Ursus (Brazil), URSUS MÁQUINAS AGRÍCOLAS LTDA, is a tractor assembler and importer based in Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil It traces it roots to 1996 when Ursus of Poland began exporting tractors to Brazil. In 1998, Ursus announced plans for a tractor factory in Panama, but it was never completed. A local company, Metasa, began assembling Ursus CKDs in Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil in 1999. By 2000, it contained 60% local content, but Metasa quit building tractors that same year.