Daedong said on Wednesday it posted 2025 consolidated preliminary revenue of 1.48 trillion won and operating profit of 31.1 billion won. Sales rose 4.2 percent and operating profit climbed 68.3 percent from a year earlier. It renewed a record high alongside a rebound in revenue. Net loss came to 25.1 billion won, with the loss narrowing 44.5 percent from a year earlier.

The company said a global diversification strategy spanning products, markets and dealer channels led to the improvement. In South Korea, it pushed to diversify revenue by commercialising new products such as transport robots and precision agriculture solutions even as the agricultural machinery market contracted.

In the United States, it opened a new warehouse in the western Tacoma area. Daedong expanded its sales system, which had been centred on the eastern United States, across the country. It also strengthened the competitiveness of its dealer network by recruiting new dealers and building an onboarding programme.

In Europe, it achieved double-digit sales growth from a year earlier and a market share of 2.5 percent. It selected France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland as key target markets and set tailored strategies.

Sales in North America and Europe rose 12.4 percent from a year earlier to 94.9 billion won. The company said it improved profitability through companywide cost cuts, price increases and lower financing costs.

Daedong is pivoting this year, making it the first year of execution for a leap into an AI and robotics company. It will build a system that applies AI and robotics consistently from product development through the customer experience. In South Korea, it plans to sell future agriculture products including AI unmanned tractors, agricultural robots, drones, precision agriculture and smart farming, and to advance its parts and services business for agricultural machinery.

It also plans to bring in up to 100 new dealers in North America this year. It will diversify its revenue portfolio through a full-fledged push into the mid-to-large tractor market and by expanding its small construction equipment and parts businesses. In Europe, it will pursue both expanded sales of mid-to-large tractors and an enlarged new dealer network. It also plans to secure new growth engines by expanding its smart farm operations and robotics business.

Daedong CEO Youhyeon Won (원유현) said, "Amid the trend of technological transformation, Daedong is entering a new stage of growth centred on AI and robotics." He added, "We will focus core company capabilities on future technologies and, with the execution to turn them into actual business results, drive the AI transformation of domestic agriculture and strengthen a sustainable growth system."