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The Japanese multinational will build a new factory in north of France with capacity for 3.000 annual tractors

Kubota Announces his entrance in the high power in Europe

David Pozo05/12/2013

Although in Agritechnica already was a secret to voices, until 4 December did not do official: Kubota will begin finally to manufacture tractors of high power. For this, will build a new factory in Europe of agricultural tractors for big extensions, that will be situated in the place of Bierne, in the region of Dunkerque, north of France. In the meantime, in Hannover, the big protagonist was Narrow, the most sold tractor in Spain in the first quarter of 2013, and that now has a model of until 100 CV.

Kubota Will begin the construction of the plant for the production of tractors of high power of Bierne, in the north of France, the next month of January, and foresees initiate the activity in the month of December and the production in mass in April of the 2015. The intention of the multinational is to expand the businesses related with the agricultural machinery developing a complete range of tractors, through the production to local level and like this go in in the market of the agriculture extensiva. The investment to build the plant of 37.000 m2, in an area of 115.000 m2, is of more than 40 million euros. The forecast is to have of 140 employees in 2017, that will produce the 3.000 annual units for his export to Europe, North America, Australia and Japan.

From the Japanese company considers that to keep growing to half and long term, including markets like the Asian, and to contribute to resolve the problem of the feeding in the world, have to go in in the market of the crop extensivo. “Our aim is, therefore, turn us into a manufacturer that offers a complete range of agricultural machinery, to compete with the companies of the sector to world-wide level, so much in the production of rice as in the production extensiva”, signal. To go in in this market the first step of Kubota was, in May of the past year, the acquisition of the company Kverneland, the known Norwegian manufacturer of implementos agricultural.

Narrow Goes back to earn the maximum leadership in Agritechnica

The model Narrow M8540 was the most sold tractor in Spain in the first trismetre of 2013, with almost half hundred of units inscribed. Now, Kubota has expanded the range with the model M9540DT, of 100 CV, with which pretends to adjust to the demands of the Mediterranean market where the agriculturalists require of more power in crops like the vineyard and the frutales. It enters several changes with the previous models, standing out his increase of power, stick fast of series and a relation of transmission more staggered between his 3 groups or ranges of speeds and 26 different combinations recognised of measures of tyres. It keeps, to his time, the reduced angle of twist, the exclusive system Bi-Speed of Kubota and the comfort inside the cabin.

Also could see in Agritechnica the new series M6060/M7060. This new line of tractors of the series M has rediseñado and reequipado with characteristics advanced, including the System Common Rail (SCR) with system of recirculation of gases of leakage (EGR) and Filter of Particles Diesel (DPF).

Has of a silenciador for a powerful performance, to face up to the hardest works with ease respecting the environingingment, and a cabin designed ergonómicamente to facilitate the operations. For countries like Spain has designed a model with a leading bridge narrower, with a maximum width of 1,70 m, to use like tractor in vineyards in espaldera.