Laverda (harvesters)

Laverda SpA is an Italian agricultural machinery manufacturer which belongs to the AGCO Group.

History

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Pietro Laverda founded originally in 1873 " Ditta Pietro Laverda " in San Giorgio di Perlena ( province of Vicenza), a workshop manufactured the equipment for farmers and growers, as well as tower clocks. After the turn of the century and the move to Breganze the company produced on an industrial character with over 100 employees devices for distributors in the mechanization of agriculture. 1919 the company started production after the First World War to 1930 took Pietro Laverda grandsons Pietro Jr and G. Battista, the company of her grandfather.

With the reaper model " SL 6" rose Laverda first time in 1938 in the harvester sector a, 1947, Laverda his first self-propelled mower in Breganza ago, and in 1956 the first Italian harvester was awarded the " M 60 " finally produced. 1977, Fiat Trattori all shares of Laverda SpA 2001 Fiat Laverda had to sell in the course of the formation of CNH Global, at Argo. In 2004, the Laverda SpA German Fella -Werke. Argo in 2007 founded an equal joint venture with the American AGCO Corporation, in which the Laverda SpA and hence its German subsidiary Fella was summarized. Laverda since 2004 has already produced for the AGCO brands Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger combines.

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