2000s - An era of geographical expansion

Seed Hawk machines are for broad acre farms, with requirement of large machines of up to 27 metres working width and with 27 cubic metre seed hopper.

With Seed Hawk in the programme, the Väderstad product family expanded considerably. Väderstad now has a wide portfolio of cultivation and seeding equipment, suitable for all tillage techniques from no-till seeding to conventional tillage.The enhanced product range meets the needs for smaller growers, as well as the largest broad acre businesses.

During the period 2003–2007, Väderstad-Verken initiated and completed a range of construction projects in Sweden and in countries where the company has wholly owned subsidiaries.
The subsidiaries in Poland and Hungary acquired new premises. In Poland, the site chosen for the new building is in the area west of Poznan, by the main road between Warsaw and Berlin. The site was chosen not least on the basis of its proximity to existing Väderstad customers.
 

In year 2006 a new subsidiary opened in Ukraine. Ukraine, with it’s almost 40 million hectares of arable land, is likely to become an important market. The new subsidiary currently has 13 co-workers. A number of machines have already been sold in Ukraine and many second-hand Väderstad machines are also in use in the country. The second-hand machines are usually imported from Western Europe by farmers who have recently established themselves in the Ukraine.

"This is our twelfth subsidiary. Russia is one of our fastest growing markets and it is important to have a presence there under our own control. The new subsidiary will be active in southern Russia, where we have selected Krasnodar as our base. Our Russian importer Ekoniva is not active in southern Russia. Overall, the establishment in the Krasnodar region will reinforce and extend our presence in Russia, says Johan Orrenius.