John Deere Power Systems and Deutz announce engine collaboration

The co-development and co-sourcing scope includes engine hardware and design. From this, each company can then tailor the product to meet the specific needs of its own or its customer’s requirements. I.e. John Deere will create a version of the engine for itself and its customers, as will Deutz for its customers. As such, engine manufacturing and distribution will be done independently by John Deere and Deutz.

Commenting on the collaboration, Nick Block, director, global marketing and sales at John Deere Power Systems explains; We selected Deutz out of a variety of capable partners based on its experience with small- and medium-sized engines. This allows us to utilise its expertise in developing small, cost-competitive engines while leveraging a common supply base due to the scale of the joint volume between the two companies.

“Our experience in collaborating with Liebherr for a new 18-litre engine demonstrated the impact of successful collaboration in design and manufacturing of innovative power systems. The motivation for this collaboration in particular was to replicate that success in the low horsepower range.”