KubotaTMs global move into large scale farming market got another step closer this month when the company invited key European suppliers to the official opening of Kubota Farm Machinery - the new full-scale production facility in Northern France that is manufacturing the company's flagship M7001 Series. The 37,000 sq m factory, the result of a a 40 million investment by Kubota Corporation to accelerate the global development of its agricultural machinery business, will manufacture up to 3,000 tractors in its first two years of production for the European, North American, Oceania and Japanese markets.