The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced March 9, 2011:

YTO Group Corporation has completed its acquisition of McCormick France S.A.S. successfully on 7 March 2011. It was said that from am 8:00 on 8 March 2011, McCormick France formally renamed as YTO France SAS . This company is located in Saint Dizier City in France and occupies 20 ha and the building area is 60,000 square metres. YTO France SAS will produce hydraulic transmission sets and enlarge production scope to run a tractor assembly line to produce tractors to satisfy European Market and found a R&D center.