OMAHA, NE—If all goes to plan, in five years agricultural equipment manufacturer CLAAS will double its manufacturing capacity and significantly ramp up hiring at its assembly plant here.
ASHEVILLE, NC—Linamar Corp. will hire an additional 250 workers for its assembly plant here. The new jobs come as part of a $75 million investment in the factory, which makes engine blocks and other parts for construction equipment.
PEORIA, IL—Caterpillar Inc. plans to shift work from its Joliet, IL, assembly plant and spend $20 million to expand one of its South Carolina plants so it can handle additional work.
If there’s a “ground zero” for tractor manufacturing, it’s Deere’s assembly plant in Waterloo, IA. The multi-building operation includes a foundry, a drive train assembly line, an engine assembly line and a final assembly line.
Farm tractors traditionally use diesel engines. But, even though today’s diesels are cleaner than ever, agricultural engineers are scrambling to find alternative power sources.
Agricultural engineers around the world are developing robotic tractors. Autonomous vehicles equipped with state-of-the-art computers, lasers, sensors, GPS systems and machine vision technology are closer to reality than most people realize.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA—Tractor Manufacturer Sany America is celebrating the completion of the first excavator assembled at its new North American headquarters here.
