# Kubota opens new tractor production facility in Bierne, France

Kubota Farm Machinery officially opened its new tractor production facility in Bierne, France, with an investment of over €40 million. The plant will produce 3,000 M7001 tractors per year and employs 165 local workers.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-20
- Where: Bierne, France, France
- Value: $49.0M (40.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 165
- Starts operating: 20 Mar 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 3,000 tractors per year
- Products: M7001 tractors (130-170hp)
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [profi.co.uk](https://www.profi.co.uk/news/first-kubota-tractors-start-roll-french-line/), 2018-03-20: "The new M7001 series are ‘Made by Kubota. In Europe’, that is key."

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