Kubota Building Additional Plant

Tractor manufacturer Kubota Corp is adding a U.S. manufacturing facility in Georgia, Kubota President Daisuke Hatakake announced Thursday.

The new plant located in Jackson County, Ga. will manufacture tractor implements such as loaders and backhoes. This expansion comes in direct response to the company’s increasing sales and production demands. About half of the Kubota units sold in the United States now come from the KMA plant in Gainesville.

Expressing his confidence in the company's future in the United States, Hatakake said: "Since sales continue to rise, we expect overall growth will continue for years to come. This new manufacturing plant will help us meet increasing dealer and customer demands for quality products developed by Kubota for the U.S. market."

Construction will begin soon and is slated for completion in September of 2005. The 400,000-square-foot facility on 88 acres will produce 70,000 tractor implements annually when fully operational. Within the first year, the plant will employ about 500 people.