Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.
Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. is an American company that produces agricultural equipment. It was established in 1965 by Jon Kinzenbaw in Ladora, Iowa and later relocated to nearby Williamsburg, Iowa. Kinze began by manufacturing many types of agricultural implements. It began to grow quickly by seizing an opportunity to 'repower' John Deere tractors by replacing the OEM engine with a Detroit Diesel engine during a time when Deere was experiencing problems with engine production. Starting with a metal fabrication and repair shop, Kinzenbaw moved into the production of auger wagons and fertilizer applicators. Today, Kinze's main operations  are manufacturing row-crop planting equipment up to 36 rows and grain carts up to 1500 bushels (~53,000 liters). Kinze was a pioneer in the development of the folding equipment and invented the front fold and the rear fold planter. Today Kinze is a leading manufacturer of row crop planters and giant grain auger carts and one of North America's largest independently owned farm equipment companies. The Kinze factory is located north of Interstate 80 west of Williamsburg, IA. The factory employees have combined some of their products into extremely large scale lawn sculptures visible from the Interstate. Operations  in Europe. On June 12, 2013, Kinze opened a production plant in Lithuania. It is the company's first manufacturing plant outside of the United States. The factory should help Kinze Manufacturing meet the growing demand for its production in Central and Eastern Europe.