Aiheesta:
"For its switch from independent to joint-venture engine manufacture, New Holland teamed up with fellow Fiat group company Iveco (which needed new engines for trucks and buses) to get volume and with Cummins to tap into the US diesel engine specialist's expertise in combustion technology.
The European Engine Alliance, formed in 1996, had an initial budget of £150m to design a new family of four- and six-cylinder engines that could be developed to meet expected emissions requirements. The project led to a new assembly plant being built near Turin.
The partnership with Cummins ends this year. In future, the EEA operation will operate as part of the Fiat group's FPT Powertrain Technologies business unit, which also takes in Iveco's off-highway engines interests.
Last year, FPT supplied CNH Global with 95,950 engines from 70hp to 240hp for installation in Case IH and New Holland machines, as well as selling six-cylinder engines to Landini and McCormick, both part of the Italian Argo Group."
Hajoamisesta:
"End of an EEAra: European Engine Alliance ends; Cummins purchases CNH share of CDC; Fiat to acquire Cummins assets in Turin plant
Diesel Progress North American Edition, Sept, 2008 by Mike Brezonick
When it was announced that Cummins Inc. and two operations of Italy's Fiat would end the European Engine Alliance (EEA), it was certainly significant news. Yet hardly unexpected news, particularly to anyone who had been paying attention to the goings-on at Fiat over the last few years.
First the basics. Under a new agreement, Cummins will purchase CNH's 50% stake in Consolidated Diesel Co. (CDC), and will sell its one-third interest in the EEA. That interest consists primarily of cylinder head and block manufacturing in Turin, Italy. CDC, founded as a joint venture between Cummins and Case in Whitakers, N.C., will become a wholly owned entity of Cummins.
The EEA was established in 1996 as a joint venture between Cummins and two Fiat Group companies, Iveco N.V. and New Holland, which is now part of CNH Global N.V. The goal of the venture was to develop a new generation of 4, 5 and 6 L diesel engines.
While that target was certainly met--the EEA-developed platforms were the basis for Cummins Tier 3 B series engines, Case-branded CDC-built derivatives and Iveco's NEF diesels, all of which were used in various Case and/or New Holland machines--it became increasingly clear that changes in Fiat's direction, particularly its growing focus on its own engine sales, would affect the long-term viability of the alliance.
The first writing on the wall may have come as early as 1999, when New Holland N.V., owned by Fiat, purchased Case Corp. as part of its foundation of CNH Global. Then in mid-2005, Iveco's engine and powertrain activities were merged into Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT), which more aggressively began pursuing growth in engine sales. That put Cummins and FPT in competition for much of the same business--hardly an ideal situation for alliance partners."
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Isommissa NH ajosilppureissa ja puimureissa (CR) tais olla Ivecon Ranskassa tekemä kone?
EDIT; Niinpä niin: The Cursor 13 engine is built at the Bourbon Lancy plant in France.
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