Factory tour: Argo Tractors building 22,000 tractors each year in Italy

With the capacity to build 22,000 tractors each year across its six production plants, Peter Thomas Keaveney visited one of Argo Tractors' manufacturing plants in Italy.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

22 December 2021

With two production lines, Argo's Fabbrico factory has a production capacity of 60 tractors each day.

Argo Tractors is the parent company behind the Landini, McCormick and Valpadana brands.

The firm is headquartered in Italy, and has a production capacity to build over 22,000 tractors annually, making it one of the biggest players in the western world.

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