The
International Harvester Company (abbreviated first
IHC and later
IH) (now known as
Navistar International Corporation) was a
U.S. manufacturer of
agricultural machinery,
construction equipment,
trucks, and household and commercial products. In 1902,
J.P. Morgan merged the
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and
Deering Harvester Company, along with three smaller agricultural equipment firms, to form International Harvester. In 1985, International Harvester sold off most of its agricultural division to
Tenneco, Inc., who
merged it into its subsidiary
J.I. Case under the
Case IH brand. Following the terms of IH's agreement with Tenneco, International Harvester renamed itself
Navistar International Corporation in 1986.