Daedong (KIOTI)

About Daedong (KIOTI)

Daedong is a South Korean agricultural machinery company founded in 1947 and long known for helping drive the mechanization of Korean agriculture. It develops and sells tractors, combines, rice transplanters, utility transport vehicles, skid loaders, and diesel engines, while increasingly positioning itself as a future-agriculture company built around AI, robotics, data, and connected services.

The company serves farmers and agricultural operators in Korea and overseas, with a global footprint spanning more than 70 countries and regional operations in North America, Europe, China, Canada, and other markets. Daedong presents itself as a market leader that is moving beyond conventional farm equipment toward smart farming, precision agriculture, autonomous work, and platform-based agricultural operations.

Core Values

• Creativity: Daedong emphasizes innovation and the creation of new farming solutions, especially through AI, robotics, and digital agriculture. Its stated goal is to keep developing technologies that improve productivity and open new business models.
• Trust: The company highlights reliability, quality, and customer confidence as central to its identity. This is reflected in its long product history, warranty commitments, and focus on dependable performance.
• Passion: Daedong presents itself as a company driven by persistent challenge and a strong commitment to agricultural progress. It frames its work as a long-term effort to improve farmers’ lives and the future of agriculture.
• Responsibility: The company links its business to social contribution, environmental management, and ethical conduct. It stresses sustainable operations, compliance, and products that support more efficient use of resources.

Unique Aspects

• Long history of firsts in Korean agriculture: Daedong says it produced Korea’s first power tiller, tractor, combine, and walking rice transplanter, and later became the first in the industry to commercialize autonomous straight-line rice transplanters and AI tractors.
• AI-to-the-field strategy: The company is building an integrated future-agriculture model that connects AI precision farming, AI smart farming, and AI field robots through an Operation Center. This makes its offering broader than machinery alone.
• Global KIOTI brand and international reach: Daedong’s KIOTI brand is sold internationally, and the company says it operates in more than 70 countries. It has also expanded logistics and dealer infrastructure in North America and Europe.
• Robotics partnerships and expansion: Recent news shows Daedong working with robotics companies such as Doosan Robotics and NAIO on agricultural robots and robotic platforms. These partnerships support its move into autonomous field and smart-farm robotics.
• Connected and data-driven services: Daedong has launched connected services overseas and offers platform-based tools such as Kioti Connect and its own precision agriculture service. This gives it a recurring-service layer alongside equipment sales.