Kubota adds Georgia factory
A Japan-based firm will construct a $73 million manufacturing facility in Northeast Georgia, creating 200 jobs.
Gov. Nathan Deal said Thursday that Kubota Corp. intends to build the plant in the Jackson County town of Jefferson. Kubota is Japan’s largest maker of tractors and farm equipment, and has subsidiaries and affiliates across the globe. An associated company, Kubota Industrial Equipment, has an existing facility in Jefferson which manufactures tractor implements, including loaders and backhoes.
Authorities say construction is set to begin in early 2012.
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