Mahindra Tractors has announced its new lightweight global tractor platform OJA for its new range of future-ready tractors from its global tractor programme K2
The tractor which will have four sub-tractor platforms, the Sub Compact, Compact, Small Utility, Large Utility and tractor categories, will cover 40 models across multiple HP points. Manufacturing of the tractor will take place at one of Mahindra's youngest manufacturing plants – the Zaheerabad facility.
In a recent press release, Hemant Sikka, president of Farm Equipment Sector at Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) stated that the OJA platform was developed with the aim of transforming farming and enriching the lives of farmers. According to Sikka, OJA is Mahindra's future-ready approach to tractorisation exemplified by numerous first best-in-class technologies for improved performance and productivity.
The platform is slated for launch later this year and focuses on both domestic and international markets, namely the US, Japan and South-East Asia.