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John Deere is to enter a strategic partnership with material-handling specialist Kramer.
John Deere has bought into the German company, showing its intent to make it a long-term arrangement.
The deal will allow Kramer to distribute its machines through the extensive, worldwide John Deere dealer network, once it has cleared anti-competition laws.
This deal follows on from the cessation of an agreement between Claas and Kramer, which meant Kramer was producing the Claas Scorpion telehandler.
The last of the Claas/Kramer Scorpions will be sold later in the year.
Claas has now signed an agreement with Liebherr and the fruit of their collaboration will appear on the market from January 2018.
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