Massey Ferguson Ground Care range. Smaller compact models are sourced through a partnership with Yanmar of Japan.Power comes from Mercedes-Benz branded off-highway versions of Daimler OM engines prepared by MTU, a division of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, in Friedrichshafen, north-west Germany.All Arion and Axion tractors use powershift transaxles from the Gima joint venture with Agco in Beauvais, northern France.Cabs for TD5 models are shipped from Yaris Kabin in Turkey, where CNH’s Türk Traktör joint venture builds New Holland T4 and T4S models powered by FPT S8000 engines.CMatic stepless units for the Arion 500 come from Claas Industrietechnik in Paderborn, Germany, and for the larger models from ZF Friedrichshafen’s German and Austrian plants.Fendt’s engine sourcing is quite diverse – the tracked machines and the 200/300 Vario tractors use Agco Power engines from Finland.Stepless transmissions are brought in from Agco’s Marktoberdorf factory in Germany, and all engines from Agco Power in Finland.However, for the T5 Auto-Command, frames welded up in Croix head across to the St Valentin plant in Austria for dressing.The Deutz-Fahr facility in Launingen, opened in 2017, is one of the industry’s newest plantsThe 2 Series compacts, Rex 3 orchard and Trekker crawler tractors are all assembled at the San Martino in Rio factory near Modena, along with cab versions of the Rex 4 fruit tractors.Engines are also built locally, at the Linnavuori factory to the south-west of the tractor plant, while cabs for the Suolahti-built models are assembled in Yliharma, to the north-west.The one exception is the flagship Xerion built at the Harsewinkel headquarters plant of Claas, with its Eccom CVT sourced from ZF.As one of the core plants producing Massey Ferguson tractors for global markets, the factory in Beauvais, northern France, turns out five series from the 5700 Dyna-4 to the 8700 S Dyna-VT.This also builds Challenger versions for the North American market, but the bigger 1100 MT has a locally-built cab and a powershift transmission from Caterpillar’s factory in Peoria, Illinois.The business, owned by Indian group Mahindra since 2017, sources transmissions from Carraro Group, which has plants in Italy, India and China, and engines from Deutz in Cologne, Germany, and Perkins in Peterborough.Apart from the 110-126hp Deutz-powered 5 Series tractors, all the Treviglio-built products have SDF Farmotion engines assembled in the group plant in India.All top-end Case-IH tractors are built in the United States.CNH’s Jesi plant near the Italian east coast port of Ancona is home to most of the smaller tractors in the Case range, including the Quantum orchard models and the Farmall C.Tractors supplied under the Armatrac export brand of Turkish manufacturer Erkunt Traktör Sanayi are assembled in the town of Sincan, on the outskirts of the Turkish capital Ankara.For the larger M7003 Series tractors, Kubota set up an assembly-only plant in Dunkirk on the northern French coast, using engines from Japan and transmissions from ZF.European factories produce other Case models, mostly using cabs from the CNH plant in Croix, near Lille, northern France.The M4002 and M5001 series tractors are built in Tsukuba near Tokyo and the M-GX series at Sakai, near Osaka, using in-house engines, transmissions and cabs.High-horsepower manufacturing goes stateside, with the T8 models built around CNH powershift and stepless transmissions in Racine, north of Chicago.FPT Industrial ships engines from Italy for the Arion 400 and Axion 800 and 900, while John Deere’s Saran plant in France supplies diesel power for the Arion 500 and 600 tractors.Platform versions of the Rex 4 are built in a dedicated plant in nearby Luzzara.Orchard and other specialist A series models were previously sourced from Turkish partner Hattat, but the newly introduced F series tractors come from Carraro’s Agritalia operation.Front axles, meanwhile, are sourced from Carraro and Dana factories in Italy.It uses transaxles manufactured in a CNH plant in Antwerp, Belgium, fully-dressed Horizon cabs from Croix near Lille in northern France, and FPT Industrial engines from Turin, north-west Italy.But production of simpler Farmall A tractors is shared by Jesi (85A to 115A) and CNH’s Türk Traktör joint venture in Ankara, Turkey, which also produces the FPT S8000 engine that powers them.Today, only CNH Industrial’s New Holland plant in Essex survives as a major tractor assembly centre, with JCB’s Fastrac production line near Cheadle, Staffordshire, being the only other source of UK-built tractors.