Patillo Construction Awarded Contract for Kubota Distribution Center in Georgia

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Patillo Construction Company (Tucker, Georgia) has been selected by Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation (Gainesville, Georgia) to provide general construction services for a $16 million distribution center addition at an existing construction machinery and equipment manufacturing plant in Jefferson, Georgia. Site preparation began last month for the construction of a 350,000-square-foot distribution center next to the existing plant. Overall completion is slated for fall 2008.

In spring 2007, Kubota completed a $20 million expansion for future production capabilities by reopening the Building One production line with a state-of-the-art, high-tech painting system to be utilized in the production of the company's popular RTV utility vehicles.

Kubota is an affiliate of the Kubota Corporation (NYSE:KUB) (Naniwa, Osaka), a tractor and heavy equipment manufacturer, which was founded in 1890. Kubota formed its North American office in 1988. Approximately one-third of Kubota's equipment manufactured and assembled at the Gainesville plant is sold in the United States. Kubota Corporation is a private company whose business includes manufacturing and assembling lawn tractors, zero-turn mowers, loaders, backhoes, sub-compact tractors and other farm machinery equipment.

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