Heinrich Lanz AG

Heinrich Lanz AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
IndustryAgricultural machinery
Founded1859; 166 years ago (1859), in Mannheim, Germany
FounderHeinrich Lanz
Defunct1956; 69 years ago (1956)
FateMerged with Deere & Company
SuccessorJohn Deere Works Mannheim (JDWM)[1]
HeadquartersMannheim, Germany[2]
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsTractors
BrandsLANZ
ServicesAgricultural machinery design and manufacturer
Number of employees
≈2,200 (1998)[1]
Lanz Bulldog in Romania, 1939.

Heinrich Lanz AG is a former agricultural machinery manufacturer from Mannheim, Germany.[1][2][3][failed verification] Its tractors were sold bearing the LANZ brand. LANZ won numerous awards at the Strasbourg Agricultural Fair in 1866; namely four Gold, five Silver, and three Bronze.[2]

The Heinrich Lanz AG company, and its LANZ brand name was ultimately acquired by way of a merger in 1956 by the American agricultural machinery manufacturer Deere & Company, and became the John Deere Works Mannheim (JDWM).[1]

History

The Heinrich Lanz Company was founded in 1859 by German engineer Heinrich Lanz. It produced the first steam-powered stationary threshing machines in 1879, and the first crude oil fuelled tractor; the Lanz Bulldog, in 1921.

In 1956, Heinrich Lanz AG merged with Deere & Company of Moline, Illinois, United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Timm, E.; Honecker, N.; Hartmann, E.A.; Gund, J.; Sell, R. (12–14 November 1998). "Learning Organisation - A Lasting Concept". In Chatfield, R.; Kuhn, S.; Muller, M. (eds.). PDC 98 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference. Palo Alto, CA: CPSR. ISBN 0-9667818-0-5. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Various (1 January 1866). "Journal d'agriculture pratique, de jardinage et d'économie domestique" [Journal of agricultural practice, gardening and home economics]. Journal d'Agriculture Pratique: Bis 1908: Moniteur des Comices, des Propriétaires et des Fermiers (in French). Paris: Librairie de la Maison rustique du XIXe siècle – Bibliothèque nationale de France [National Library of France]: 632. ISSN 0368-1149. OCLC 637384086. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ Various (March 1930). "Engineering societies library". Journal of the A.I.E.E. 49 (3). New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): 245–248. doi:10.1109/JAIEE.1930.6538592. S2CID 51647428.

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