Central and South America

CNH, a leading global manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment with approximately  11,300 dealers in approximately 170 countries, had net sales of $15.6 billion in 2010. Of total net revenues, agricultural equipment sales represented 73 percent, construction equipment about 18 percent and financial services about 9 percent.

About 15 percent of our net sales of agricultural equipment and 36 percent of construction equipment were generated from sales in Central and South America. Globally, CNH has approximately 30,000 employees, and it operates 40 manufacturing facilities and 29 research and development centers.

Manufacturing plants are located in Brazil: Belo Horizonte (crawler excavators, tractor loader backhoes, crawler dozers, wheel loaders, graders); Curitiba (tractors and combines); Piracicaba (sugar cane harvesters, coffee harvesters, planters and sprayers); and Sorocaba (combines).