Are Ursus tractors made in Poland?
URSUS Sp.z o.o. is a Polish tractor manufacturer under the Ursus brand, and has built models based on old Massey-Ferguson and common designs of Ursus and Zetor. Some of their 1950 models were based on Zetor designs and components. In the 1990’s they built some models for Massey Ferguson. Other models were from old Massey Ferguson designs.
Who is the owner of Ursus?
Bumar Ltd became the main shareholder of URSUS Company. That is why URSUS joined Bumar Industrial Group dealing with URSUS products both on foreign and domestic markets. In 2007, Uzel Holding of Turkey announced they were buying 51% of Ursus. Both Uzel and Ursus are, or were, licensee’s of AGCO ‘s Massey Ferguson.
Where are Ursus engines made?
The Ursus Factory was founded in Poland in 1893 on 15 Hay Street, Warsaw, by three engineers and four businessmen. It began producing exhaust engines and then later trucks and metal fittings intended for the Russian Tsar.
What happened at the Ursus Factory?
In 1980, Workers of the Ursus factory went on strike and spent the night at the factory to protest the detention of Jan Narozniak, a volunteer printing worker at the Warsaw chapter of Solidarity. Also in 1980, 16,000 workers threatened to stop coming to work on Saturdays to self enforce the 5 day work week proclaimed by the Solidarity movement.
Why did Ursus stop making tractors?
Ursus’ tractor production declined though the 1990s, falling from 60,000 tractors per year in 1980 to about 16,000 tractors in 1995. The decline in production was due to the enormous debt that Ursus contracted as a result of its expansion program in the 1980s.
When did Ursus start making Zetor Crystal?
In the 1990’s they built some models for Massey Ferguson. Other models were from old Massey Ferguson designs. Ursus assembled early models which were mostly designed by Ursus in cooperation with Zetor, and re-badged part of them as Zetor Crystal or Crystal Zetor.