There are reports that sprayer manufacturer Herbert Dammann GmBH has filed for insolvency, with a provisional administrator in place.
On the 29th of May, the insolvency court at Tostedt appointed Dr Per Hendrik Heerma from Hamburg as provisional administrator. The company, under the management of Nadine Dammann, a second-generation family member, will continue operating as restructuring takes place.
At this point, there is no official statement from the company.
Dammann in the UK
The company was established in 1979 by Herbert Dammann and, at one point, held around 50% of the German sprayer market. Machines were imported into the UK in an official capacity by Chantry Dammann, owned by Peter Chantry, now Nexus Technology and Engineering Ltd (Nexus Chafer), from 2009, before shifting to Cleveland Crop Sprayers, and then Merse Agriculture.