farm & construction machinery headquarters winnipeg manitoba canada key people dmitry lyubimov president owner combine factory rostselmash 1 number of employees 1100 divisions versatile & farm king website http www.buhlerindustries.com buhler industries inc. tsx bui was established in 1969 when john buhler purchased standard gas engine works which was founded in 1932 . the company produced the farm king line of grain augers snowblowers mowers and compact implements . buhler industries expanded in 1982 with the purchase of the allied line of front end loaders and the company began trading on the tse in 1994 at which time all products were marketed under the buhler brand name . the company acquired the versatile tractor division of new holland ag in the year 2000 . buhler purchased the versatile tractor plant with a 32 million government loan . 2 according to labour historian doug smith buhler provoked a strike by demanding a gutting of benefits and seniority provisions in the union contract . 2 the result was a prolonged strike that almost crippled the plant . however the union took buhler to the manitoba labour board charging bargaining in bad faith and won a 6 million dollar settlement . 2 3 4 buhler pledged 5 million to build a performing arts centre in 2005 at the morden collegiate high school in morden manitoba . 5 the donation was eventually withdrawn in the face of community opposition to the project and cost overruns . 5 buhler and his wife bonnie were thanked by lloyd axworthy president of the university of winnipeg after the retired industrialist gave the university 4 million to construct a building in buhler s name . 6 in november 2007 russian combine factory rostselmash purchased 80 % of the common shares of buhler industries inc 7 effectively acquiring managing control of the company . the company experienced significant growth between 2008 and 2013 and acquired several companies including redball willmar mn feterl manufacturing salem sd 8 and ezee on vegreville ab . 9 the company is moving toward developing a full line of product for large acre growers . 10 the company announced the second highest earnings in history for fiscal year 2013 . 11 in march 2014 there were calls for sanctions against several russian members of buhler s board of directors in connection to vladamir putin s actions in crimea . 12 konstantin babkin yury ryazanov and dmitry udrasm are connected to rostselmash ltd. and are said to be members of russia s action party . 12 according to media reports a video has recently emerged from a rally in moscow that shows babkin publicly supporting russian president vladimir putin s actions in ukraine . 12 in march 2014 the ukrainian canadian congress called for an investigation of the russian members of buhler s board of directors . 13 no action was taken and no sanctions were placed on buhler industries or the board of directors . citation needed john buhler was made a member of the order of canada cm in june 2012 with the citation for his contributions as an entrepreneur and philanthropist to education health care and arts organizations in his province as an entrepreneur and philanthropist . 14 buhler industries inc. operates a total of eight factories in canada and the united states . it is headquartered in winnipeg manitoba canada . references edit 25nove2008 a b c http fernwoodpublishing.ca stickin to the union doug smith http www.producer.com 2001 06 union wins case against buhler http www.caw.ca en 8573.htm a b http www.winnipegfreepress.com opinion blogs martin 33930964.html https www.uwinnipeg.ca index uw news action story .265 title . buhler centre transforms downtown campus buhler in russia . retrieved 2013 09 15 . http www.buhlerindustries.com news 2010 2010 02 11.php . missing or empty title help http www.buhlerindustries.com news 2011 2011 02 07.php . missing or empty title help http www.producer.com 2011 02 buhler industries expands with ezeeon manufacturing buy . missing or empty title help http www.buhlerindustries.com news 2013 2013 12 24.php . missing or empty title help a b c http www.winnipegfreepress.com local firms skittish on russian trade 252149961.html http www.cbc.ca news canada manitoba ukrainian group wants buhler industries russian directors investigated 1.2582338 http www.gg.ca document.aspx id 14606 external links edit manitoba ctt site official web site of buhler industries v t e corporations based in winnipeg crown corporations canadian wheat board manitoba public insurance manitoba liquor control commission manitoba hydro centra gas manitoba lotteries corporation publicly traded corporations great west lifeco igm financial buhler industries the north west company boyd autobody manitoba telecom services winpak new flyer industries arctic glacier private corporations richardson international cargill canada k tel paterson globalfoods canad inns palliser furniture motor coach industries rogers west group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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