INTRODUCING The Kubota M8 Kubota Unveils the M8 Series Tractor, their Largest Ag Tractor Ever Built
GRAPEVINE, Texas (July 30, 2019) – Kubota North America Corporation, the parent for Kubota Tractor Corporation, and Kubota Canada Ltd, today previewed the all-new M8 Series. The M8 Series is Kubota’s breakthrough tractor line boasting over 200 horsepower. It answers the call of forward-thinking farming and is the company’s newest, largest and highest horsepower utility AG machine yet. This announcement builds on Kubota’s strategy to penetrate the North American large utility tractor market with its customized OEM agreement with Buhler Versatile Industries Inc. revealed earlier this year. The agreement enables Kubota to blend its engineering excellence with its partner’s proven-history for development and production of similar horsepower-sized tractors to create and launch this new M8 Series of tractors. “Kubota continues to accelerate our market presence in North America by diversifying our product lines to meet the growing demands of Kubota dealers and customers,” said Haruyuki (Harry) Yoshida, President and CEO of Kubota Tractor Corporation and Kubota North America Corporation. “We are making bold moves with the debut of the M8 Series to establish our presence in the segment and position ourselves to steadily grow our share.” With its eye specifically on large utility and material handling tractor market, the commercial hay and forage market, as well as the mid-sized row crop market, Kubota expects to create synergies for the M8 Series and complementary implements with other areas of its businesses and affiliate supply chains. “The M8 Series is Kubota’s most powerful and advanced tractor line to date,” said Todd Stucke, Kubota senior vice president of marketing, product support and strategic projects. “The M8 allows us to aggressively fill a higher-horsepower customer need across the large utility and mid-size row crop tractor market – for material 6
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