By Peter
MORE EFFICIENT A section of the new engine assembly line at AGCO Power’s newly upgraded factory in Finland Plans are being laid for the launch of a new AGCO Power engine family by the end of next year now that the powertrain operation’s headquarters unit in Finland has completed a two-year programme of investments worth more than £86m. The engines – likely to be produced in three, four and six-cylinder inline formats as now – are expected to provide power and torque for all Massey Ferguson and Valtra tractors in future, as well as some Fendt models. They will also be available to OEM customers for tractors, telehandlers, wheeled loaders, and so on.
UNLOCK The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week. × Close
CODE ACCEPTED You have full access to farmersjournal.ie on this browser until 9pm next Wednesday. Thank you for buying the paper and using the code. × Close
Automated production line at AGCO Power s factory in Finland
AGCO Power, the engine division of the AGCO corporation, quietly mentioned at the end of 2018 that it is to invest around €100 million in a new engine family at its manufacturing facility at Linnavuori, Finland.
That investment is now coming to fruition with the opening of the new factory which is intended to build a new family of off-road engines from 2022 onwards.
The planning of the investment demonstrates a far more holistic approach to manufacturing, with as much emphasis being placed on how the engines are produced, as the engine itself.
Production by robotic arm is the order of the day on the new line