Kanoo Machinery and Massey Ferguson launch MF 5400 series tractors

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About Kanoo Machinery:

Since its inception over 40 years ago, Kanoo Machinery has grown to become one of the foremost materials handling equipment distributors in the Gulf, offering a cross-border seamless service.

Kanoo Machinery provides its services to all sectors of the industry, offering a wide range of equipment and consumables from the world's leading manufacturers of welding, grinding, materials handling and maintenance products. In addition, Kanoo Machinery offers a full after-sales service through a network of workshops, parts and mobile service facilities throughout the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.

Kanoo Machinery represents leading manufacturers such as Grove, Hyster, Perkins, Bobcat, Hiab, Massey Ferguson, Ausa, Beach-Tech, Lincoln Electric, etc. Kanoo Machinery offers the following equipment and services:
• Mobile cranes
• Forklift trucks
• Warehouse equipment
• Welding machines and consumables
• Road sweepers and scrubbers
• Compressors
• Engines and marine gensets
• Repair and maintenance
• Rental of lifting equipment
• Parts and after-sales service

Kanoo Machinery has been involved in Quality Systems since 1997. It was first certified to ISO 9002:1994 and then was upgraded to ISO 9001-2000 across the region in 2001. Kanoo Machinery has won the Dubai Quality Appreciation Program Award 2001, the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award 2002, and has recently won the prestigious Dubai Quality Award 2004.

About Massey Ferguson:
Massey Ferguson offers one of the most complete lines of agricultural equipment in the industry, including tractors, implements, municipal and garden machinery, Ag TVs and materials handling equipment. Massey Ferguson dealers help customers even more with expert product knowledge, flexible financing programs and high quality parts. It all adds up to a legacy of leadership going back more than 157 years.
Massey Ferguson is the most widely sold tractor brand in the world and also a major force in the global harvesting business, producing more than 3,500 combines each year. The company continues to update and refine technology enhancements, such as the recent introduction of specialty tractors with pressurized cabs and air-filtration systems and the Auto-Guide satellite-based steering system on high-horsepower tractors.

Over the last two years, Massey Ferguson has won more European machinery awards than any other make and was awarded Machine of the Year 2006 for its MF6497 tractor at Germany's Agritechnica.
For more information, please visit www.masseyferguson.com

The MF 5455-4WD 100HP tractor Profile:
The MF 5455 - 4 WD 100 HP tractor provides more usable power, higher torque and improved fuel economy. It has an easy-to-use 16 forward/16 reverse speedshift mechanical transmission that provides a wealth of evenly spread speeds to match every application. The new Dyna-4 transmission option offers four powershift steps in four gears and completely clutchless operation plus a left-hand Power Control that further boosts performance, versatility and savings on fuel. The MF 5455 is very powerful with a lift capacity of 6000 kilogrammes and apart from the platform version on selected models it also offers one of the quietest cabs with unmatched ergonomic layout, which offers increased levels of comfort, visibility and control.