AGCO’s Massey Ferguson brand is celebrating production of the 1 millionth tractor at the company’s Beauvais, France factory.
“2022 is a year of milestone celebrations for Massey Ferguson,” Darren Parker, vice president of Massey Ferguson, North America said in the company’s announcement. “We applaud the hard work and dedication of our colleagues in Beauvais to produce our one-millionth tractor. We’re also excited to celebrate Massey Ferguson’s 175 years of straightforward, dependable equipment innovation this year. These dual milestones prove our status as agricultural problem solvers dedicated to providing the right equipment, at the right price, for individual farming operations. Our equipment, just like our customers, is Born to Farm.”
The Beauvais factory has been making tractors since November 20, 1960, with the first model being the Massey Ferguson 825.
The milestone one-millionth tractor produced in Beauvais – a brand-new MF 8S.305 Dyna-VT – is sold to French farmer Thierry Aubrée.
AGCO says the Beauvais site has been a strong part of the Massey Ferguson legacy with innovations including:
- MF 3000 Series in 1986, the first tractor with onboard electronics
- MF 8600 in 2008, introducing the efficient power concept with the first use of SCR technology on an ag machine
- MF 8S Series in 2020, with its award-winning Protect-U concept, which features a 9.4-inch gap between the cab and the engine installation, reducing heat, noise, and vibrations being transmitted to the cab and improving cooling and performance. Additionally, the MF 8S Series received the Tractor of the Year 2021, Red Dot: Product Design 2021 and Farm Machine 2022 awards.
“As we hand over this one-millionth tractor, we are set to unify our sites into a single MF Campus with all our departments under one roof,” Thierry Lhotte, vice president and managing director, Massey Ferguson EAME, and president of AGCO in France said in the company’s release. “This offers high flexibility and leverages the unique experiences, skills and commitment of the people who work here. This tractor milestone is our 2,500 employees’ success, including our GIMA transmissions’ Joint Venture.”
