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Heinrich Lanz AG

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Heinrich Lanz AG was an agricultural machinery manufacturer from Mannheim, Germany.[1] The company won numerous awards at the Strasbourg agricultural fair in 1866. (4xGold, 5xSilver and 3xBronze).[2]

History

Lanz Bulldog in Romania, 1939.

The Heinrich Lanz Company was founded in 1859. 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, Moline, Illinois, United States.[3]

References

  1. ^ Various (Mar 1930). "Engineering Societies Library". A.I.E.E., Journal of the. 49 (3). IEEE: 245–248. doi:10.1109/JAIEE.1930.6538592. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ Various (1866). Journal d'agriculture pratique, de jardinage et d'économie domestique (in French). Paris: Librairie de la Maison rustique du XIXe siècle. ISSN 0368-1149. Retrieved May 10, 2014. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ E.Timm; N.Honecker; E.A.Hartmann; J.Gund; R.Sell (November 12–14, 1998). R. Chatfield; S. Kuhn; M. Muller (eds.). Learning Organization - A Lasting Concept. PDC 98 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference. CPSR. ISBN 0-9667818-0-5. Retrieved May 10, 2014. {{cite conference}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |booktitle=, |conferenceurl=, and |trans_title= (help)