Case Corporation was a manufacturer of construction

Construction Equipment

Construction Equipment is a trade publication and web site serving the information needs of construction contractors, materials producers, and other owners and operators of construction equipment....

 and agricultural equipment. In 1999 it merged with New Holland to form CNH Global

CNH Global

CNH Global N.V. is a global, full line company operating in both the agricultural and construction equipment industries. CNH's scope includes integrated engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of equipment on five continents...

, a Fiat

Fiat

FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...

 Group division. The name Case lives on in two brands of the company:
the Case CE

Case CE

Case CE, also Case Construction Equipment or simply Case, is a brand of construction equipment from CNH Global. Under this brand name, CNH Global is the fourth largest manufacturer of construction equipment behind CAT , JCB and Komatsu -History:The origins of Case can be traced back to 1842, when...

 (for Construction Equipment) brand is the third largest manufacturer of construction equipment, and the Case IH

Case IH

Case IH is an American mechanical company, one of the world’s largest brands of agricultural equipment. With headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, it has a network of more than 4,000 dealers and distributors that operates in more than 160 countries...

 (for International Harvester

International Harvester

International Harvester Company was a United States agricultural machinery, construction equipment, vehicle, commercial truck, and household and commercial products manufacturer. In 1902, J.P...

) brand is the second largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment in the world.
Jerome Increase Case

Jerome Case

Jerome Increase Case was an early American manufacturer of threshing machines. He founded what became the Case Corporation and raised champion race horses...

 (1819–1891) was born to a Williamstown, New York

Williamstown, New York

Williamstown is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,350 at the 2000 census.The Town of Williamstown is on the county's east border.- History :The Town of Williamstown was created in 1804 from the Town of Mexico....

 farming family.