International Harvester (IH) is emblematic of how thin the line between success and failure can be when it comes to the automotive industry. The company was founded in 1902 through a merger between McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Deering Harvester Company, and three other smaller companies, but its history dates as far back as 1831 with Cyrus Hall McCormick’s horse-drawn reaper. In the early 1900s, IH’s production efforts were primarily focused on making grain harvesting equipment, tractors, trucks, and
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