1934-1950 From blacksmith's shop to global corporation

1934 A horse-drawn mower with an auxiliary engine was Bucher's first motorized agricultural machine.
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1934 Walter Hauser(-Bucher) (1904-1967) gradually took over the running of the business. 215 employees in Niederweningen, 40 in Griessen.
1938 Wehntal railway line extended to the factory site.
1940 First presses for the plastics industry.
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1945 First "Record" two-wheel power mower. By 2003, a total of 116000 two-wheel motor-driven machines had been delivered.
1946 Bucher-Guyer acquired a stake in Kuhn, a French agricultural machinery manufacturer in Saverne.
1950 The KT 10 walking tractor went into production.
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