Roberto Rinaldin elected as new Vice President of CLIMMAR

18.11.2019

At the 66th CLIMMAR Congress in Thun, Roberto Rinaldin (Italy) was elected as Vice President of CLIMMAR. He succeeds Joost Merckx (Belgium), who served as a Vice President for 9 years.

Rinaldin was elected as the successor of Merckx by the CLIMMAR members at the 66th annual Congress, organised by Swiss CLIMMAR member Agrotec Suisse from October 24-27 in Thun, Switzerland.

Roberto Rinaldin (47) is an entrepreneur from the North-East of Italy and also President of Italian member organisation of CLIMMAR, UNACMA. He owns two dealerships, one in Treviso and one in Udine. The Treviso location includes dealerships of amongst others Antonio Carraro, Landini en Berti, and the Udine location includes dealerships of amongst others Landini, McCormick, Amazone and Krone. Annual turnover of both companies combined amounts to €12 to €14 million per year.

“I accepted the nomination for Vice President of CLIMMAR because I believe in the principal that sharing knowledge will make you stronger. And we need a strong European voice for our sector. One of my main goals as a Vice President, is to create the foundation for an office and lobby for agricultural machinery on a European level. Another goal I have, is to establish a dialogue as well as good relationships with our suppliers, the manufacturers.”