Topcon and AGCO Announce Partnership
The AGCO / Topcon partnership is a strategic initiative helping AGCO deliver on its vision of providing high-tech solutions for professional farmers worldwide support their growing populations.
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) today announces a strategic partnership between TPS and AGCO Corporation, Your Agriculture Company, (NYSE: AG), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment. The partnership will provide high-performing machine control, machine management and precision farming technology products and services to the global agricultural machinery market. Innovative and industry-leading products will reach the market faster by combining AGCO's equipment, customer base and agricultural industry knowledge with research and development from TPS.
"The AGCO and Topcon partnership is a strategic initiative designed to help AGCO deliver on its vision of providing high-tech solutions for professional farmers feeding the world," said Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AGCO. "The strength of AGCO's brands of agricultural equipment combined with Topcon Positioning Systems' proven technology products will provide numerous benefits to farmers looking for the latest products to make them more effective, efficient, environmentally responsible and ultimately, more profitable."
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Topcon Precision Agriculture is a business unit of Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. TPS designs and manufactures precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets. TPS’ parent company, Topcon Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange – 7732), was founded in 1932.
