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Deere & Company (usually known by its brand name John Deere) is an American corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world. In 2008, it was listed as 102nd in the Fortune 500 ranking. Deere and Company agricultural products, usually sold under the John Deere name, include tractors, combine harvesters, balers, planters/seeders, ATVs and forestry equipment. The company is also a leading supplier of construction equipment, as well as equipment used in lawn, grounds and turf care, such as ride-on lawn mowers, string trimmers, chainsaws, snowthrowers and for a short period, snowmobiles.
John Deere products are known for their distinctive green and yellow color scheme.
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Deere & Company (usually known by its brand name John Deere) is an American corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world. In 2008, it was listed as 102nd in the Fortune 500 ranking. Deere and Company agricultural products, usually sold under the John Deere name, include tractors, combine harvesters, balers, planters/seeders, ATVs and forestry equipment. The company is also a leading supplier of construction equipment, as well as equipment used in lawn, grounds and turf care, such as ride-on lawn mowers, string trimmers, chainsaws, snowthrowers and for a short period, snowmobiles.
John Deere products are known for their distinctive green and yellow color scheme. The company's slogan is "Nothing runs like a Deere" and has a picture of a deer as a logo, with wordplay pun on "nothing runs like a deer."
Additionally, John Deere manufactures engines used in heavy equipment and provides financial services and other related activities that support the core businesses.
Deere & Company Today
, the Deere & Company employs approximately 47,000 people in 27 countries worldwide, including the United States, Australia, Turkey, Canada, United Kingdom, China, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, India, Poland, and Mexico, among many others. Inside the United States, the company's primary locations are its administrative center in Moline, Illinois, as well as various locations in the Midwest and southeastern United States. Most manufacturing sites are in Iowa or Illinois, as well as locations in Europe. Carl Westby is known as the person that coined the phrase "Nothing runs like a Deere."
Major North American factories include:
- (foundry, engines, large agricultural tractors, drive trains, service parts, product engineering center) Waterloo, Iowa
- (large combine harvesters) East Moline, IL
- Cylinder Division (hydraulic cylinders) Moline, Illinois
- (planting equipment) Moline, Illinois and Valley City, North Dakota
- (wheel loaders, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, forestry equipment) Davenport, Iowa
- (backhoes, crawlers, skid-steer loaders, forestry equipment) Dubuque, Iowa
- (tillage equipment, cotton harvesters, sprayers) Ankeny, Iowa
- (hay and forage equipment) Ottumwa, Iowa
- (cane harvesting equipment, scrapers) Thibodaux, Louisiana
- (lawn & garden and turf care) Horicon, Wisconsin
- (small commercial and agricultural tractors) Augusta, Georgia
- (agricultural and commercial front loaders, rotary cutters, Gators) Welland, Ontario. However, this plant is scheduled to close in 2009, with production moving to its existing factories in Horicon, Wisconsin and Mexico.
- John Deere Credit (John Deere Credit and Finance) Johnston, Iowa.
Other Important Factories:
- (5000 Series Tractor manufacturers) Pune, India
- (6000 Series Tractors) Mannheim, Germany
- (Harvesting equipment) Zweibrücken, Germany
- John Deere Forestry Oy, Joensuu, Finland works: Cut-to-Length Forestry equipment
- (C&F Division): Remanufacturing components for off-highway vehicles. Facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (cylinders, axles, transmissions, pumps, hydraulic and powertrain components) and Springfield, Missouri, USA (engines, fuel systems, turbochargers).
Subsidiaries & Affiliates
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- AGRIS Corporation (John Deere Agri Services).
- Chamberlain Tractors (Australia).
- John Deere Capital Corporation.
- John Deere Landscapes (landscaping plants, materials, and irrigation equipment).
- (row tolerant headers for forage harvesters and combines) Stadtlohn, Germany.
- (forestry harvesting heads).
- Agreentech
- (precision positioning systems and intelligent mobile equipment technologies) Torrance, CA.
- (ruggedized Off-Road electronics) Fargo, ND.
- Ningbo Benye Tractor & Automobile Manufacture Co. Ltd. (low HP tractors) Ningbo, China.
- Xuzhou Xuwa Excavator Machinery Co., Ltd. (excavators).
Collaborations and Partnerships
- North American distributor of Hitachi-branded construction equipment.
- Deere-Hitachi, located in Kernersville, NC, is jointly owned by Deere & Company and Hitachi, and manufactures hydraulic excavators for the North American market.
- Partnership with of South Africa provided Deere with articulated dump truck technology. In exchange, Bell manufactures Deere backhoe loaders in South Africa for distribution internationally.
- John Deere is provider of backhoe loader technology to Telco Construction Equipment Company, a subsidiary of Tata group in India.
- - largest distributor of John Deere heavy construction equipment in US and Canada.
Environmental record
On March 23, 2007, a John Deere facility has been recognized for its "green" efforts, and admitted into a select group of environmental high performers. "We’re proud of our environmental record and believe that this recognition shows what our factories can achieve," says Laurie Zelnio, Deere & Company Director, Safety & Environment. "The Davenport Works has provided an example for other units to follow."
"The way we look at it, if any company is `green,' it's us. Green is our brand color and Running Green is a play on our `Nothing Runs Like a Deere' slogan," says Robert W. Lane, chairman and CEO, Deere & Company, Moline, Ill. "We have a vested interest in striking a healthy balance with nature. I firmly believe John Deere can make its biggest contribution to sustainability by growing our business while simultaneously protecting the health and safety of the environment, our employees and customers."
Other
Deere & Company is ranked 27th in AARP's list of Best Employers for Workers Over 50. Deere & Company tied with Cooper Tire & Rubber for the second-lowest score (33 out of 100) of all rated companies in its category in the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Corporate Equality Index, a measure of Gay and Lesbian workplace equality..
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- including combines, tractors and sprayers
- Tractors
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