John Deere is to invest 125 mln USD in construction of facilities for skidder production at the site of Industrial park Yuzhnye Vrata. It amounts to ¼ of expected investments in Russia.

The final decision to be taken by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the RF, John Deere is to start machinery supply. Expected start-up falls on QI 2010. The production is to be localized in future with imported spare parts to be mainly used at first.

Skidders’ lineup is not revealed currently.

Reference:
Yuzhnye Vrata industrial park –total square of 75 000 sq. m – belongs to Giffels Management Russia. The site is situated in 30 km from Moscow.

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