SCANIA: FROM BANKRUPTCY TO A STORY OF CONTINUOUS SUCCESS

The initial company was established by a few industrialists who got together and created the Vagnfabriks Aktie Bolaget I Södertälje (Vabis) for the production of railway wagons. T...

HERE IS HOW THE FAMILY-RUN LIEBHERR COMPANY MANAGED TO EMPLOY 46,000 PEOPLE

Liebherr is definitely one of the biggest names in the world when it comes to construction machinery, appliances and other types of technology. Hans Liebherr was the visionary who founded the compa...

THIS IS HOW JOHN DEERE BECAME A LEADER IN THE HEAVY MACHINERY INDUSTRY

John Deere was a blacksmith who accidentally learned about farmers’ complaints about their ineffective plows and developed one made from polished steel in 1837 – he used a broke...

THIS IS THE STORY OF CATERPILLAR – FROM THE FIRST CRAWLER TRACTOR TO THE APOLLO MISSION

Chances are that everyone has heard about the Caterpillar brand before. The company history goes a long way back and it starts in 1883 when brothers Benjamin and Charles Henry Holt founded ...

VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT – NEARLY TWO CENTURIES OF EXCITING INNOVATION

With more than 180 years of history, Volvo CE (which stands for Volvo Construction Equipment) is among the oldest brands on the market today. It all started with the shop 27-year-old Johan Theofron...

THIS IS THE STORY BEHIND KOMATSU’S DOMINATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY WORLD

Komatsu is undeniably one of the biggest names in the world of vehicles used in construction and heavy machines. Its history goes back a long way: it all started more than a century ago. Komats...

THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS STORY OF JCB

The JCB brand is an acronym of its founder’s full name – Joseph Cyril Bamford. The company is now the biggest manufacturer of construction machines and equipment in the world run by a p...

THIS IS HOW THE LEGENDARY BOBCAT MACHINES GOT THEIR NAME

Everyone involved in the construction and heavy machinery industry knows the Bobcat brand, and not just for its signature logo, too. The story behind the company dates back to 1958 when the Mel...

BOMBARDIER - How a Snowmobile Producer got to Dominates the Sky

How does a snowmobile manufacturer get to dominate the skies? Bombardier showed everyone how this is possible. Today the company is a multinational corporation with two major business divisions...

How Cessna Became Synonymous with Piston Powered Aircraft

When one hears the name Cessna, they immediately think of a business jet or a piston powered plane. Before becoming a Textron Aviation brand in 2014, Cessna Aircraft Company was a general aircr...