TYM CORPORATION () is a South Korean

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manufacturing company headquartered in

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with operations in more than 40 countries. The company began in 1951, founded in

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, as the Tong Yang Moolsan and was renamed "TYM" in 2020. TYM designs, produces, and sells

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, combines, cultivators, rice transplanters and

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History

In 1968 it merged with Korea Light Metal and commenced agricultural Machinery production. In 1973 Anyang Farm Machinery Factory established; company shares opened to the public. TYM's Research and Development Institute and Agricultural Machinery Training Institute were established in 1993. TYM entered the US tractor market in 2004 and acquired Kukje (Branson) in 2016. Kukje Machinery and its Branson line would put TYM ahead of current number two LS Mtron among South Korean agricultural equipment players, and close to Daedong Co., the manufacturer of

Kioti Daedong Corporation, also known by the brand name Kioti in North America, is a South Korean agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1947 and headquartered in Daegu, South Korea. Its main products include tractors, combine harvesters, al ...

tractors and all-terrain utility vehicles.

Products

*Tractors *Attachments *Cultivators *Rice transplanters *Combine harvesters *Engines

Brands

* Branson * Kukje Machinery (K

* TYM

References

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TYM History
Tractor manufacturers of South Korea Agricultural machinery manufacturers of South Korea South Korean brands Manufacturing companies based in Seoul Manufacturing companies established in 1951 South Korean companies established in 1951