Geringhoff, a German farm equipment manufacturer, is expanding its St. Cloud facilities to meet the rising demand for harvesting equipment in the US and Canada.
Farm equipment manufacturer Geringhoff Corporation is adding a second production line here in St. Cloud. They had originally been making just corn headers here, but in the last year, they expanded to making drapers headers as well.
A downturn in the agriculture industry has prevented a St. Cloud farm implement manufacturing company from adding the required number of jobs to satisfy the requirements of a state loan.
Geringhoff announced their intentions of starting a production facility in St. Cloud last fall with a lot of hype and fanfare. It's about six months later, and officials say everything is going well and they continue to be on track toward full production.
We're at story number 8 in our Top 10 countdown. Today, we revisit the day a German manufacturer announced plans to build their first American plant here in St. Cloud.
German agricultural manufacturer Geringhoff held a news conference in St. Cloud today (Tuesday) to announce plans to come to the city. It will be their first manufacturing plant in North America.
A German agricultural equipment manufacturer has picked St. Cloud to launch its first U.S. operations. Geringhoff, of Ahlen, Germany, expects its $20 million plant will employ about 100 people.