New Holland Tractor Limited Nv history

He called his operation the New Holland Machine Company and incorporated it in 1903, the same year Henry Ford incorporated the automobile company he had started up in Detroit.

1906 Leon Claeys, a Belgian mechanic, started to develop threshing machines, and in 1906 built his factory in Zedelgem, Belgium, where our plant still stands today.

Ford came out with the prototype for the world's first mass produced agricultural tractor in 1907, and ten years later the tractor, known as the Fordson Model F, went into actual production.

1917 Ford first tractor built.

Fiat Trattori reaches the milestone of 2,000 units produced since it first started in 1918 with the launch of its first tractor, the Fiat 702.

That company's efforts resulted in the development of the 702, Fiat's first mass produced tractor, which hit the market in 1919.

The milestone is achieved with the Fiat 702 followed by the 702A, B and BN variants and then the 703B and 703BN, which remain in production until 1925.

In 1929 Fiat Trattori is selling tractors at the rate of more than 1,000 units a year.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Italian auto maker Fiat was developing a tractor of its own. It continued to do well until about 1930, when the Great Depression began to hit rural America hard.

1937 First automatic self-tie baler introduced.

Within months of this merger, Ford New Holland added on the agricultural division of Versatile Farm and Equipment Co., an agricultural equipment manufacturer that had been founded in Canada in 1947.

In 1952 Claeys unveiled the first European self-propelled combine harvester.

1964 Invention of the first Haybine™ Mower-ConditionerSperry New Holland acquired Claeys.

New Holland would go on to revolutionize harvesting equipment in 1974, with the introduction of the world's first twin rotor combine.

1975 World’s first twin rotor combine.

Fiat finally gained entry into the North American market in 1977, with the acquisition of Hesston, a Kansas-based manufacturer of hay and forage machinery.

Joining the Australian market as New Holland Credit combining with Case Credit to form CNH Capital in 1979.

In 1984 Fiat consolidated all of its agricultural machinery manufacturing under the umbrella of Fiatagri, the new name for Fiat Trattori.

In 1986 Ford purchased Sperry New Holland and merged it with its Ford Tractor Operations to create a new company, Ford New Holland, Inc.

In 1988 the activities of Fiat-Allis and Fiatagri were merged to form a new company, FiatGeotech S.p.A., which now encompassed Fiat's entire farm and earthmoving equipment sector.

FiatGeotech's revenue for 1989 was $2.3 billion.

By 1990 Ford New Holland had 17,000 employees, revenue of $2.8 billion, and plants in the United States, Canada, Belgium, England, and Brazil, plus joint ventures in India, Pakistan, Japan, Mexico, and Venezuela.

In 1991 Fiat purchased 80 percent interest in Ford New Holland.

N.H. Geotech changed its name to New Holland N.V. in January 1993, although the company's North American operation stuck with the Ford New Holland moniker for two more years.

New Holland made the completion of its integration process official at its 1994 worldwide convention, at which the company unveiled its new corporate identity and logo.

Operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiat, New Holland brought in just more than $5 billion in sales in 1995.

Fiat Geotech S.p.A. continues to hold a 69 percent ownership interest in New Holland, having sold the other 31 percent in a 1996 initial public offering.

In July 1997, the 25,000th New Holland Twin Rotor combine rolled off the company's Grand Island, Nebraska assembly line.

New Holland announces its Tier 4A solutions and is the first manufacturer to establish a clear road map towards full compliance with 2014 Tier 4B emissions regulations for 130 to 560 kW machinery with SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) technology only, relying on FPT Industrial’s solutions.

2015 ​New Holland Celebrates 120 years of history and innovation.

2016 The BigBaler Plus completes a challenge proving ultimate efficiency and productivity, excellent bale quality and outstanding reliability: 32t/h, 1254 bales averaging 434 kg in 17 hours over 2 days.

2017 The centenary of the world’s first mass produced tractor, the Fordson Model F.

2018 New Holland Grape Harvesting Performance Test, the Braud 9090X harvested 197.6 tonnes of destemmed grapes, corresponding to nearly 200,000 bottles of Shiraz wine in just 8 hours.

2019 New Holland launches the world’s first production 100% methane powered tractor.

2020 New Holland celebrates 125 years of innovation and supporting farmers around the world, started when Abe Zimmerman opened his first repair shop in Pennsylvania.