LONDON, Feb. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CNH Industrial
N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) brands Case IH and New Holland
Agriculture were acknowledged with a number of awards at the
112th edition of the European trade fair Fieragricola,
recently held in Verona, Italy.
The fair is considered to be a landmark event for the international
agriculture industry.
The 2016 Technical Innovation Awards saw over 130 submissions,
and 49 overall winners. The winners were conferred by Fieragricola,
together with the Italian agricultural trade magazine "Informatore
Agrario". A group of industry experts were brought together to
determine the innovative value of each submission according to the
following parameters: environmental sustainability; technological
innovation of product or process; technical efficiency; and cost
effectiveness or economic efficiency. An additional star rating was
applied to each winning submission: three stars signaling excellent
value, two stars for very innovative value and one star for
innovative value.
New Holland Agriculture received a three-star Technical
Innovation award for its Power Cruise Eco Mode, an automatic engine
torque management system, present on the brand's FR Forage Cruiser
loaders.
Case IH garnered four two-star Technical Innovation awards at
the event. The brand's winning submissions include: the technology
present on the Magnum Rowtrac tractor whose design maintains a
front steering axle matched with rear rubber tracks; the Axial-Flow
XFlow Cleaning System present on the brand's combine harvester,
which further enhances the combine's performance and capacity to
ensure grain quality; the dual speed front Power take-off on the
Optum CVX tractor; and the new engine brake system, also on the
Optum CVX, a new model which caters to the needs of larger
farmers and contractors.
New Holland Agriculture proved itself to be the bestselling
brand in Italy for 2015, winning
multiple slots on Fieragricola's Best Seller Awards list. This
included first place for the T4.95F tractor and second place for
the T5.115 tractor. Fieragricola also named the best sold tractors
in their respective categories where top ranking tractor models
from the brand included the: TK4060 (first), T6.155 (first), T4.95F
(first), T6.175 (second), T7.210 (second), T8.420 (second), and
TK4050 (second).
CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE:
CNHI /MI: CNHI) is a global leader in the capital goods sector with
established industrial experience, a wide range of products and a
worldwide presence. Each of the individual brands belonging to the
Company is a major international force in its specific industrial
sector: Case IH, New Holland Agriculture and Steyr for tractors and
agricultural machinery; Case and New Holland Construction for earth
moving equipment; Iveco for commercial vehicles; Iveco Bus and
Heuliez Bus for buses and coaches; Iveco Astra for quarry and
construction vehicles; Magirus for firefighting vehicles; Iveco
Defence Vehicles for defence and civil protection; and FPT
Industrial for engines and transmissions. More information
can be found on the corporate website:
www.cnhindustrial.com
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