Kubota’s European operations generated a turnover of €1.5 billion last year (€500 million in 2014), helping the Kubota Corporation to achieve a total 2015 turnover of €11.4 billion. Contributing to the European success was the supply of 120,000 engines, and the company claims a 30% share of the EU compact tractor market. Looking ahead, the Japanese company is seeking to ‘significantly’ grow its business in the 50hp+ segment, and expects to achieve a 10% market share throughout the EU by 2019. Kubota claims to have invested €1 billion in the agricultural sector during the last four years. Around €50 million was for the development of the M7001 series. Another €50 million was pumped into the French factory, which currently has the capacity to produce 3,000 tractors a year. At Agritechnica last year, Kubota said the long-term goal was to offer a complete range of tractors, and there was a faint hint of more powerful models. Today, the company says there are no concrete plans to introduce tractors over 200hp in Europe (or combine harvesters), but it must surely be a case of watch this space!