Local Unkefer Sales Recognized as a 2025 Kubota Kaizen Dealer of Excellence

GRAPEVINE, TX (Sept. 21, 2026) – Kubota Tractor Corporation is pleased to recognize Unkefer Sales, located in Minerva, Ohio, as a 2025 Kubota Kaizen Dealer of Excellence. This recognition honors Kubota dealers that demonstrated outstanding performance and a strong commitment to continuous improvement throughout the 2025 program year.

“The Kaizen Excellence Program reflects Kubota’s continued commitment to helping dealers strengthen their operations, serve customers at a high level, and pursue sustainable improvement year after year,” said Derric Lookenbill, Sr. Director, Dealer Development and Operations for Kubota Tractor Corporation. “Dealers recognized as 2025 Kubota Kaizen Dealers of Excellence have demonstrated strong results across the key areas that support long-term dealership success, and we are proud to celebrate their achievement.”

Kubota’s Kaizen Excellence Program, or KEP, was designed to identify, recognize, and reward dealerships that demonstrate profitable and efficient operations while consistently achieving high levels of customer satisfaction. The program evaluates dealers across four pillars that are essential to dealership success:

For the 2025 recognition cycle, dealers that ranked in the top 50% based on their average scores across all KEP Key Performance Indicators were recognized as Kubota Kaizen Dealers of Excellence in this year’s program. Kubota places great emphasis on rewarding dealers for outstanding service to its customers and for consistently meeting its business goals.  

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About Kubota Tractor Corporation

Kubota Tractor Corporation, Grapevine, Texas, is the U.S. marketer and distributor of Kubota-engineered and manufactured machinery and equipment, including a complete line of tractors of up to 200* Gross hp, performance-matched implements, compact construction equipment, consumer lawn and garden equipment, hay tools, commercial turf products and utility vehicles. For product literature or dealer locations, contact: Kubota Tractor Corporation, 1000 Kubota Drive, Grapevine, TX 76051, (888) 4-KUBOTA [(888) 458-2682], Ext. 900, or visit KubotaUSA.com. *factory estimated rating