AGCO Wins Equipment Purchasing Deal from State of Michigan

By | March 11, 2017

AGCO Corporation AGCO declared that it has been awarded a multi-year, statewide contract by the State of Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Through the deal, all eligible agencies will be able to buy AGCO’s Massey Ferguson tractors and implements through a pre-negotiated contract, effective immediately.

This contract will expand AGCO’s products and services offerings. On the other hand, the agreement provides the state agencies of Michigan competitive pricing on the entire portfolio of AGCO’s Massey Ferguson tractors and implements, sold, serviced and supported by Massey Ferguson dealers within Michigan.

Moreover, state agencies, local government entities, private non-profit institutions of higher education, and other authorized political subdivisions can purchase equipment such as tractors, mowers, box blades and other attachments, using Term Schedule Contract 071B7700094 now, through Jan 12, 2021.

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AGCO remains focused on cost and expense reduction. In addition, the company will continue to make long-term investment to raise efficiency of factories, improve service levels and strengthen product offering.

However, AGCO underperformed the Zacks categorized Machinery Farm industry over the past one year, mainly owing to soft industry demand for farm equipment. The company’s shares gained around 16.4% during this period, compared with roughly 31.2% gain recorded by the industry.

AGCO currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

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