intentions to buy the remaining shares of Laverda, thereby purchasing Fella-Werke GmbH as well. This purchase was finalized in March 2011. Current machinery range AGCO currently offers drum mowers, disc mowers, mowers, tedders and rakes including conditioners and other attachments. The drum mowers come from for a single mower. Disc mowers, on the other hand, come with a working width of . These come with several different options; tine or roller conditioners as well as a conveyor belt to form a swath immediately after mowing. Currently, Fella has the largest tedder on the market; the TH 1800 Hydro is a tedder. There are also small attachments for alpine tractors, TH 400 DS Hydro, which is . Rakes include an TS 301 DS as the smallest alpine machine, and the TS 4000 which has a working width of ). There are several different patents and innovations here, one being the ‘jet effect’. Manufacturing plant Since the founding of Fella in 1918, the property size has grown and decreased in size. In the beginning Fella was approximately and at one point grew to be approximately . At its current size, Fella is with five separate buildings. In 1997, Fella brought in a new concept to the way their manufacturing plant was set up. The decision was made to create four self-governing buildings. Each of these buildings would be responsible for its own machine type: one building for drum mowers, one for disc mowers, one for tedders, and one for rakes. There would be two responsible managers for the factory workers as well as the production requirements and plant management. Because of these modifications that helped increase productivity, and improve flexibility and quality, Fella won the 1998 International Best Factory Award. References External links fella.eu (official website) Companies based in Bavaria Manufacturing companies established in 1918 1918 establishments in Germany Agriculture companies of Germany