1895: New Holland Machine Company is founded in Pennsylvania specialising in agricultural equipment.
1907: Ford Motor Company builds the prototype of what is to be the world's first mass-produced agricultural tractor.
1917: Mass-production of Ford's first agricultural tractor, the Fordson model F, begins.
1910: Werkhuizen Leon Claeys, founded in 1906, builds its factory in Zedelgem, Belgium, to manufacture harvesting machinery.
1919: The first mass-produced Fiat tractor, the 702, comes off the assembly line.
1933: The production of Fordson tractors moves to Dagenham, Essex, U.K
1947: Hesston is founded in Kansas, a small but respected manufacturer of hay and forage machinery recognised for its innovative products, with industrial and marketing offshoots in Europe. Sperry Corporation acquires New Holland Machine Company, forming Sperry New Holland. Hydraulic Engineering Company is formed in Toronto, Canada, and begins production of Versatile small size agricultural implements.
1952: Claeys launches the first European self-propelled combine harvester.
1963: Hydraulic Engineering Company is incorporated as a public company with the name of Versatile Manufacturing Ltd.
1964: Sperry New Holland purchases a major interest in Claeys, now one of the largest combine manufacturers in Europe. Sperry New Holland launches the haybine mower-conditioner; model 460, capable of accomplishing what previously required two or three machines, thus introducing a significant innovation in hay harvesting technology. Ford Tractor operations move to Basildon, Essex, and U.K.
1966: Versatile, operating out of Winnipeg, Canada becomes a leading company in the manufacture of huge four-wheel-drive tractors of over 200HP. Late 1960's: Fiat creates a Tractors and Earthmoving Machinery Division.
1971: Production of construction equipment starts at the Fiat plant in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
1974: Fiat Machine Movimento Terra creates a joint venture with the American manufacturer Allis Chalmers Corporation, called Fiat-Allis. Fiat Trattori S.p.a. is founded.
1975: Fiat Trattori becomes a shareholder of Laverda. Ford begins manufacture and assembly of Ford tractors in São Paulo, Brazil.
1975: Braud produces its first grape harvester, specialises in this field and quickly becomes the world leader for these machines.
1977: Fiat Trattori takes over Hesston, thus gaining entry into the North American market.
Fiat Trattori takes over Agrifull, which specialises in small-medium size tractors. Versatile Manufacturing Ltd. takes the name Versatile Farm Equipment Company, division of Versatile Corp.
1984: Fiat Trattori becomes Fiatagri, Fiat Group's holding company for the agricultural machinery sector. Fiatagri acquires 75% of Braud shares through Laverda.
1986: Ford Motor Company acquires Sperry New Holland, merges it with Ford Tractor Operations and names the new company Ford New Holland.
1988: All of Fiat-Allis and Fiatagri's activities merge to form a new company, FiatGeotech, Fiat Group's farm and earthmoving machinery sector. Within this major restructuring, Hesston and Braud join forces in a new company, Hesston-Braud, based in Coex, France.
1991: Fiat acquires Ford New Holland, Inc., merges it with FiatGeotech and names the new company N.H.Geotech, thus starting a complex process of integration of all the companies which through this operation have come to be gathered under this common flag. Versatile Farm Equipment Company becomes part of Ford New Holland Americas; N.H. Geotech's North American division.
1993: N.H.Geotech changes its name to New Holland, thus marking the end of a transition period. After a very successful year for both joint ventures, F.H. Construction Equipment is merged with Fiat-Hitachi Excavators. The resulting joint venture thus covers New Holland's whole product range in the earthmoving sector.
1994: At its Worldwide Convention held in London New Holland makes official the completion of its integration process and presents to the world its new corporate identity.
1996: A new joint venture set up with Iveco and Cummins - European Engine Alliance - is to become New Holland's centre of excellence for engines. At its second world-wide convention held in Orlando, Florida, New Holland launches 24 tractor models in three different ranges, and the Fiat-Hitachi Compact Line. In November, shares of New Holland N.V. began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
1997: New Holland completes its purchase of Ford Motor Credit Company's partnership interests in the two Joint Ventures that provide financing for New Holland's products in the United States and Canada. New Holland signs an agreement with the leading manufacturer Manitou, for the design and production of a New Holland range of telescopic handlers.
1998: In India, New Holland completes the construction of its new plant for the manufacture of tractors in the 35 - 75 HP ranges, and production begins. New Holland signs an agreement with Flexi-Coil, the Canadian leading manufacturer of air seeding systems and tillage equipment. In Turkey, New Holland signs a new agreement with its partner, increasing its share in Türk Traktörs to 37.5%. New Holland Finance expands its activities from the UK to other European markets, starting with Italy, France and Germany.
1999: CNH was created in November 1999 through the business merger of Case Corporation and New Holland N.V. Revenues in 2000 were over $10 billion. CNH's financial services have a global portfolio of $10.6 billion.
2010: CNH is the number one manufacturer of agricultural tractors and combines in the world, the third largest maker of construction equipment and has one of the world's largest equipment finance companies. CNH has operations in 16 countries and sells its products in 160 markets through a network of more than 10,000 dealers and distributors. CNH products are sold under the following brands: Case, Case IH, Fiatallis, Fiat-Hitachi, Link-Belt (earth moving equipment), New Holland, O&K and Steyr.
