Cres Ian Lorenzo
A SOUTH Korean firm specializing in tractor implements is eyeing a fabrication plant in Cabanatuan City that will also supply the African market.
The company, Green Max Co. Ltd., currently has manufacturing facilities in Inchon and Iksan, South Korea, and exports rotavators and other farm implements to China, Egypt, Mongolia, Peru, and African nations such as Chad.
Green Max currently has 50 employees.
Green Max CEO Kang Dae Sik said a local partner to establish its local operations in the Philippines is a possibility.
“We are thinking of running it 100 percent, but if we can find local partner, we are open,” he told The Manila Times.
Sik said the planned facility in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija will supply the local market and plans are afoot to ship part of its production to the African market.
Among the leading products of Green Max are rotavators, short for rotary cultivator and often called a rotary tiller. These are a motorized agricultural implements that uses spinning blades to break, churn, and aerate soil before planting. Instead of just plowing the soil like a traditional plow, a rotavator pulverizes hard soil to create a fine, uniform seedbed.
Like other farm implements, rotavators are attached to farm tractors.
The farm implements manufactured by Green Max are rated from 20 to 200 horsepower, and can be used in dry or wet conditions.
As for the site of Green Max’s manufacturing facility, it will be located at the Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Complex (Kamic), the first large-scale agricultural machinery manufacturing and assembly facility in the Philippines.
Inaugurated in November 2025, Kamic is being established on a 20-hectare site in Barangay Kalikid Sur, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija with an investment of $100 million. It is a collaborative project spearheaded by the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanizaton (PhilMech), the Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Cooperative (Kamico), and the Cabanatuan City local government.
EXPORT PRODUCT Green Max Co. Ltd. participated in Kiemsta 2026 that was held from Nov. 4 to 7 at EXCO in Daegu, South Korea. Photo shows the company’s exhibit space showcasing rotavators and farm implements. GREEN MAX PHOTO
Green Max was one of the exhibitors during 2026 Korea International Exhibition of Machinery, Equipment, Science and Technology for Agriculture (Kiemsta 2026) that was held from Nov. 4 to 7 at EXCO in Daegu, South Korea.
South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Mafra) is the lead organizer of the event. The co-organizers are Kamico, Daegu Metropolitan City administration, and The Farmers Newspaper.
