AHWI and Prinoth have announced the formation of a strategic alliance for the further global expansion of biomass and sustainable brush cutting and mulching solutions in forestry and agriculture.
Within this context, Prinoth, part of the Leitner Group, is acquiring a 51% stake in AHWI Maschinenbau GmbH.
With this strategic partnership, AHWI gets access to an outstanding international sales and service network as well as to a global production and supplier network.
“The products of the two companies complement each other perfectly,” explains Arthur Willibald, founder and CEO of AHWI GmbH. “While AHWI has a complete product line of mulching equipment and the associated carrier vehicles, Prinoth can expand this selection with its Beaver, a track-driven mulcher, and with its complete spectrum of carrier vehicles for the transport of the biomass that has been harvested. Herdwangen, the town where AHWI is located, will play a fundamental role worldwide as a competence center within the group for biomass processing and soil conservation. By means of the strategic alliance with Prinoth, we are continuing along the path as an international provider of comprehensive vegetation management solutions.”
Werner Amort, president of Prinoth, defined the partnership as “an important step for completing the existing product portfolio. We are expanding the two existing business sectors of snow groomers and tracked carriers by another leg: vegetation and biomass management. The outstanding expertise of AHWI’s employees and its many years of technology leadership were important factors leading to this joint venture deal.”
The president of the Leitner Group, Michael Seeber explains: “With biomass, our Group has now taken another step forward in the renewable energy market, after Leitwind. In so doing, we are making an important contribution to the sustainable and environmentally friendly supply of energy throughout the world.”
 

Prinoth is the tracked vehicle division of the Leitner Group that has its international head office in Italy. It is the industry leader in the snow grooming and tracked carrier business. In addition to sales and manufacturing sites in Austria, the USA, and Canada, Prinoth has branch offices in France, India, Japan, and Switzerland.
(www.prinoth.com)