New Holland's US production line rolls off 200,000th round baler

摘要

Customers, dealers and staff were among those joining the special celebrations at New Holland's Pennsylvania plant as its 200,000th round baler rolled off the production line in November 2006. Abram Zimmerman started the New Holland Machine Works at this plant in October 1895, repairing agricultural equipment and developing his own portable corn mill. After 79 years, in 1974 New Holland's first round baler was launched in Europe: the Model 850 produced bales 1.7 m wide and up to 1.7 m in diameter, making a hay bale weighing 700 kg. To form the bale, the 850 had a heavy steel apron chain with lugged floor chains and twine tying that was applied by manually turning a handle from the operator's seat.