Posted by Stick welding on September 28, 2013 at 22:20:48 from (96.53.210.246):
In Reply to: Got to thinking posted by NEKS on September 28, 2013 at 19:24:08:
North American/worldwide distribution and production! Massey Harris was a hugely successful agricultural company long before Ferguson came along. They bought out Ferguson, not the other way around. Ferguson was getting older and didn't have the resources or production capacity to keep up with the demand for his tractors. It proved to be one of the greatest mergers of all time. Shortly after they also purchased Perkins which was sold to Cat a few years back for 1.2 billion. I think Massey Harris may have even been the largest agricultural implement company in N. America for a time because of a wide product line. Possibly because they were a Canadian company is why there isn't as much written about them as IH or JD etc. I think if you do some research, you'll find out they were a much broader company than most people give them credit for.
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