The tractors rolling onto Indian farmlands and overseas shipping docks are getting a massive new launchpad.
CNH Industrial broke ground on a 100-acre greenfield manufacturing facility inside the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) corridor in Uttar Pradesh. The mega-hub will build tractors and engines for Indian farmers and global export routes alike. At full scale, the assembly lines will churn out 100,000 tractors every year.
The first phase kicks into active commercial production by mid-2028.
Positioned near the upcoming Jewar airport, the plant anchors a strategic shift. Western agricultural equipment demand has slumped toward a 30-year trough, forcing global heavy-machinery giants to rebalance their balance sheets and production maps toward high-volume Asian territory. India sits right at the center of that pivot.
| Facility Parameter | Verified Operational Detail |
|---|---|
| Location | YEIDA, Uttar Pradesh (Near Jewar Airport) |
| Total Land Area | 100 Acres |
| Target Annual Capacity | 100,000 Tractors (at full scale) |
| Target Products | Agricultural Tractors and Engines |
| Operational Timeline | Phase 1 by mid-2028 |
| Supporting Domestic Sites | Greater Noida (Tractors/Engines), Pune (Harvesters/Balers) |
Speed and quality control on heavy tractor frames require relentless precision.
To hit that benchmark, CNH is engineering the YEIDA facility with robotics, automated assembly fixtures, and AI-driven quality-control checkpoints. It is designed to run on renewable power, relying on closed-loop water recycling, low-carbon factory logistics, and industrial waste recovery across the manufacturing line.
Yet the geographical math matters just as much as the tooling. The site slots right into an established supplier web while tying directly into expressway freight lanes and air-cargo links at Jewar.
Narinder Mittal, President of CNH India Region, noted that the YEIDA footprint builds directly upon the groundwork already laid by the company’s existing operations in Greater Noida.
The location's proximity to existing operations, connectivity, and industrial ecosystem serve as decisive factors supporting the expansion," Mittal confirmed.
This greenfield investment will not operate in a vacuum. It slots alongside an existing industrial network that CNH runs across northern and western India.
The group currently produces tractors and diesel powerplants at its Greater Noida plant, while its Pune operations roll out combine harvesters, sugarcane harvesters, and balers. Adding 100,000 units of tractor run-rate at YEIDA offloads capacity pressures, lets the company split domestic and export model variants, and deepens component orders for local tooling shops, casting vendors, and electrical harness suppliers.
Market Context: The move folds into an aggressive industrialization push across Uttar Pradesh. Official state government figures show Uttar Pradesh has secured over ₹50 lakh crore in investment commitments over the past 9.5 years, a benchmark highlighted by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as expressway corridors turn into commercial manufacturing strips.
CNH Chief Executive Officer Gerrit Marx framed the massive site acquisition as a dual-purpose engine for both homegrown farm sales and worldwide distribution networks.
The investment will expand our manufacturing footprint in India and strengthen our ability to serve domestic and international markets, while highlighting India's role in CNH's global manufacturing and technology operations," Marx stated.
With ground broken and site preparation underway along the Yamuna Expressway, factory construction will advance over the next three years ahead of the scheduled mid-2028 commissioning.