Kubota to build Georgia manufacturing facility

Kubota Tractor Corp. (KTC) and Kubota Mfg. of America Corp. (KMA), manufacturers of sub-compact tractors, turf products, and utility vehicles, have announced plans to build a manufacturing plant and expand its existing operations in Gainesville, Ga. The 502,000-sq.-ft. plant will be located three miles from KMA’s existing facilities, which also will undergo enhancements.

“We estimate that this expansion of our operations will allow us to increase production capacity by 60 percent over the next five years,” said Hironobu Kubota, president of KMA.

Construction of the new facility is expected to begin in September 2015, with a goal to begin mass production in spring of 2017. The new plant will manufacture Kubota’s RTV series utility vehicles, with the capacity to produce 50,000 units annually.