Kubota and its Indian subsidiary Escorts Kubota Ltd (EKL) have acquired a site in Uttar Pradesh to build a manufacturing plant for agricultural tractors and construction equipment. An initiation ceremony was held in August.
The new plant, to be built on a 623,000 m2 plot near New Delhi on land managed by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority, will expand the production capacity of tractors, cranes and other products for the Indian market.
Kubota said EKL will continue production at its Haryana plant, with the new site acquired “in anticipation of future production capacity shortages due to medium to long-term growth in tractor demand in India and expanding exports.”
Kubota and EKL staff at the opening ceremony in August 2026. (Image: Kubota)
He said EKL would also need additional capacity for its pick-up and haul cranes, backhoes and other construction machinery.
“The largest tractor market in the world”
The Japanese manufacturer, which acquired EKL in 2022, said India was the world’s largest tractor market, with domestic sales exceeding one million units, with demand “expected to continue growing in the medium to long term”.
In a separate move, EKL used the Bauma ConExpo India exhibition this week to showcase a new backhoe loader, the BLX75K.
The new Kubota BLX75K backhoe for the Indian market, developed by Kubota and its Indian subsidiary Escorts Kubota Ltd. (Image: Kubota)
Due for official launch in January 2027, the 7.7-tonne model combines EKL’s background in developing backhoes for the Indian market with its parent company’s technology. Kubota said the machine will have “improved functionality and quality over previous models.”
Development work on the new model was led by EKL. The BLX75K is powered by a 74.2hp Kubota engine, has a loader bucket capacity of 1.1m³ and a backhoe bucket capacity of 0.26m3.
