Plant of the Year spotlights Deere’s Davenport Works

Assembly magazine takes deep look at smart factory

By: Kenda Burrows|October 12, 2025

|11 min read

A display in front of the John Deere Davenport Works’ 2.2 million-square-foot factory features some of the Deere construction yellow heavy equipment produced at "Assembly" magazine’s 2025 Plant of the Year. CREDIT DEERE & CO.

Davenport Works, the sprawling John Deere heavy equipment factory the company calls a “smart, connected manufacturing system,” is being honored this month as Assembly magazine’s 2025 Plant of the Year.

That massive technologically advanced plant at 1175 E. 90th St., Davenport, is led by Factory Manager Tom Johnson. He said the timing of the Assembly award and the in-depth story about Davenport Works by its Senior…

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Plant of the Year spotlights Deere’s Davenport Works

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