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Allis-Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries.Its business lines included agricultural equipment, construction equipment, power generation and power transmission equipment, and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories, flour mills, sawmills, textile mills, steel mills, refineries, mines, and ore mills.
Vendeuvre (France) – purchased by Allis-Chalmers; Verion (Argentina) Versatile (Canada) – purchased by Ford, now owned by RostSelMash; Vevey tractors (Switzerland) VeWeMa (Germany) Vick (Brazil) Victor (Japan) Vierzon (France) – purchased by Case; Vittorio Cantatore (Italy) Vladimir Factory (Russia) Volgograd Tractor Factory (Russia)
Deutz-Allis was a company formed when Deutz-Fahr of Germany, part of KHD, purchased the agricultural assets of the Allis-Chalmers corporation in 1985. [ 1 ] Deutz-Allis was eventually sold to the Allis-Gleaner Corporation, or AGCO ), in 1990. [ 2 ]
Also, Allis-Chalmers bought Rumely's extensive dealer network, and instantly converted to the complete Allis-Chalmers product line. The "La Porte plant", as Advance-Rumely's main headquarters was now called, became known as the "Harvester Capitol of the World" thanks to its eventual production of Allis-Chalmers' successful All-Crop harvester line.
It began in January 1974, when Allis-Chalmers's construction equipment business was reorganized into a joint venture with Fiat SpA, [1] [2] which bought a 65% majority stake at the outset. [2] Allis-Chalmers's construction equipment business was often unprofitable during the 1950s and 1960s.
Allis-Chalmers purchased the company in 1965, and Simplicity's management bought it back in 1983. Simplicity Manufacturing celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1997 with a special 75th anniversary tractor model.
Allis-Chalmers Model E (1918–1936): Also known as Model 15-30, 18-30, 20-35, 25-40, 30-60 (The 30-60 is a rare variation of the 25-40 also known as the "Thresherman's Special") Allis-Chalmers Model ED40 (1964):200 imported from Allis-Chalmers International ( United Kingdom Essendine factory ) through Canadian dealerships.
Hesston 5670 round baler, in 2010. AGCO was established on June 20, 1990, when Robert J. Ratliff, John M. Shumejda, Edward R. Swingle, and James M. Seaver, who were executives at Deutz-Allis, bought out Deutz-Allis North American operations from the parent corporation Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD), a German company which owned the Deutz-Fahr brand of agriculture equipment.