Navistar International Corporation () (formerly
International Harvester Company) is a United States-based
holding company which owns the manufacturer of International brand commercial trucks, MaxxForce brand diesel engines,
IC Bus school and commercial buses,
Workhorse brand chassis for motor homes and step vans, and is a private label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets. The company is also a provider of truck and diesel engine parts and service.
The company's products, parts, and services are sold through a network of nearly 1,000 dealer outlets in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico and more than 60 dealers in 90 countries throughout the world. The company also provides financing for its customers and distributors principally through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Navistar Financial Corporation.
History
The merger of McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the Deering Harvester Company in 1902 resulted in the formation of the
International Harvester Company (IH) of
Chicago, Illinois, which over the next three quarters of a century evolved to become a diversified manufacturer of farming equipment, construction equipment, gas turbines, trucks, buses, and related components. During World War II, International Harvester produced the M-series<!--all AFUS trucks are "M-series"...--> of military trucks that served the Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy as weapons carriers, cargo transporters and light...
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