Deere to move excavator production from Japan to North Carolina
North Carolina facility valued at $70 million, creates 150 jobs
Deere & Co. is shifting the construction of excavators from Japan to a new $70 million facility in North Carolina and building a distribution center in Indiana as part of a bid to bolster American manufacturing.
The facilities in Kernersville, North Carolina, and Hebron, Indiana, will create about 150 jobs each, Deere said in a Tuesday statement.
“Our investment in these new facilities underscores John Deere’s dedication to strengthening the backbone of American industry and supporting local economies,” Deere Chief Executive Officer John May said in the statement.
President Donald Trump has in the past criticized the world’s top farm machinery maker for moving jobs outside of the country. Trump on Tuesday during an event in Iowa said he was “going to do” something for tractors.
— By Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg)
