TYM Corporation

Is TYM publicly traded?

Yes. TYM Corporation trades on the Korea Exchange under ticker 002900 and has no single controlling shareholder.

Who owns TYM?

It is a public company with dispersed ownership. Leadership rests with co-CEOs Kim Hee-Yong and Kim Do-Hoon, with the Kim family retaining influence.

What brands does TYM own?

TYM sells tractors under its flagship TYM brand and the Branson brand, which it acquired with Kukje Machinery in 2016.

When was TYM founded?

The company was founded in September 1951 in Busan as Tong Yang Moolsan and renamed TYM Corporation in 2020.

What is TYM's market position?

TYM is Korea's largest agricultural machinery manufacturer and a mid-tier global compact tractor maker, reporting KRW 929.4 billion in FY2025 revenue.

Who makes Branson tractors?

Branson tractors are made by TYM in South Korea. TYM acquired Branson's maker, Kukje Machinery, in 2016 and runs North American sales from Rome, Georgia.

The company began in September 1951 in Busan as Tong Yang Moolsan, a general trading and manufacturing firm founded in the immediate aftermath of the Korean War. It entered agricultural machinery through a 1968 merger with Korea Light Metal and opened the Anyang farm machinery factory in 1973, establishing the industrial base that still defines it.

Through the following decades it built a full line of Korean-market farm machinery, listing its shares publicly and establishing research and training institutes in the 1990s as Korea's agricultural mechanization matured. Its transformation into a global player began in earnest in 2004 with its entry into the US tractor market.

The defining move came in September 2016, when TYM acquired the assets of rival Kukje Machinery, the maker of the Branson tractor brand. The merger combined Korea's second- and third-largest agricultural equipment companies into its largest, vaulting TYM past LS Mtron and Daedong to the top of the domestic industry and adding a proven North American brand and dealer network.

In 2020 the company renamed itself TYM Corporation, dropping the historic Tong Yang Moolsan name for its global brand identity, and in 2023 it fully absorbed Branson's US distributor into TYM North America. Financial results have been cyclical but upward: FY2025 revenue reached KRW 929.4 billion, up 17.8 percent, as it pushed both brands across North America and pursued growth in autonomous and precision agriculture technology.