CNH has begun building a new tractor factory on 100 acres in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area of Uttar Pradesh, India. At full scale the plant will be able to make 100,000 tractors a year for Indian and international markets, and its first phase is expected to start operating in mid-2028.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attended the groundbreaking on 12 November with CNH's board chair Suzanne Heywood, chief executive Gerrit Marx and India Region president Narinder Mittal.
The plant will add to CNH's existing factories in Greater Noida, which make tractors and engines, and in Pune, which makes balers, combine harvesters and sugarcane harvesters. The company says the new site will use digital manufacturing systems, robotics, automation and AI-based quality control, together with renewable energy, water recycling and waste recovery.
"India is playing an increasingly strategic role within CNH's global manufacturing and technology ecosystem," Marx said, calling the investment a sign of confidence in India's manufacturing capability and engineering talent. Mittal said the company is committed to bringing technology to Indian farmers and supporting mechanisation, and that the site's closeness to its Greater Noida plant was part of the choice.
CNH says the project will create jobs and strengthen local suppliers, and forms part of its plan to give India a larger role in its manufacturing, engineering and export operations. It did not give an investment figure.
Source: Global Agriculture
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