New Holland Agriculture

New Holland is a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and construction vehicles. He belonged to the Group, CNH Global.

History

Corporate Development

New Holland was founded in 1895 by Abe Zimmerman in New Holland, Pennsylvania. The place gave the company its name. In 1947 the company was acquired by the Sperry Corporation. The company was renamed Sperry New Holland. 1964 was bought by the Belgian company Claeys one of the leading European manufacturers of combine harvesters. From Claeys soon became the English name Clayson. This was given over a long period as a supplement to the name New Holland combine harvesters with. As part of the takeover of Sperry Corporation by the Burroughs Corporation, the subsidiary New Holland was first acquired by the Ford Motor Company in 1986. A year later, the purchase of the Canadian manufacturer of agricultural equipment was versatile. The company was incorporated in the company Ford-New Holland.

1991 Ford sold the company New Holland together with his own tractor production at Fiat. The acquisition agreement provided that it was Fiat allowed until 2000 to sell tractors under the brand name Ford. Further acquisitions in the period that followed were in 1998, the Polish manufacturer Bizon combine harvester and the following year the Case Corporation. This gave rise to the agricultural and construction Group Case New Holland, which at just under 90% of the company Fiat Industrial heard.

Products and Innovations

The specialized by the membership of the Sperry Corporation early in the construction of combine harvesters company launched in 1975 the world's first Axialmähdrescher on the market.

Currently, there is a hydrogen -powered tractor in development.

Trivia

The current design of the tractors of the Group CNH Global differs in color from the combine harvesters (yellow). This was due to merging of the hallmarks of three predecessor companies. Representing the painted terracotta former Fiatagri tractors the company logo was taken over by Fiat in today's tractors. The color of today's tractors (blue) is in the tradition of the company's Ford, the same name as the company ( New Holland )

From summer 2007 until the season 2010/2011 New Holland was the main sponsor of Italian football club Juventus.

On September 26, 2008, a new world record was set by a New Holland combine harvester. Here t winter wheat were harvested on an area of ​​53.5 ha in eight hours 551.6. At the peak of the 591 -hp CR9090 harvested up to 77.3 tonnes per hour.

Brands

Construction