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McCormick marks 60th anniversary with gem of an idea
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Ian Briggs
A YORKSHIRE tractor manufacturer is looking to the future after
launching a range of vehicles to commemorate 60 years of production
in the region.
McCormick Tractors International, which can trace its roots back
to 1831 when Cyrus McCormick designed a successful reaper to gather
crops, has made 60 Diamond Edition tractors available from its
Doncaster HQ.
Production began at the South Yorkshire plant in 1946 following
the end of the Second World War.
The Wheatley Hall Road site had been acquired in 1938 but the
factory, built in 1939, was requisitioned to assist the war effort in ...
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