This investment will extend the company’s U.S. and Canadian production of top-quality harvesting equipment, helping to meet the growing demand for corn heads, drapers and specialty headers for its U.S. and Canadian customers. This represents another step in Geringhoff’s growth plans to better serve its markets and especially serve the U.S. and Canadian markets locally. Geringhoff plans for the factory expansion to be completed mid-year 2025.

“This expansion represents a significant investment and will add to our ability to expand capacity to best serve our customers in the U.S. and Canada,” said Bill Dickhut, president of Geringhoff, North America. “We look forward to deepening our commitment to our team, customers and community to continue to offer products proudly Made in the USA.”

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The facility, located in Strafford, MO, is one of several John Deere Reman facilities in the Springfield region. John Deere Reman remanufactures parts and components to deliver like-new performance at a lower cost, with reduced environmental impact. The company’s highly skilled local employees use a variety of techniques to bring components back to their original John Deere specifications, or better.

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Located in the Salinas Victoria municipality, outside of Monterrey in the state of Neuvo Leon, Mexico, the 700,000-square-foot facility is expected to be operational in 2026. The new factory is expected to create 600 to 800 jobs in the region.

The new location, which was announced in 2023, will expand Bobcat’s existing global footprint to create additional production capacity and manufacturing capabilities for select compact track and skid-steer loader models.

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Ai2 Products is a designer and manufacturer of custom compact utility tractor attachments for Kubota compact and subcompact tractors. Owned and operated by Tony Ashwill, Ai2 is best known for its flagship product, the , which took the Kubota BX world by storm back in 2007. Since then Tony has been designing and fabricating a variety of attachments for Kubota tractors. Demand for his products was so great that it soon became his full-time business.

Enter Tractor Tools Direct. TTD owner and president, Pat Goodwin, consistently keeps an eye out for businesses whose focus aligns with his. After researching Ai2 – studying Tony’s products, videos, manufacturing and marketing strategies – Pat realized that Tractor Tools Direct and Ai2 are companies that complement each other well. Both: ● Cater to operators of smaller compact tractors. ● Have a strong ecommerce presence. ● Support their products and provide stellar customer service. ● Provide high-quality, commercial-duty products.

For these reasons, Pat reached out to Tony this past summer looking to partner. After discussion they determined that the needs of both companies would best be met by the acquisition of Ai2 by Tractor Tools Direct. Manufacturing will still be done right here in the USA, and Tony will still be available to provide the customer support for which he is so well known.

Customers will still be able to view and navigate the Ai2 website as before. However, when clicking to make a purchase they will be forwarded to the sameon the TTD website – where all Ai2 products will also be listed. Ai2 products will now ship from the centrally located TTD warehouse in Indiana.

Tony and Pat will be working together closely and in the future, they will be introducing even more new and unique products to the Ai2 lineup, as well as expanding into attachments for other tractor brands and tractor sizes. Stay tuned as Tractor Tools Direct continues their dedication to the idea that compact tractors do real work!

For more information on this acquisition view this . With further questions, call Tractor Tools Direct at 260-225-3429 or Ai2 at 320-331-1055. They look forward to helping you put your compact tractor to work

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According to Head of Commercial Development, Patricio Frangella, work will begin on a second location in Indiana to better support the needs of Claas customers in that state. Currently, MacAllister Machinery Company serves as the Claas combine dealer in the state of Indiana. Starting in June 2023, farmers in the area can choose between Claas FarmPoint and MacAllister Machinery Company for the sales and servicing needs of their Claas grain harvesting equipment. This move is part of a joint plan between MacAllister Machinery Company and Claas.

Claas FarmPoint is a mobile-first, technology-driven dealership designed to create a different on-farm experience. “We concentrate on building relationships, focus on replacing the conventional building bricks and mortar model and use mobility to put more people in the field and on your farm more often,” explained Patricio Frangella, Head of Commercial Development.

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