The plant located in Lecce (Italy) is one of CNH Industrial’s largest production centers. It manufactures backhoe loaders, wheel loaders, telehandlers, compact wheel loaders and, since 2017, motor graders.
The production center extends over 59.2 hectares with premises covering 153,000 square meters and 134,000 square meters of warehouse space. It manufactures 5 product families, which account for 65 different models and more than 2600 configurations.
The plant features 23 automatic welding stations, 6 spray robots, a paint conveyor of more than 1 km total length, and 43 machining centers. It produces a number of key components, such as chassis and booms, and has a separate section dedicated to cab assembly.
A fully automated warehouse system with over 13,000 storage places processing more than 28,000 spare part numbers ensures production supply is uninterrupted. Every unit undergoes rigorous testing during assembly, as well as final running tests and the most important hydraulic stress tests. Extreme test drives are also conducted on randomly selected equipment units.
The plant’s Research and Development department provides technical and engineering support to production and quality control on a daily basis, as well as design, development and testing of its products.
Multiple certificates testify to the high technological level of production at the Lecce plant. The facility operates to the CNH Business System (CBS), which involves all employees across the entire organization to drive greater accountability, agility, efficiency and safety.