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John Deere & Co. Picks SC for $35-Mil HQ

MOLINE, IL-The manufacturing firm has hired M. B. Kahn Construction Co. as general contractor for a headquarters and manufacturing plant for its new transaxle joint venture. Construction will begin this fall.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on July 23, 2001

MOLINE, IL-Transaxle Manufacturing of America Corp., a joint venture of John Deere & Co and two suppliers to manufacture transaxles for tractors and utility vehicles, has picked a 40-acre site at the Waterford Business Industrial Park in Rock Hill, SC for its $35-million headquarters and manufacturing facility. Deere & Co.’s two partners are Yanmar Diesel Engine Co., and Kanzaki Kokyukoki Manufacturing Co.

Construction will begin in September with production scheduled to begin in early 2003. The plant will employ about 150 people when it reaches fullproduction. M. B. Kahn Construction Co. is the general contractor. A transaxle is a unit that consists of a combination transmission and axles used in small tractors and utility vehicles.

The new plant will manufacture transaxles initially for John DeereGator(R) utility vehicles and compact utility tractors.

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