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The International Harvester Company (often abbreviated IH or International) was an American manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment, automobiles, commercial trucks, lawn and garden products, household equipment, and more.
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Oct 24, 2019 · Here we present a very short history of one of those fallen giants, International Harvester. It is a story about the company that revolutionized American agriculture, but then was surpassed by a more agile, smaller competitor, Deere and Company.
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May 22, 2018 · Topical. Historical Equipment. What happened to International Harvester? May 22, 2018. Walt Moore. The history of International Harvester reaches back to the early 1830s, when Cyrus McCormick invented a mechanical reaper that could replace many laborers working with harvesting scythes.
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In 1902, McCormick Harvesting Machine Company merges with its fiercest competitor, Deering Harvester Company, and three smaller agricultural equipment firms to become International Harvester (IH). Through the merger, Cyrus McCormick, Jr. creates a company with an 85% market share in the farm equipment business.
Farmall was a model name and later a brand name for tractors manufactured by International Harvester (IH), an American truck, tractor, and construction equipment company. The Farmall name was usually presented as McCormick-Deering Farmall and later McCormick Farmall in the evolving brand architecture of IH.
In 1902, McCormick and Deering—along with the Plano Manufacturing Co. (which had about 1,400 workers at its West Pullman plant) and two smaller farm equipment makers—merged to form International Harvester. The new company was capitalized at $120 million and dominated the American market.