Massey Ferguson

Massey Ferguson is a manufacturer of farm equipment, and in particular of tractors.

Massey Ferguson is a company of the American group Agco Corporation, whose seat is located at Duluth (Georgia). This mark is specialized in the manufacture of farm equipment and in particular of tractors, combine harvesters, pick-up balers, of the telescopic chargers as well as tools for the green areas. These machines are recognizable with their red color underlined by the initials of the three triangles.

History

The company Massey Ferguson was founded in 1953, but its current name only in 1958 took.

Massey Ferguson carries in his name his origins.

Massey Harris

Indeed, Massey Ferguson first of all originates in the Canadian company of agricultural tools of Daniel Massey created in 1847 in Newcastle, in Ontario (Canada). It amalgamated with the company belonging to Alason Harris in 1891 which worked since 1857 with Beamsville (also in Ontario) in the same agricultural sector.

In 1867, the Massey Manufacturing Company gains two gold medals with the International exhibition of Paris. It is the beginning of a long line of innovations. Specialist in the agricultural tools whose modern first reaping-machines threshing-machines motorized marketed in 1938, Massey-Harris manufactured also tractors with the first four wheels driving (equal) in 1930 and the famous Pony (1947) of the years 1950.

Harry Ferguson

On its side, Harry Ferguson (1884-1960) is a manufacturer of tractor and the inventor in 1919 of the third point with a hydro-mechanical raising automating into 1925 the carryforwards of loads of the tools: It is celebrates it System Ferguson which revolutionizes agriculture. Raising 3 points becomes for agricultural industry an ISO standard in 1948. In 1933, it leaves its first modern tractor, the Ferguson Black . He works with David Brown since 1933, then with Ford in 1938 to manufacture his models. Then, in 1948, it builds itself its own tractors, of which the small gray , always with the Ferguson System . This last will become famous, amongst other things by its use in the Antarctic by the Expédition Fuchs-Hillary. These tractors are always of topicality, with manufacture of models resulting from the same design in particular in Brazil. These technologies are used by all the other marks.

Massey Harris Ferguson

In 1953, the company Harry Ferguson grouped with one of its competitors Massey Harris . The current name thus corresponds at the origin of the company, founded by a fusion between the american company Massey Harris and the British company Harry Ferguson Limited. Indeed, the first name which was Massey-Harris-Ferguson (MHF) was summarized in Massey-Ferguson (MF) in 1958.

Massey Ferguson

In addition to the continuation of the manufacture of the Ferguson tractors, this company developed many other technologies in the field of the agro-equipment, such as for example the omnipresent use of electronics on the tractors (In 1978, first electrohydraulic attachment three points by electronic control of effort with radar, computer-assisted management of the tools, etc).

Massey Ferguson becomes a company of the group Varity created in 1981. In 1994, the mark belongs to the American group Agco Corporation.

Production

Today, Massey Ferguson is the third world manufacturer of tractors (110 000 units per annum) after FIAT - CNH and John Deere. In addition to the tractors, Massey Ferguson also markets combine harvesters , presses with fodder , tools of work of the ground, material for the green areas , of the agricultural chargers . It is the most reliable tractor of the market. Data of 2007

Principal the factory of the mark is located at Beauvais (Oise) in France. The other production site of tractors is with Canoas, with the Brésil. For the principal reaping-machines threshing-machines, three sites: Randers with the Denmark, Santa Rosa in Brazil and Kansas with the the United States.

Complements of ranges are manufactured with trade agreements as for the telescopic chargers with Pontchâteau (Loire-Atlantique) in France. Other production sites also exist, in particular manufacture under License such as for example in India.

Competition

John Deere, FIAT CNH (Box-IH, New-Holland, Steyr), Argo SpA (Landini, Laverda, Mc Cormick, Valpadana), Same Deutz-Fahr (Deutz-Fahr, Hürlimann, Lamborghini, Same), Claas which repurchased in 2003 division Renault Agriculture, JCB (Fastrac tractors), Kubota, Zetor, etc

The group AGCO Corp. maintains also a healthy emulation between its various marks of which: Massey-Ferguson, Fendt, Valtra, Challenger.

Little story

Jean-Marie Bigard parodied a song of Brigite Bardot transforming " I do not need anybody in Harley Davidson" in " I do not need anybody as a Massey-Fergusson".

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