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John Deere
Deere and Company
Founded in 1837 in Grand Detour, Illinois, this American corporation manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment. John Deere serves customers all over the world, and ranked #84 on the 2020 Fortune 500 list.
Case IH Agriculture
CNH Industrial
Case IH is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer. Case IH offers agricultural equipment, financial services, as well as parts and service support for farmers and commercial operators through a network of dealers and distributors. Case history began when Jerome Case founded Racine Threshing Machine Works. In 1967, Tenneco bought J.I. Case and continued to market their products under the Case name. In 1984, Tenneco Case bought the agricultural division of International Harvester, and changed the name to Case International, but finally decided on Case IH.
New Holland Agriculture
CNH Industrial
New Holland is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer. New Holland agricultural products include tractors, combine harvesters, balers, forage harvesters, self-propelled sprayers, haying tools, seeding equipment, hobby tractors, utility vehicles and implements, and grape harvesters. New Holland equipment is manufactured all around the world; the current administrative headquarters are in Turin, Italy, with New Holland, Pennsylvania serving as the brand's headquarters for North America and home of the largest hay tools production facility in the world. With 18 plants spread globally, as well as six joint ventures in the Americas, Asia, and Middle East, the corporation is present in 170 countries worldwide.
Caterpillar
Caterpillar Incorporated
Founded in 1925 in California, Caterpillar is an American corporation that designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets, and sells machinery, engines, financial products, and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. It is the world's largest construction-equipment manufacturer. In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 65 on the Fortune 500 list and number 238 on the Global Fortune 500 list.
Liebherr
Liebherr-International AG
Established in 1949 by Hans Liebherr in Kirchdorf an der Iller, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the business is still entirely owned by the Liebherr family. Isolde and Willi Liebherr, Hans' daughter and son, respectively, are the chief executive and chairman of the Bulle, Switzerland–based Liebherr-International AG, and several other family members are actively involved in corporate management. In 2005, Forbes magazine listed them as billionaires. Liebherr consists of over 130 companies organized into 11 divisions: earthmoving, mining, mobile cranes, tower cranes, concrete technology, maritime cranes, aerospace and transportation systems, machine tools and automation systems, domestic appliances, and components. It has a worldwide workforce over 42,000, with nine billion euros in revenue for 2017. By 2007, it was the world's largest crane company.
