Allis Chalmer

Allis Chalmers was one of the famous names in the American tractor manufacturing business and was based in Milwaukee. The company was started in 1840s and was incorporated in Delaware, United States. It started with making small burr milestones by the name of 'Edward P. Allis & Company', started by E. P. Allis of New York after buying a shop called 'The Reliance Works'. By 1869, the company ventured into steam power and produced the first Allis steam engine. By 1884, it expanded to become the largest centrifugal pumps company in the United States. In 1901, Edward P. Allis & Company merged with Fraser & Chalmers and two other companies to form Allis Chalmers. Subsequently, in 1914, they ventured into building farm equipments. The company acquired a piece of land in Wisconsin to build their production unit for farm tractors. Being experienced in farm equipment business, Allis Chalmers Company brought many innovations in the business and emerged as one of the largest tractor manufacturing company in America. Their tractor production was successful, and by 1928 new models of tractors were produced. With the growing might of Allis Chalmers, it acquired several big companies under its fold such as the LaCrosse Plow Company, Monarch Tractor Company, and Advance-Rumely. This enabled the company to add an extensive line of tillage implements, threshers, and combines to the production line. However, by mid 1980s, Allis-Chalmers was forced to sell their farm equipment division to the German based K-H-Deutz AG on account of the changing times. The remaining part of Allis-Chalmers was converted to Allis-Chalmers Energy and is now based at Houston, Texas.