The White House said President Donald J. Trump announced the expansion and described the North Carolina project as shifting excavator production to the United States. John Deere will be building two new U.S. facilities, including a $70 million factory in North Carolina, the White House said.
In a company statement, John Deere said the buildout includes a new distribution center near Hebron, Indiana, and the new excavator factory at its Kernersville campus. The company said both sites are expected to open in the next year.
John Deere said the Indiana distribution center is intended to enhance the company’s supply chain, and the facility is expected to provide about 150 jobs. The company said it would continue to maintain its main North American Parts Distribution Center in Milan, Illinois. The company said the Milan facility has been in operation since 1973 and employs about 1,200 people.
John Deere said the North Carolina facility will take on production of future-generation excavators that had been produced in Japan, and described the campus as producing the only excavator designed, developed, and manufactured in the United States.
John May, the company’s chairman and CEO, said the projects reflect John Deere’s intent to expand U.S. manufacturing and job creation, and said the company plans to invest $20 billion in U.S. manufacturing over the next 10 years.
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