing)
03
Assembly of the headers
04
Spare parts and logistics center (Ahlen-Guissen)
05
Customer service & harvest emergency service

Materials & Processes

Stahl

Steel

Material used for the construction and manufacture of the headers.

Locations

Ahlen – Porschestraße 8

Headquarters, administration & front desk (Carl Geringhoff Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG)

Ahlen – Gersteinstraße 18

Production & goods receiving (Carl Geringhoff Produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG), approx. 4.5 ha plant premises

Ahlen-Guissen – Guissener Straße 131

Spare parts & logistics, central warehouse for Germany, Europe and ROW

St. Cloud, MN

Production and delivery of corn heads for the North American market

Components & Products

**Corn header (Corn Head)**Assembly · Agricultural machinery

**Draper cutting platform (Draper Head)**Assembly · Agricultural machinery

**Grain cutting platform (Grain Table)**Assembly · Agricultural machinery

**Millet header (MiloStar)**Assembly · Agricultural machinery

**Corn stalk chopper / Feed Preparation**Assembly · Agricultural machinery

Inside the production

Industries

Agricultural machinery / agricultural technology (combine headers for combine

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Manufacture of combine harvester headers (corn headers, cutting platforms,Assembly	–	–	–	–	Steel
Metal forge (forging)Forming	–	–	–	–	Metal
Development and manufacture of threshing machinesAssembly	–	–	–	–	–

Additional services

Spare parts service (24/7 online ordering, dispatch usually within one business day from centralTechnical customer serviceHarvest emergency service (June 1 to November 30, 7–21)Dealer network supportWarranty processingMaintenance

Reference customers

Deutz-FahrJohn Deere

History

1880
Carl Geringhoff founds his company in Ahlen, specialized in harvesting technology (forge and agricultural machinery dealership).
1890
Start of threshing machine development.
1928
Acquisition of the Petermann works.
1944
Death of company founder Carl Geringhoff.
1956
Specialization in corn headers; together with Daimler-Benz, the first European self-propelled corn harvester is created (on a Unimog chassis).
1964
First corn header with stalk chopper beneath the first row.
1977
Introduction of the first horizontal chopper for combine corn headers.
1983
World's first corn header foldable for road transport.
1987
Production launch of the rolling-corn header with integrated corn stalk chopper.
1989
Development of the MCX grain mill; foldable grain platforms.
1991
Relocation of production to a 4.5-hectare site on Gersteinstraße in Ahlen.
1995
Introduction of the Rota Disc® with patented three-rotor technology and integrated stubble cutter.
1998
Market launch in North America; first steps toward Geringhoff USA.
2004
Horizon Star*: first corn header with three-rotor technology, integrated chopper and horizontal-cut stubble separator.
2007
Introduction of SunStar* / SunStar* Horizon; export of the first series-production 24-row corn header to North America.
2011
TriFlex draper header; presentation of the row-independent corn head Independence.
2012
Founding of the second production facility in St. Cloud (Minnesota, USA); expansion of the Ahlen site.
2013
SIMA Innovation Award (Honorable Mention) for the Independence.
2014
Ahlen Business Award (Ahlener Mammut).
2023
Silver medal of the AGRITECHNICA Innovation Award for Yield EyeQ.