KIOTI Tractor is a division of Daedong Industrial Co., LTD. of Daegu, South Korea. Daedong has been in the business of manufacturing agricultural machinery for over 65 years. They produced their first motor in 1949, their first power tiller in 1962, their first marine engine in 1966, their first tractor in 1968, their first rice transplanter in 1973, their first combine harvester in 1982 and their first utility vehicle in 2009.
The KIOTI brand name came about in 1993 with Daedong's expansion into North America. KIOTI products are now sold in Asia, Australia, North America and parts of Europe.
North American products are manufactured in the USA, in Wendell, North Carolina.