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). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →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.
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
Official references
- John Deere factory announcement https://www.deere.com/en/stories/featured/two-new-us-facilities
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Kernersville Excavator Factory — John Deere, Kernersville, NC." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/john-deere-kernersville-excavator-factory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.