Kubota Tractor Celebrates 1.5 Million Units Sold in the U.S.

July 29, 2011
Kubota Tractor Corp. has reached the 1.5 million unit sales milestone in the United States as the Osaka, Japan-based company begins its 40th year of doing business in the U.S.

Kubota Tractor Corp. has reached the 1.5 million unit sales milestone in the United States as the Osaka, Japan-based company begins its 40th year of doing business in the U.S.

“We are thrilled as an organization to reach the 1.5 million mark for sales to our valued customers in the United States,” said Yuinchi “Ken” Kitao, president of Kubota Tractor. “Our network of outstanding Kubota dealers and the greater Kubota family of customers reflects the acceptance of Kubota’s engineering and innovative products over the past 40 years across America.”

Kubota Tractor began marketing in the U.S. in 1972 with a compact tractor, adding a 4-wheel drive compact tractor in 1974. It also produces utility vehicles, compact track loaders, excavators, turf products and more. Its U.S. headquarters is in Torrance, Calif.