John Deere Reman broke ground Monday on a 120,000 square foot expansion next to its core facility in Strafford. The 280,000-square-foot core facility is where John Deere core parts are shipped to begin the remanufacturing process.
While no new jobs are planned with this $13.5 million expansion, Kevin Schrag, manager of John Deere Reman, said they hope to expand their facilities even more in the future. John Deere currently operates five remanufacturing facilities in the area.
Ryan Campbell, president of John Deere Worldwide Construction & Forestry Power Systems, said the expansion is critical for John Deere in a few ways. It will provide the space needed to store and manage core, which he called “the lifeblood of any remanufacturing business.” Core is used and worn out material that is returned, disassembled, cleaned and qualified to use as raw material that gets turned into John Deere Reman products, he said.
The new facility will also “drive increased operational efficiency by consolidating outside warehouses and improving the overall flow of materials in our remanufacturing process,” Campbell said…