Bobcat Company has completed a $6.5 million renovation at its Bismarck, N.D., production facility. The renovation makes the facility more conducive to Bobcat compact attachment production, which moved to Bismarck as part of an operations expansion last year. It also provides a more collaborative environment for non-production positions.

Senior AGCO managers joined suppliers and other guests for the fanfare opening of a more efficient, higher capacity Fendt tractor factory in southern Germany. Confidently described as the worlds most modern tractor assembly plant, it has new production and assembly halls housing a 1 km-long production line, more efficient manufacturing processes, upgraded IT systems and new production technology.

Projects to increase AGCO Corp's tractor making capacity at existing facilities in North America and Europe are reportedly on track to start assembling products this year. And with the development of more powerful Sisu engineers, greater independence from outside power unit suppliers is clearly the goal of the company's latest engine developments.