AGCO Expanding MN Plant

AGCO recently announced that it has begun further expansion of its Jackson, MN, manufacturing center. During the next three years, AGCO will invest an estimated $42 million in infrastructure, increasing production capacity and efficiency in order to help meet growing demand for the tractors and application equipment built there, the company said.  View Map

The three-year endeavor is made up of seven phases affecting all areas of the campus, including component manufacturing, the tractor assembly line and the application equipment assembly line. Once completed, the expansion will create 75 additional permanent jobs at the facility, bringing the total number of employees to more than 1,200. The project will increase production capacity by 25% for both the tractor and sprayer assembly lines.

The first phase, scheduled to be completed by fall 2013, includes a 30,000-square-foot expansion of the component manufacturing area, which will increase capacity by 20% and improve efficiency by re-engineering the flow of materials to assembly stations.