The history of Kverneland Group originates in the distant 1879 25 kilometers from the Norwegian town of Stavanger, where there was a small village smithy Ola Gabriel Kverneland. The family company was first famous for the manufacture of braids, but later, in the 1890s, began to specialize in the production of ploughs and harrows, horse-drawn, and since 1928 and cultivating implements for the tractors.

During the following decades the once family business has grown into a major engineering concern, and overcame the borders of his native Scandinavia, thanks to a series of successful acquisitions production other agricultural equipment.

In its modern history technique Kverneland Group sold globally under the brands Kverneland and Vicon. In addition, the agricultural machine-building concern known for its developments in the field of electronic systems based on the principles of precision farming.

Its 140-year anniversary the company will celebrate in a big way through numerous corporate and industry events of international level in close cooperation with its dealers working in all corners of the world. So jubilee will be the main concept of the concern's participation in such exhibitions as the SIMA, which will take place in Paris from 24 to 28 February, and Agritechnica in Hanover from 10 to 16 November 2019.

For the Russian fans of its equipment, the company also prepared a number of pleasant surprises on the occasion of their anniversary. These include field Day, which will take place in early summer and will be the largest in the history of Kverneland in Russia.