<P> Allis - Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries . Its business lines included agricultural equipment , construction equipment , power generation and power transmission equipment , and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories , flour mills , sawmills , textile mills , steel mills , refineries , mines , and ore mills . The first Allis - Chalmers Company was formed in 1901 as an amalgamation of the Edward P. Allis Company ( steam engines and mill equipment ) , Fraser & Chalmers ( mining and ore milling equipment ) , the Gates Iron Works ( rock and cement milling equipment ) , and the industrial business line of the Dickson Manufacturing Company ( engines and compressors ) . It was reorganized in 1912 as the Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company . During the next 70 years its industrial machinery filled countless mills , mines , and factories around the world , and its brand gained fame among consumers mostly from its farm equipment business 's orange tractors and silver combine harvesters . In the 1980s and 1990s a series of divestitures transformed the firm and eventually dissolved it . Its successors today are Allis - Chalmers Energy and AGCO . </P>
<P> Allis - Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries . Its business lines included agricultural equipment , construction equipment , power generation and power transmission equipment , and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories , flour mills , sawmills , textile mills , steel mills , refineries , mines , and ore mills . The first Allis - Chalmers Company was formed in 1901 as an amalgamation of the Edward P. Allis Company ( steam engines and mill equipment ) , Fraser & Chalmers ( mining and ore milling equipment ) , the Gates Iron Works ( rock and cement milling equipment ) , and the industrial business line of the Dickson Manufacturing Company ( engines and compressors ) . It was reorganized in 1912 as the Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company . During the next 70 years its industrial machinery filled countless mills , mines , and factories around the world , and its brand gained fame among consumers mostly from its farm equipment business 's orange tractors and silver combine harvesters . In the 1980s and 1990s a series of divestitures transformed the firm and eventually dissolved it . Its successors today are Allis - Chalmers Energy and AGCO . </P>
when did allis chalmers go out of business
when did allis chalmers go out of business
In the 1980s and 1990s
In the 1980s and 1990s