YEREVAN, MARCH 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Under the distributorship agreement signed between John Deere International and CARD AgroService CJSC on March 6, CARD AgroService will sell and service John Deere machinery in Armenia. According to a press release of the US Embassy in Armenia, the partnership with John Deere will enable CARD AgroService to introduce top quality agricultural machinery to Armenia, thus increasing its involvement in provision of high quality equipment and supplies. In her remarks, the US Ambassador to Armenia Marie L. Jovanovitch noted that John Deere is one of the largest and most respected companies in the world in the agricultural machinery sector. This means that the world's top quality, hi-tech agricultural machinery is now available for Armenian farmers and agribusinesses. Deere & Company, founded in 1837 (collectively called John Deere), is a U.S.-based corporation that does business with 47,400 employees, with manufacturing operations in approximately 70 factories in 14 countries around the world.

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