ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — We're looking at the expansion underway for Oxbo in Genesee County in this GRE WHY ROC segment.
The company is known as a leading manufacturer of specialty harvesting and controlled application technology for various crops. It offers a wide range of machines to optimize the farming process.
Oxbo is investing $50 million in the move from Byron to Bergen while creating nearly 80 new jobs and retaining 140 other positions. It has nine factories on three continents today.
Chris Chadbourne, the plant manager for Oxbo's Bergen facility, stopped by Sunrise to explain what's leading to growth here locally and why they chose this site to expand even more. See what he said in the player on this page.