Deere & Co.
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1837 | John Deere, a blacksmith developed the first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow and founded the company. |
| 1843 | The company partnered with Leonard Andrus to develop more plows to meet increasing demand. |
| 1848 | Deere, Tate, and Gould form partnership and moved to Moline. Under the new partnership, Deere was free to do sales work and marketing. |
| 1956 | Deere builds a small-tractor assembly plant in Mexico and buys a majority interest in Heinrich Lanz, a German tractor and combine manufacturer with a small presence in Iberica, Spain. |
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