International harvester

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International harvester

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legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution 1985
Reason for dissolution Partial acquisition by Tenneco , successor company Case IH and Navistar International
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Agricultural machinery industry, commercial vehicle industry, automotive industry

International Harvester Company ( IHC , later IH ) was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery , automobiles, and trucks based in Chicago .

Company history

International Harvester was founded on August 12, 1902 through the merger of McCormick Harvesting Machine Company , Deering Harvester Company , Plano Harvester Co., Milwaukee Harvester Co. and Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co.

Passenger cars were built between 1907 and 1911, in the 1930s and between 1956 and 1980 . The brand name was International from 1907 to 1909 , IHC from 1910 to 1911 and later International again .

In 1908 the International Harvester Company m. b. H. in Neuss German subsidiary IHC Neuss founded, sold the first still from the United States imported products from International Harvester in Germany. A year later a plant was built there. In 1911 the production of agricultural machines started in this factory, in 1937 the production of tractors was added. In 1997 the factory in Neuss was closed.

In 1916 the production of school buses began .

Due to the dominance of the Fordson (later Ford) brand , International Harvester introduced a new series of tractors under the Farmall brand in 1924 .

In 1927 the German head office was relocated to Berlin. After the end of the war, the head office was relocated from Berlin to Neuss again in 1946. In 1952, the Frank G. Hough Company , which was particularly known for its wheel loaders , was bought. The brand name Hough was retained even after the takeover. In 1953 International Harvester started in Neuss with the production of the models DED3, DGD4 and DLD2, which had been developed in Germany.

In 1939 International Harvester started producing agricultural machinery in Doncaster . From 1949 tractors were also manufactured there. Initially, these were assembled from production parts from the USA, but later the company premises were expanded and the parts were then produced on site. In 1953, the production of bulldozers began in Doncaster.

In 1955, the home appliance division was sold to Whirlpool Corporation .

In 1956 IH presented the new Agriomatic gearbox. In 1958, the Fuchs wagon factory in Heidelberg was taken over. In 1960 the Solar Aircraft Company was bought . In 1962, the TD-30 was introduced, the largest bulldozer at the time. In the same year, the production of trucks for the German market began in Neuss.

IHC also produced a few off-road vehicles, including the two-door Scout (1961–1980) and the four-door Travelall (1953–1975). Both vehicles competed on the domestic market with products from Jeep , but also with the Chevrolet Blazer , Ford Bronco and Dodge Ramcharger . The International Scout was provided with an elegant Italian body by the Swiss car manufacturer Monteverdi between 1976 and 1982 and sold more than 1000 times as the Monteverdi Safari . Further modifications of the Scout were the Monteverdi Sahara and the Felber Oasis .

In 1974 the British truck manufacturer Seddon Atkinson was bought.

In 1977 International Harvester introduced the first combine with an axially built-in rotor instead of a shaker.

In 1981 the Solar Turbines division was sold to Caterpillar .

The construction machinery division was sold to Dresser Industries in November 1982 .

In 1985 the agricultural machinery production was sold to Tenneco , who united International Harvester with their subsidiary Case to form Case IH . International Harvester's commercial vehicle division has been run as Navistar International since 1986 . The International Harvester brand currently belongs to the CNH Global Group , but is no longer marketed.

  • International Harvester "Auto Buggy" highwheeler from 1906

  • Tractor International Harvester "Mogul" from 1920

  • IHC Farmall Model H (1945)

  • International Harvester 824, from 1972

  • IH Scout II from 1979

  • International 955 XL from 1981/1982

  • International Harvester truck

There were no affiliations with the other US automakers under the International brand: International Motor Carriage Company , International Motor Car Company, and International Automobile Company .

literature

  • IHC tractors, history and stories from Neuss am Rhein , Podszun (2004), ISBN 3-86133-356-2 .
  • McCormick / IHC, tractors from 1937–1975, Typenkompass , Motorbuch Verlag (2005), ISBN 3-613-02532-9 .

Web links

Commons : International Harvester  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Wikibooks: Tractor Lexicon: IHC  - learning and teaching materials

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 770 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 757-758. (English)
  3. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter International (II); International Harvester; IHC
  4. ^ Graeme R. Quick: International Harvester . Rosenberg Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-877058-75-2 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  5. ↑ Oscar Will: Payline: International Harvester's Construction Equipment Division . MotorBooks International, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7603-2458-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  6. ↑ Peter Böhlke: An American in the Taunus . In: Traktor Classic 03/10, page 12.
  7. ^ The Roar of Dust and Diesel A story of International Harvester Doncaster , by Mike Teanby, pub by Japonica press in 2004. ISBN 1-904686-06-0
  8. ↑ Charles R. Geisst: Encyclopedia of American Business History . Facts on File, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8160-4350-7 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  9. ↑ Spokane Daily Chronicle: Airplane Firm Sold . March 8, 1960.
  10. ↑ http://media.cnhindustrial.com/emea/CASE-IH/GALLERY/Historical/in-1977-international-harvester-introduces-the-axial-flow-combine/a/9e3ab498-9fd5-4831-bae3-039d0215b9dc
  11. ↑ The New York Times, August 1, 1981: Harvester Unit Sold to Caterpillar
  12. ↑ New York Times: Dresser Loses $ 10.1 million . 17th May 1983.