Kubota's path to global expansion goes through
India
Japanese farm equipment maker Kubota looks to copy
Suzuki Motor's playbook for expanding its global footprint: establish India as
a production hub.
"The local staff have begun to engage in kaizen
on their own," Katsunori Asano, head of manufacturing at Indian subsidiary
Escorts Kubota, said in December while giving a tour of a factory in India's
Haryana state. Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning "continuous
improvement."