Industrial Machinery & EquipmentKernersville, North CarolinaAnnouncement date · May 17, 2024

Kernersville Excavator Factory

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John Deere is building a Kernersville factory for 6-to-10-metric-ton excavators reshored from Japan. AFT records $70 million and the conservative 150 jobs from the company's more-than-150 projection; the separate Electric Powertrain battery project is excluded.

Investment
$70.0M
Permanent jobs announced
150
Status
Under Construction
Opening timeline
Not yet announced
Why this project qualifies

With 150 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears AFT's 100-permanent-job threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.

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Why it matters

The industrial machinery & equipment context.

Industrial Machinery & Equipment tracks qualifying U.S. factories producing machinery, automation systems and industrial equipment used in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, mining, material handling and infrastructure. Automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding and electrical-grid equipment remain in their dedicated AFT industries.

Project record

At a glance

Company
John Deere
Industry
Industrial Machinery & Equipment
Location
Kernersville, North Carolina
Investment
$70.0M
Permanent jobs announced
150
Status
Under Construction
Announced
May 17, 2024
Opening timeline
Not yet announced
Added to tracker
Sep 8, 2026
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