Case Corporation was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment.
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27 Facts About Case Corporation
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In 1999, Case LLC merged with New Holland Agriculture to form CNH Global, a Fiat Group division, which has since been demerged into a corporation that is majority-owned by Fiat Industrial.
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Case Corporation developed an interest in agriculture at that point.
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Case Corporation took small, hand-powered threshing machines to Wisconsin in 1842, where he improved the design and established a company to manufacture them.
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In 1843, Case Corporation moved the business to Racine, Wisconsin, in order to have better access to water power, and opened the Racine Threshing Machine Works.
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In 1863, Case Corporation partnered with three of his top employees, Massena Erskine, Robert Baker and Stephen Bull.
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Case Corporation constructed his first portable steam engine in 1869, an engine used to power wheat threshers.
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In 1884, Case Corporation made a visit to a farm named after him in Minnesota upon receiving news that one of his thresher machines was not working.
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In 1890, the Case Corporation Company expanded to South America, opening a factory in Argentina.
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Case Corporation made the large 110 HP breaking engines with its notable two-story cab.
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Case Corporation engines were noted for their use of Woolf valve gear, feedwater heaters, and the iconic "eagle" smokebox covers.
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Case Corporation sold their first gasoline tractor that year, and established a continuous presence in Europe when the company won the first place in a plowing contest held in the so-called "old continent".
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Case Corporation hired Joe Jagersberger, and he tested a motor by racing in the 1911 Indianapolis 500.
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Case Corporation produced kerosene tractors in the teen years, similar to the Rumely oil pulls.
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In 1927 the J I Case Company ceased building its legendary steam engines.
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In 1939, Case Corporation changed its color scheme to Flambeau Red, with the excavators being a ruddy yellow.
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Case Corporation evolved as World War II arrived by becoming involved in the manufacturing of shells for the United States and allied forces military, as well as airplane parts for the B-26s, bombs, and doors for the Sherman Tank.
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That same year, Case Corporation released the company's first cotton picker, which is currently preserved by the Smithsonian society.
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Case Corporation dropped the ATC name in 1959 only retaining the Terratrac name for the drive trains.
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Since then Case Corporation has released other models such as the T-Series which includes the 580T, 580ST, 590ST and 695ST.
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In 1961, Case Corporation signed a deal with RyCSA and Metalurgica Tandil, to make Case tractors and agricultural implements under licence in Argentina.
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In 1972, Case Corporation bought the British tractor builder David Brown Ltd.
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In 1974, Case Corporation acquired most of the French construction equipment firm, Poclain.
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In 1983, during purchase of International Harvester assets, Case Corporation sold its garden tractor division to Ingersoll Power Equipment.
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When Case Corporation IH bought out Steiger in 1986 they continued the Steiger branding, and still do today.
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In 2006, Case Corporation IH came with a plan to bring back the "International" feel to their products.
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