Road tire producer Yokohama Rubber is to enter the farm and forestry sectors by acquiring Alliance Tire Group — ATG — a manufacturer of tractor, trailer and groundscare equipment tires, along with the Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brands.
Preferred bidders are being lined up to acquire Kukje Machinery Co., the South Korean ag equipment manufacturer whose tractors are sold under the Branson name in the U.S. and other markets.
Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s leading manufacturer of farm tractors, is tapping into Western combine technology to tackle developing markets by securing an alliance with Sampo-Rosenlew of Finland.
Over the last year or so there’s been a flurry of merger and acquisition activity among equipment manufacturers, particularly when it comes to shortline or specialty equipment.
Van Wall Equipment and Schenkelberg Implement announced they have finalized an agreement for the John Deere locations in Carroll, Denison, Onawa, and Sac City, Iowa, to come together with the rest of the Van Wall organization.
John Deere dealers Deere Country Equipment and Wright Implement Co. have merged and now have a combined total of 7 locations across Kentucky and Indiana.
Dutch manufacturer Zuidberg is planning a major investment in its agricultural tracks business by manufacturing traction belts in a new factory that will expand its current facilities by one-third.
Support for agriculture in Turkey is continuing to drive an already substantial tractor market, with annual sales growing by more than 7,000 units for the second year in succession as farmers capitalized on generous subsidies and low interest loans.
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