Kuhn parent Bucher Industries increased capital expenditure last year to equip its key divisions for future growth. The Switzerland-based engineering group significantly increased capital spending to CHF125 million ($130 million) for projects to expand and modernize production infrastructure and to automate production processes.

Managers say one of their most important projects is the expansion of Kuhn’s MGM (Montage Grand Machines) factory in Monswiller, near Kuhn headquarters at Saverne, eastern France) where the group’s largest machines…