LONDON, Nov. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CNH Industrial
N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) announces that its New Holland
Agriculture manufacturing facility, located in the brand's
birthplace and namesake of New Holland,
Pennsylvania, USA, has been certified Bronze Level in the
World Class Manufacturing (WCM) program. Coupling technical
expertise and product innovation with manufacturing excellence, the
New Holland site is the North
American headquarters of the New Holland Agriculture and New
Holland Construction brands and a global Center of Excellence for
Hay and Forage products with dedicated R&D. New Holland agricultural equipment including
Round Balers, Small Square Balers, Pull-Type Forage Harvesters,
Harvester Heads, Disc Mowers, Rakes and Spreaders are manufactured
on site.
The New Holland brand and site were founded in 1895 as a two-man
machinery repair shop by master machinist and inventor Abe Zimmerman. Through the years, New Holland became known as the leader in hay
and forage technology, pioneering many firsts including the first
commercially viable self-tying automatic pick-up baler in 1940,
which revolutionized haymaking and put New Holland on the map. Today, the site counts
a workforce of over 1,000 individuals. The plant produces 30
different models of hay and forage equipment, which are exported to
some 45 markets around the world.
WCM is one of the global manufacturing industry's highest
standards for the integrated management of manufacturing plants and
processes. It is a pillar-structured system based on continuous
improvement, designed to eliminate waste and loss from the
production process by identifying objectives such as zero injuries,
zero defects, zero breakdowns and zero waste. To certify
improvements, a system of periodic third-party audits evaluates all
of the WCM pillars, forming an overall score for each plant that is
the basis for three achievement levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
The New Holland plant recorded
significant gains in the pillar areas of People Development and
Management Commitment.
This integrated model for managing all elements of an
organization focuses on improving the efficiency of a company's
technical and organizational components while maximizing market
competitiveness. The widespread use of WCM principles at CNH
Industrial plants allows the entire Company to share a common
culture based on efficient processes and a language universally
recognized across all plants and countries in which CNH Industrial
operates.
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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