Three new appointments: division manager; test engineer; and sales & business development manager
(DLG). DLG TestService GmbH is strengthening its team at DLG’s test enter for agricultural technology and farm inputs in Gross Umstadt, Germany with three new appointments this month: Heinrich Wilking as division manager and Raphael Korte as test engineer, both roles that will support the growing test area of homologation. Sven Bümmerstede is appointed Sales & Business Development Manager and is responsible for the sales and strategic development of the test center. These appointments support the goal of DLG TestService to expand its range of testing and services further, meeting the growing demands of the industry.
With its international reach and global network, DLG TestService is one of the leading homologation service providers in the field of agricultural, construction and forestry machinery. The cerfication issued recently by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is a testimony to the DLG center’s high quality and safety standards.
“We are delighted to strengthen our homologation team with two experts in the field. Heinrich Wilking and Raphael Korte both have many years of valuable experience in technical services from the German Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) in the field of testing and certification,” says Christian Grachtrup, Managing Director of DLG TestService GmbH.
Heading the Homologation department, Heinrich Wilking is responsible for approvals of vehicles and parts, including agricultural, forestry and construction vehicles and machinery for directives that include regulation (EU) 167/2013, (EU) 2025/14 and the German Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO).
With extensive experience in type approval and vehicle acceptance of agricultural and forestry vehicles, Raphael Korte joins DLG TestService as test engineer. Korte will support the further development of the homologation services, continuing to ensure efficient customer relations.
As sales & business development manager, Sven Bümmerstede will support the expansion of DLG TestService GmbH into a comprehensive engineering service provider in the areas of testing, inspection and validation for agricultural, forestry and construction machinery and their components and suppliers. Bümmerstede has accumulated many years of experience in the supplier industry in the off-road sector, which he will apply to this role.
DLG TestService - leading testing and certification organization
DLG TestService is one of the leading international testing and certification organisations in the fields of tractors, agricultural technology and equipment. DLG's proprietary test methods are developed with a practical orientation and by working groups with neutral members. In addition to tests according to DLG standards, extensive testing and certification services according to national and international standards and regulations as well as customized tests for research and development purposes complete the range of services.
Information: dlg-testservice.com
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About DLG
With more than 31,000 members, DLG is a politically independent and non-profit organisation. DLG draws on an international network of some 3,000 food and agricultural experts. DLG operates with subsidiaries in 10 countries and also organizes over 30 regional agricultural and livestock exhibitions worldwide. DLG’s leading international exhibitions, EuroTier for livestock farming and Agritechnica for agricultural machinery, which are held every two years in Hanover, Germany, provide international impetus for the local trade fairs. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, DLG conducts practical trials and tests to keep its members informed of the latest developments. DLG’s sites include DLG's International Crop Production Centre, a 600-hectare test site in Bernburg-Strenzfeld, Germany and the DLG Test Centre, Europe's largest agricultural machinery test centre for Technology and Farm Inputs, located in Gross-Umstadt, Germany. DLG bridges the gap between theory and practice, as evidenced by more than 40 working groups of farmers, academics, agricultural equipment companies and organisations that continually compare advances in knowledge in specific areas such as irrigation and precision farming.
Caption for photorgraph: Christian Grachtrup, Managing Director of DLG TestService GmbH (right), with the three new colleagues Sven Bümmerstede (left), Heinrich Wilking (2nd from left) and Raphael Korte
