M&M acquires majority 3rd largest tractor company in China,forms JV with Yancheng Tractor Company

Mumbai: Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector, one of the world’s top tractor brands and the market leader in India, today signed an agreement to form a Joint Venture (JV) in China with Jiangsu Yueda Yancheng Tractor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Yancheng Tractor), a leading Chinese tractor manufacturer. The tractor related assets & current liabilities of Yancheng Tractors will be transferred to this JV. The value of net assets transferred to this JV will be RMB 335 million (USD 50 million approx.). Mahindra will hold 51 per cent (outlay approx.