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Versatile To Stop Production In Vegreville In 2021

In 2021, the Versatile factory in Winnipeg, which has been building tractors for 55 years, will begin to manufacture and assemble the company's line of tillage equipment, including tandem and offset discs, vertical tillage and high speed compact discs.
 
The tillage production line will be installed in an area formerly used for component staging and storage.
 
Production at the former Ezee-On facility in Vegreville, Alberta, will cease next September.
 
Buhler Industries is headquartered in Winnipeg. The Company manufactures and distributes its product through several brand names including Versatile and Farm King. The Versatile line of equipment consists of tractors and tillage. Farm King supplies augers, mowers, bale carriers, snowblowers, compact implements, and tillage. The Company has manufacturing facilities and warehouses in both Canada and the United States.
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