Case Construction Equipment (stylized as CASE Construction Equipment, commonly referred to as simply Case) is an American manufacturer of construction machinery. Along with
CASE IH
Case IH is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer. It was created in 1985 when Tenneco bought selected assets of the agricultural division from International Harvester and merged it into its J.I. Case Company (IH then became Navistar).T ...
, Case Construction Equipment is a brand of
CNH. Case produces construction equipment including
excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fr ...
s,
motor graders,
wheel loader
A loader is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, conveyor belt, feed-hopper, or railroad car) ...
s,
vibratory compaction rollers,
crawler dozer
A bulldozer or dozer (also called a crawler) is a large, motorized machine equipped with a metal blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction work. It travels most commonly on continuous tracks ...
s,
skid steers, and compact track loaders.
Early history
The origins of Case date to 1842, when
Jerome Increase Case
Jerome Increase Case (December 11, 1819December 22, 1891) was an early American manufacturer of threshing machines. He founded the J. I. Case Company which has gone through many mergers and name changes to today's Case Corporation. He served thre ...
(born in 1819) created ''Racine Threshing Machine Works'' in
Racine, Wisconsin
Racine ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River. Racine is situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and approximately 60 ...
. The company produced its first portable
steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. This pushing force can be ...
in 1876, which is now on display at the
Smithsonian Institution
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.
In 1957 Case made the ''320 Construction King''
backhoe loader
A backhoe loader, also called a loader backhoe, loader excavator, digger in layman's terms, or colloquially shortened to backhoe within the industry, is a heavy equipment vehicle that consists of a tractor-like unit fitted with a loader-style s ...
. Since 1969 Case has manufactured
skid steers, starting in
Burlington, Iowa
Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of, Des Moines County, Iowa, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,982 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in 2000 United States ...
and later moving production to
Wichita.
Recent history
The company evolved into the
Case Corporation
The Case Corporation was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment. Founded, in 1842, by Jerome Increase Case as the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, it operated under that name for most of a century. For anot ...
, which merged with
New Holland in 1999 to become CNH Global which in 2011 became
CNH Industrial
CNH Industrial N.V. is an Italian-American multinational corporation with global headquarters in Basildon, United Kingdom, but controlled and mostly owned by the multinational investment company Exor, which in turn is controlled by the Agnel ...
.
* 2005: Case made its 500,000th
backhoe loader
A backhoe loader, also called a loader backhoe, loader excavator, digger in layman's terms, or colloquially shortened to backhoe within the industry, is a heavy equipment vehicle that consists of a tractor-like unit fitted with a loader-style s ...
and in 2010 made its 250,000th skid steer loader.
* 2016: Case released the new G-Series
wheel loader
A loader is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, conveyor belt, feed-hopper, or railroad car) ...
lineup consisting of seven new models from 521G thru 1121G.
* 2017: In its 175th year in business, Case announced its facility in Wichita produced its 300,000th skid-steer loader.
* 2017: At
Conexpo-Con/Agg 2017 Case released the CX750D
excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fr ...
.
As of May 2017, according to
Trade Arabia
''Trade Arabia'' is a Bahrain-based online business news and information portal covering various trade and industry sectors in the Persian Gulf region, Middle East and the Levant
The Levant () is an approximate historical geographic ...
, Case "sells a full line of construction equipment around the world, including the number one loader/backhoes, excavators, motor graders, wheel loaders, vibratory compaction rollers, crawler dozers, skid steers, compact track loaders and rough-terrain forklifts."
Products
Case was the first company to introduce the factory-integrated
backhoe loader
A backhoe loader, also called a loader backhoe, loader excavator, digger in layman's terms, or colloquially shortened to backhoe within the industry, is a heavy equipment vehicle that consists of a tractor-like unit fitted with a loader-style s ...
. In February 2017, the firm released an upgraded backhoe loader in Europe, which meets the Stage IV/Tier 4 Final emissions regulations.
In 2017, Case introduced the CX750D
Excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fr ...
, the 'largest and most powerful machine in the CASE excavator line' according to Construction Equipment Guide.
Case also produces
mini excavators.
Case builds and sells
skid-steer loaders, used on construction sites. Such loaders are small in size and engine powered with lift arms, and fitted with labor-saving tools. Case skid-steer loaders are manufactured in Wichita, Kansas.
Case wheel
loaders are used in construction and earthmoving, as well as on the farm, especially in dairies and feedlots where it is necessary to move of large amounts of material.
See also
*
Case IH
Case IH is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer. It was created in 1985 when Tenneco bought selected assets of the agricultural division from International Harvester and merged it into its J.I. Case Company (IH then became Navistar).T ...
is CNH Industrial's global provider of agricultural equipment
References
External links
CASE websiteCASE VIC website
{{Automotive industry in the United States
CNH Industrial
Construction equipment manufacturers of the United States
Companies based in Racine, Wisconsin