# Kubota begins full-scale operation of second tractor and combine harvester plant in Suzhou, China

Kubota announced that its new tractor and wheel combine harvester plant (second plant) at Kubota Agricultural Machinery (Suzhou) in China began full-scale operation in November 2017. The investment was 2.97 million RMB (approximately 56.4 billion yen).

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-04-12
- Where: Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
- Value: $510.0M (56.4B JPY)
- Starts operating: Oct 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1 tractors/year, 1 wheel combines/year
- Products: tractors, wheel combine harvesters
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Kubota](https://endata.com/companies/5208.md)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2018/04/k041218.html), 2018-04-12: "With the full-scale operation of the second factory, the company aims to increase production capacity, reduce costs, and improve productivity, thereby striving to create more competitive products that will impress customers."

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