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Season after season. Year after year. Decade after decade. We rely on you to tell us what we’re doing right and how we can improve. Read what real Kinze customers have to say about Kinze Manufacturing throughout the years.
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Kinze Opens Its First Production Plant Abroad
Williamsburg, Iowa (May 8, 2013) – Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. is opening its first production plant abroad in Lithuania. The facility will manufacture Kinze row crop planters, contributing to its growing market in neighboring countries including Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Hungary. Kinze will hire welders, mechanics, CNC operators and other specialists to work in the new plant. Assembly in this new facility is scheduled to begin this fall. Kinze also will support local educational institutions in Lithuania by working with universities as well as other professional schools and centers for engineering and production training. It will offer students internships in the manufacturing facility as well as hands-on learning opportunities in advanced manufacturing technology and production processes. “We were looking to expand in Eastern Europe and were considering a few different countries. We chose Lithuania because of the country’s long standing manufacturing traditions and support from the local government,” said Kinze Vice President...
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Kinze Opens Its First Production Plant Abroad
Kinze’s new Lithuanian plant is their first production plant abroad. Assembly is scheduled to begin in the new facility in the fall of 2013. Kinze will also work with universities and professional schools to offer hands-on learning opportunities for students. See the story on: AgriMarketing CropLife Farm Equipment Cedar Rapids Gazette Journal Tribune Precision Pays Budapest Business Journal The Baltics Today The Lithuania Tribune Minnesota Ag Connection Wisconsin Ag Connection
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Kinze Expands East With Lithuania Farm Machinery Plant
Kinze Manufacturing is opening its first factory outside the United States this year. The Lithuania plant is geared to increase sales throughout the European Union. By 2017, the plant will build up to full manufacturing with an expected staff of 250. Read the full story on: Bloomberg Businessweek Bloomberg 15 min.lt Ag Web
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The A to Z of Technology Changing Agriculture
This article includes an A to Z listing of advancements to the agricultural industry. Kinze Manufacturing’s Autonomous Harvest System is included as an example of autonomous technology. See the full list on Farm Industry News.
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Kinze Manufacturing: Continuing the Tradition of Innovation
Kinze Manufacturing is continuing to innovate with their new 4900 Planter. The planter includes many new features that contribute to increased productivity and precision. Kinze also opened the new Kinze Innovation Center to display the innovative work of their engineers. Read more from Business Record Iowa.
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Kinze Innovation Center Showcases Agricultural Innovation
Kinze Manufacturing held a grand opening celebration for the new Kinze Innovation Center. Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor, Kim Reynolds, spoke about Kinze’s history of innovation and invention in the central Iowa community. See the full article from the Journal Tribune.
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Kinze Uses Farmer Feedback to Build New Front-fold, Narrow Transport Planter
Kinze’s Vice President and CMO, Suzanne Kinzenbaw Veatch, walks us through the features of Kinze’s new 4900 Series planter. Kinze designed this planter after speaking with farmers about what they wanted and needed in their planters. See the video at Farm Industry News.
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10 Predictions for a Bold, New Agriculture
The agriculture industry is changing quickly with technology, and this author lays out ten changes he expects to see by 2020. Included on his list are tractors that drive themselves. Kinze Manufacturing has already demonstrated this technology and is experimenting with tractors that pull planters by themselves. See the full list from Farm Progress.
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New Planters, Attachments for 2013 Automate the Job of Planting Seed
Innovations in planter technology are bringing us one step closer to planters operating themselves. New features and attachments out this year highlight these innovations. Kinze Manufacturing has demonstrated an autonomous harvest system and is streamlining electronics on its planters. See the full story from Farm Industry News.
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Proper Planter Maintenance Critical to Productivity
Kinze Manufacturing’s Phil Jennings gives tips on how to ensure your planter is mechanically sound for the planting season. He provides a list of mechanics, monitors and technology to check. See the tips on High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal.