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10 unusual facts about Case Corporation


American Tractor Corporation

ATC was purchased by the J.I. Case Company in 1957 primarily to obtain ATC’s unique backhoe design.

Case Corporation

In Europe the merger with New Holland (including the former Fordson and Fiat tractor lines) was the success Case IH expected.

CNH Industrial

One of the top players worldwide in the agricultural and construction equipment sectors, CNH was created in November 1999 through the merger of New Holland N.V. and Case Corporation.

David Brown Ltd.

In 1972 the company sold the tractor operations to Tenneco Inc. of America, who owned the J.I. Case tractor company.

Ingersoll Power Equipment

Ingersoll Power Equipment (no connection to Ingersoll Rand) was formed when Jack Ingersoll purchased the garden tractor division from Case Corporation in 1983.

J. D. Power

Prior to launching J.D. Power and Associates in 1968, Power worked as a marketing research executive for J.I. Case Company, a construction and

J. I. Case

Case Corporation — the tractor manufacturer formerly known as the J. I. Case Company

Link-Belt Construction Equipment

In 1998, the excavator products were spun off from the Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company to the LBX Company, a stand-alone, joint-venture company formed between Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co. and Case Corporation to market and sell Link-Belt Excavators

Payne Erskine

His father Massena Erskine was a partner in the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company.

Steyr Tractor

It was part of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch conglomerate from 1934 until 1990 and was purchased by Case Corporation in 1996.


Kenneth L. Greenquist

Greenquist also worked as a spot welder assistant with the J. I. Case Company, the Massey-Harris Company and Modine Manufacturing.

Merrill C. Meigs

In 1901, he took a job as a salesman for the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company in Racine, Wisconsin.