Massey Ferguson
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1853 |
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Duluth (Georgia) ,
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| Branch | Tractors, agricultural machinery, construction machinery, engines |
| Website | www.masseyferguson.com |
Massey Ferguson is an international manufacturer of agricultural machinery and equipment based in Duluth , Georgia . The product range includes tractors , combine harvesters , balers , tillage equipment and lawn tractors .
history
prehistory
Massey-Ferguson's roots go back to 1847. It was then that Daniel Massey founded the Massey Manufacturing Company in Newcastle , Ontario . In 1891, the merged Massey Manufacturing Company with the founded by Alanson Harris Company A. Harris and Son Implement to Massey-Harris Company Limited .
Harry Ferguson invented shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, the three-point linkage . He first worked with David Brown , then with Henry Ford . However, as a result of patent disputes with the Ford Motor Company , he separated from Ford in 1947 and from then on worked with Sir John Black's Standard Motor Company , whose gasoline engines were installed in Ferguson tractors from 1948 and diesel engines from 1951 (before that, they were engines from Continental Motors Company ).
fusion
In 1953 the Canadian Massey-Harris Company merged with the British Harry Ferguson Limited . Toronto became the headquarters of the new company. After the merger, the Massey-Harris Tractor Plant in Racine was closed and production moved to the Ferguson Park plant in Detroit. The new company was initially called Massey-Harris-Ferguson but was eventually renamed the Massey Ferguson Company in 1958. This year the logo, consisting of the three triangles, was used for the first time. With the use of the new emblem on the tractors, the color scheme was also changed to red and silver. In 1954 Harry Ferguson left the company to build racing cars with Ferguson Research .
expansion
ITM / IMT in Serbia have been manufacturing tractors under license since 1955. In the same year, the Australian company HV McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd was taken over, which was created in 1930 from the agricultural machinery company of Hugh Victor McKay and the Australian subsidiary of Massey-Harris.
In 1956, long-time managing director James S. Duncan had to resign.
Introduced in 1958, the MF 65 was the first Massey Ferguson tractor to use a Perkins engine.
Since Massey Ferguson only had tractors in the lower and medium power range on offer, but more powerful tractors were also in demand in Canada and the USA, the MF 97 model was brought onto the market in 1958, which was based on the GBD from Minneapolis-Moline . 1959 followed with the MF 98, which was based on the Super 99GM of the Oliver Corporation , another model in this performance range.
In April 1959, Massey Ferguson took over the engine manufacturer Perkins Engines . In August of that year, the Standard Motor Company , which had been manufacturing Ferguson tractors under license since 1946, with the Banner Lane plant near Coventry and the Saint-Denis plant in Standard in a joint venture with Hotchkiss et al Cie also made tractors.
In 1959, Landini was 100% taken over by Massey Ferguson. Landini built tractors for Massey Ferguson from the early 1970s onwards, which only differed from Landini tractors in terms of their paintwork.
In 1960 a new plant was opened in Beauvais , France .
Since 1961, TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited) in India has manufactured Massey Ferguson tractors under license, which are also sold under the Massey Ferguson brand name . In the same year a license agreement was signed with the Turkish company Uzel and in 1962 the first tractor rolled off the production line. From 1962, a power shift transmission was offered as an option for various models with the Multipower transmission .
Also in 1962, the construction of a new assembly hall for combine harvesters began in Brantford , which was able to start production in 1964.
In 1966, construction machinery activities were merged under the name Industrial and Construction Machinery (MF ICM). Also in that year a 32% stake in Ebro was acquired , which in 1968 began to manufacture tractors under license. On September 21, 1966, the new 16-story high-rise office building opened on the Banner Lane site.
In 1969 Massey Ferguson introduced a line of snowmobiles under the brand name Ski Whiz .
In 1970 Massey Ferguson bought the German tractor manufacturer Eicher with a 30% share. In the same year, Koehring took over their wheel loader series.
In 1972 the combine harvester plant in Eschwege was closed. However, the German head office was relocated from Kassel to Eschwege.
1973 Eicher was completely taken over. From now on tractors were manufactured at Eicher, which were largely based on models from Massey Ferguson. When Massey Ferguson got into economic difficulties in the 1980s, the stake in Eicher was sold to Eicher Goodearth in 1982 .
In 1974, the German construction machinery manufacturer Hanomag was taken over, but it was sold back to IBH Holding in 1980 . Also in 1974, the Polish tractor manufacturer Ursus SA signed a license agreement with Massey Ferguson to manufacture their tractors in Poland.
Since 1976, the Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company (ITM) in Iran has manufactured Massey Ferguson models under license.
In 1977, an agreement was reached with the Japanese company Toyosha that they would supply diesel-powered small tractors for Massey Ferguson.
1978 Massey Ferguson got into economic difficulties. This was met by the area landscape maintenance at Snapper Inc. sold the plant in Kilmarnock , which previously had Massey-Harris produces concluded and the local combine production to the plant in Marquette-lez-Lille moved. Likewise, the office furniture daughter was Sunar to the US Hausermann Inc. sold.
In 1978, the production of the 4000 series tractors began at the Brantford plant.
1979 the shares in the Spanish Motor Iberica were sold to Nissan .
In 1983 the last two plants in the United States, one in Detroit and the other in Wayne , were closed.
In 1984 Massey Ferguson took over Vickers' subsidiary Rolls Royce Diesel International , which was incorporated into Perkins.
From 1984, Iochpe-Maxion , which in the same year had taken over the Brazilian subsidiary of Massey Ferguson, produced tractors for the Brazilian market under license and under the brand name Massey Ferguson. This collaboration continued until 1996 when AGCO took over the agricultural machinery division from Iochpe-Maxion.
In 1985 the combine harvester division of the insolvent competitor White Farm Equipment was taken over .
As part of Varity
In 1986 the American automotive supplier Dayton Walther was bought and in the same year the company was renamed Varity , with the agricultural machinery division retaining the name Massey Ferguson . Also in 1986, the Sunshine plant in Australia was closed. By means of an out management buy- the area for construction equipment (was Industrial ) than in 1992 Fermec outsourced.
In 1988, the Massey Combines division , which had been founded in 1985 and consisted of the ailing large tractors and combine harvesters, went bankrupt. This led to the closure of the combine harvester plant in Brantford on March 4, 1988. The production of large tractors was taken over by McConnell, who continued to manufacture these tractors for Massey Ferguson.
In 1989, Varity took over the automotive supplier Kelsey-Hayes from the Fruehauf Corporation .
In 1992, Massey Ferguson introduced the Dynashift transmission. In the same year the Australian sales activities were combined with those of the Japanese tractor manufacturer Iseki in a joint venture called Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia .
In 1992, Varity agreed with AGCO that they would in future take over the distribution of Massey Ferguson products for North America.
In 1994 Argo took over the majority stake in Landini. ARGO and AGCO still share different models.
As a brand of AGCO
In 1994 Varity sold the agricultural machinery division, without the Perkins engine division, to the US AGCO Corporation.
In 1994, the joint venture GIMA (Groupement Industriel de Machinisme Agricole) was founded with Renault Agriculture, based in Beauvais, in which both companies had a 50% stake. The aim of this joint venture was the research, development and production of transmissions, hydraulics, electronics and power lifts for tractors.
In 2002 the Banner Lane factory, near Coventry, which had been manufacturing tractors since 1946, closed.
In 2003, the Dyna-VT transmission was introduced with the 7400 series, which is based on the Vario transmission from the sister brand Fendt . This gear is now also used in other Massey Ferguson series.
In 2006, the revised 3600 series was presented at the EIMA in Bologna, which is now equipped with AGCO Power engines and is manufactured by Carraro Agritalia in Italy.
In 2007 the German headquarters were relocated to Marktoberdorf.
In 2008 the two new combine harvester series Centora and Fortia were presented.
In 2010, Massey Ferguson announced that in future all models with an output of more than 100 hp will be equipped with AGCO Power engines.
Successful models
The following models were among the most successful tractors from the manufacturer (Ferguson / Massey Ferguson):
- Ferguson TE 20 (TEA20, TEF and others),
- FE 35 / MF 35 , MF 35x and the MF 65 ,
- Ferguson System '70 with the models of the 100 series ("Red Giants"): MF 130 , MF 135 , MF 148 , MF 165 and MF 175 , which have received several model updates over the years,
- MF 200 / MF 260 / MF 500 series, which today is still very often manufactured under license all over the world.
Current product range in Germany
Tractors
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| model series | Power range in hp | Introductory year |
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| MF 8700 | 290-400 | 2014 |
| MF 7700 S. | 140-280 | 2017 |
| MF 7600 | 140-255 | 2013 |
| MF 6700 S. | 120-200 | 2016 |
| MF 6600 | 120-160 | 2013 |
| MF 5700 SL | 100-130 | 2015 |
| MF 5700 S. | 100-110 | 2016 |
| MF 5600 | 85-130 | 2013 |
| MF 4700 | 75-95 | 2014 |
| MF 3600 V / S / F / GE | 76-102 | 2013 |
| MF 3600 A | 76-92 | 2013 |
| MF 1700 | 38-46 | 2014 |
| MF 1500 | 19.5-46 | ? |
Harvester
| model series | Power range in hp | Introductory year |
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| MF Activa | 176-218 | 2015 |
| MF Activa S. | 243-306 | 2011 |
| MF Beta | 306-360 | 2011 |
| MF Delta | 496 | 2014 |
| MF Centora | 379-404 | 2014 |
| MF ideal | 2017 |
More machines
| model series | Device type |
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| MF 9000 | Telescopic handlers |
| MF TH | Telescopic handlers |
| MF 900 / 900X | Front loader |
| MF 100 - MF 500 | Round baler |
| MF 1840 | High pressure press |
| MF 2200 | Big pack baler |
| MF DM series | Mower |
| MF RK series | Rake |
| MF TD series | Hay tedder |
| MF 20 MD | Utility vehicle |
| MF 50-22 ZT | Riding lawn mower |
| MF 36 - MF 41 | Riding lawn mower |
| MF 46 - MF 53 | mowing machine |
literature
- Albert Mößmer: Massey Ferguson: Das Typbuch , GeraMond, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86245-609-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Libbie and Frank Park: Anatomy of Big Business . James Lewis to Samuel (1973), 185. Online
- ^ Robert N. Pripps, Andrew Morland: The Big Book of Massey Tractors . 2001, p. 175 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Website of the manufacturer Landini, History , accessed on November 17, 2010
- ↑ http://meilensteine.agrarheute.com/regelhydraulik-massey-ferguson-steckbrief
- ↑ The Milwaukee Sentinel of February 28, 1970: Koehring Co. Line Is Sold
- ↑ http://kassel.de/stadt/geschichte/chronik/info/09480/index.html
- ↑ COMPANY NEWS. In: nytimes.com. November 9, 1983, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ^ Clive Howard Lee: Scotland and the United Kingdom: The Economy and the Union in the Twentieth Century , Manchester University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-7190-4101-3 , p. 115.
- ^ The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search. In: news.google.com. March 29, 1978, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ^ George Maxcy: The Multinational Motor Industry (RLE International Business) (= Routledge Library Editions: International Business ). Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978-1-135-12701-5 , pp. 139 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Massey-Ferguson Reports Quarter Losses Doubled. In: news.google.com. December 22, 1982, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ↑ AGCO strengthens its presence in Brazil. In: profi.de. April 28, 2010, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ^ The Montreal Gazette, July 11, 1985: Massey Ferguson Buys White Farm's combine technology
- ^ The Montreal Gazette, May 17, 1986: William Verity has last laugh as Massey to change name
- ^ Milt Freudenheim: Business and the Law; Retiree Benefits And Bankruptcies. In: nytimes.com. October 31, 1988, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Yonatan Reshef: Unions in the Time of Revolution. University of Toronto Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8020-8753-9 limited preview in Google Book Search
- ^ Robert N. Pripps: The Big Book of Massey Tractors: The Complete History of Massey-Harris and Massey Ferguson Tractors ... Plus Collectibles, Sales Memorabilia, and Brochures . MBI Publishing Company LLC, Stillwater 2006, ISBN 0-7603-2655-X , pp. 202 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Equipment pact: Agco Corp. signed a deal with Varity Corp ... In: articles.chicagotribune.com. December 1, 1992, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Equipment Maker Plans To Go Public. In: articles.chicagotribune.com. October 23, 1991, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ^ Massey-Ferguson and Renault cooperate. In: profi.de. Retrieved January 2, 2015 .
- ↑ L'USINE NOUVELLE November 17, 1994 IL TRACE LE DU SILLON GIMA
- ↑ http://www.landtechnikmagazin.de/Traktoren-Artikel-Massey-Ferguson-mit-neuer-Schlepperbaureihe-MF-3600-auf-der-EIMA-268.php
- ↑ 50 years of tractors with the triangle ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Import user: New combine harvesters from Massey Ferguson. In: profi.de. July 4, 2008, accessed January 2, 2015 .
- ↑ News & Events - 2010 News Releases - Massey Ferguson. In: masseyferguson.us. August 10, 2010, archived from the original on January 2, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 .