CASE

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American maker of farm and construction machinery founded in 1842, whose name survives in the Case IH and Case CE brands.

Founded: 1842, by Jerome Increase Case
Original name: J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
Parent: Tenneco, from 1967
Today: Case IH and Case CE brands of CNH

Case was founded in 1842 by Jerome Increase Case as the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, a name it kept until 1928, when the business was reincorporated as the J. I. Case Company. It was one of America's largest builders of steam engines and threshing machines.

Tenneco became majority owner in 1967 and in 1984 bought International Harvester's agricultural equipment division, combining the farm equipment brands as Case IH. In 1999 Case merged with New Holland Agriculture to form CNH Global.