Kuhn & Deere Form Agreement For Large Square Balers

Kuhn Group, a division of Bucher Industries, has agreed on a strategic cooperation with Deere & Company for large square balers. The cooperation covers a manufacturing and licensing agreement.

For Deere, Kuhn Group will manufacture John Deere-branded large square balers for sale in the selected regions of Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, North Africa and the Middle East. The Kuhn-Geldrop plant expects the first orders in fall of 2011 for delivery in 2012.

In addition, Deere has licensed from Kuhn Group the intellectual property rights to Kuhn’s large square balers as they exist today for unrestricted use outside these selected regions. Further enhancements and improvements will be made by both parties independently and are not part of the cooperation. This also applies to Kuhn-branded large square balers, which will continue to be supplied to all Kuhn dealers worldwide without restriction as in the past.

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