Effective January 1, 2024, Kubota Corporation will consolidate Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation and Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation. The Company has cultivated the North American market for more than half a century since it began exporting tractors in 1969. Now the market has grown to the largest in the Company’s equipment business.
In 1988, KMA was established in the State of Georgia, the United States, as a manufacturer of tractor-mounted work equipment (hereinafter the “implement”). In 2004, KIE was established in the same state to shift the production of the implement from KMA. Since then, both companies have expanded their product lineups, such as small and medium-sized tractors and construction machinery, and increased production capacity to meet growing demand.
So far, the two companies have pursued the integration of their operations in mutual cooperation for the purpose of efficient management, for example, by having a president and executives work concurrently at both companies, and by integrating some indirect functions including the purchasing department.
The Company will consolidate the two subsidiaries, with KMA being the surviving company, to develop a structure enabling more efficient operations, achieve the effective use of human resources, and establish a flexible production system that can respond to fluctuations in demand.
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