After the change of regime, in 1991, we founded AXIÁL Lp. with only 100,000 HUF equity capital, which became a family business in 1992. At that time, we were only able to arrange everyday things with a Fiat Polski car.
„The machines have been even simpler a few years ago, people were more encouraged to improve them, but there was often a shortage of parts on the market. I started with the former GDR, the eastern German provinces and Czechoslovakia, which has just joined the West, so that I could obtain goods which were essential to our customers.”
At first, we only dealt with the trade of Zetor and ZTS components, but today hundreds of brands are available in our shops, including our own product line, ISTER. Our company pays special attention to the production and testing of these products.
From 1995 we also expanded our offer by providing agricultural machinery and specially tailored service and technical background services tailored to our customers. The following year also made a huge turn in our lives, in 1996 we raised our share capital to 50 000 000 HUF and became a limited-liability company.
In the series of milestones, November 2020 plays an outstanding role when CLAAS a German machine manufacturing company - which celebrated its 100th anniversary on April 28, 2013 – granted our company exclusive importer and domestic distributor rights.
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The central site in Baja from the air in February 2023
The distribution of the FENDT power machines, which has existed since 1930, was also a decisive step in the company’s history in Hungary.
Our range of activities has been further expanded since 2003 with the distribution of used machines, and then in 2004 our offer was also expanded with the construction and warehouse technology machines.
The AXIÁL group includes MANAX Ltd., founded in 2001, specializing in machine rental and contract work services, which offers short- and long-term solutions those who do not wish to ensure the efficiency of their work by buying machinery.
AFS, well known as AXIÁL Financial Services became a separate entity in 2007, which has been built on the experience acquired by the credit department of the parent company as an intermediary for financial services. Our expert financial advisors help our business partners by means of loans, leases, insurance, and by pre-financing subsidies with so-called factoring.
In 2007 we also handed over our newly built Alkatrész Logisztikai Központ, which with its dimensions and capacity is one of the largest warehouses in the Hungarian agricultural parts supply, and is currently the site of further developments.
AXIÁL Ltd. has grown into one of the most dynamically developing Hungarian enterprises over the years, and has not only domestic but also foreign interests too. Such as the Slovak HRIADEL' and the Romanian company MUNAX, which carry out similar activities to our business in neighboring countries.
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19 AXIÁL Points in Hungary 2023
Our company started its site development program in 2011, in the framework of which it opened a number of new sites and renovated the existing ones, so we can serve the people in each region even more. Along with the Centre in Baja, we are available at 19 AXIÁL Points for our clients.
Around this time, precision farming is becoming more and more important in agriculture, and various automatic steering solutions also appear in our product range. In 2014, we launched our company’s own tool-independent correction signal network under the name mAXI-NET, which allows you to work up to 2-3 cm accurately. In 2018 we moved towards the latest technological solutions with the introduction of the Trimble brand.
In 2013, SAP became an integrated, corporate governance system. In 2015, the merger of the Service and Parts Unit into a common organisation called Customer Service Unit, made it possible for us to operate even more efficiently, more coordinated. In order to reduce environmental impact and to provide faster, more flexible documentation, we introduced e-sheet for repair work in 2018, with which we embarked on the path of digital documentation, in 2020 we switched to electronic invoice management as a continuation of this.
We are very interested in the training of future generations of professionals, the theoretical and practical training of industry professionals. We provide knowledge of the latest machines with our course in machinery management, and we are also in contact with several secondary and higher education institutions in order to share our experience and knowledge base with young people.
On April 12, 2022, in Szekszárd, with the participation of thirteen institutions, the articles of association of the Déli Agrárszakképzési Ágazati Képzőközpont Nonprofit Kft. were signed, which was established on May 1, 2022. AXIÁL Ltd. is one of the institutions that signed the document, thus demonstrating once again our commitment to training.
In 2021, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the company and the extraordinary support of the health workers during the coronavirus, we organised the 1st AXIÁL Charity Run, which supported the St. Rókus Hospital in Baja, and in 2022, the 2nd AXIÁL Charity Run, which supported the Baja branch of the National Ambulance Service with HUF 5-5 million thanks to the runners' entries and the company's donation.
In August 2021, we inaugurated our renewed Alkatrész Logosztikai Központ at our headquarters, a two billion HUF investment supported by the Ministry of Finance. The aim of the development is to maintain a fast and high-quality service and improve working conditions for employees.
At the same time, we have started to pay more and more attention to reducing our carbon footprint, with the installation of a solar panel system at the logistics centre and a solar panel system at the Szekszárd and Kerecsend sites by the end of 2022.
In spring 2022, AXIÁL Kft. was named the third largest company in Bács-Kiskun County in the TOP 100 - Economy of Bács-Kiskun County 2021, a publication prepared by the Bács-Kiskun County Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKMKIK) in cooperation with the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) and the Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Also around the same time, a cooperation agreement was signed with the Police Headquarters of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. The aim of the cooperation is to raise awareness of the need to ensure that agricultural machinery is driven in accordance with the rules when on the roads.
In 2022, AXIÁL Kft. founded a new commercial company under the name AgroVario Kft. in partnership with Nothung Zrt. in order to launch the introduction programme of the entire Fendt brand in Hungary.
At the end of 2022, we inaugurated our new site in Felsőzsolca and our new workshop in Baja, designed for our mobile service technicians.
„Looking back over the past 30 years, I can tell you that we have experienced all the difficulties that the agriculture has had for its workers, at the same time I look back fondly on the struggles and experiences that still define my personal and professional philosophy. This, my belief in my unceasing mind, is faithfully reflected in the quote of Henry Ford chosen as the motto of our activity: The service is more important than the gain, the gain is not a goal, but a result of the service”
Harsányi Zsolt
Owner, CEO