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John Deere JV expands its India acreage (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Deere & Co.'s (NYSE:DE) joint venture in India with partner Ashok Leyland Ltd. is up and running. The venture is called Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment Co. Pte. Ltd. and will manufacture construction equipment for the Indian market and for export. Ashok is the second-largest maker of commercial vehicles...

Posted on July 14, 2009 7:56 AM

Contractor and construction M&A proceeding apace (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Deal activity may be slowing and private equity may be mostly sidelined, but some industries are bucking the trends. Quarterly newsletter BGL Business Services Insider reports that commercial and industrial services contractors have been generating a lot of deal activity.  First Reserve Corp., the big energy industry PE firm,...

Posted on July 1, 2008 11:16 AM

John Deere's plow into irrigation (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Despite having its fortunes tied to the beaten construction market, John Deere isn't hunkering down. Instead, the heavy equipment retailer has spent 2008 building up its presence in agricultural irrigation. While John Deere has been selling irrigation products for decades, it identified the market as a key area for growth in...

Posted on June 6, 2008 4:23 PM