jda1961
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- southeastern west virginia
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- 1978 ford 3600, 1964 ford 4000 rowcrop
i heard fiat bought out new holland, is this true?
i heard fiat bought out new holland, is this true?
Old news - The New Holland company was formed in 1991 from the merger of Ford New Holland and Fiat Geotech. Ford subsequently sold out all interest to Fiat, and New Holland purchased Case to make NHC in 1999.
geez i need to get out more.
Old news - The New Holland company was formed in 1991 from the merger of Ford New Holland and Fiat Geotech. Ford subsequently sold out all interest to Fiat, and New Holland purchased Case to make NHC in 1999.
Ford sold the tractor division to Fiat in 1993. Fiat licensed the Ford name for a period of time, but the Ford part had to be made smaller and smaller until the license period was up, about five years IIRC. After that, the products were simply known as New Holland. The construction line was merged with Fiat-Allis, which Fiat also owned, and renamed New Holland Construction.
Kobelco is also now part of NHC. Most of what you see as New Holland constuction is what was Kobelco, not Fiat-Allis.
As an observer from afar, I'm confused. Let's see if I am understanding what has been established:
CNH = Case-New Holland
NHC = New Holland Construction
Is that right? ...for this week at least?