. argo spa is a family owned italian holding company owned by the morra family that manufactures agricultural equipment . contents 1 history and growth 2 brands 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history and growth edit it was founded by valerio morra in 1980 with his purchase of mbs spa . in 1987 argo purchased pegoraro spa of vicenza . sixty six percent of landini was purchased in 1989 from massey ferguson with additional shares purchased in 1994 . in 1995 the tractor business was expanded with the purchase of valpadana spa followed by s.e.p. spa and laverda in 2000 from cnh global . s.e.p. manufactures small specialty tractors and equipment while laverda manufactures combines and hay equipment . the remaining 9 % of landini that was owned by agco was purchased by argo in 2000 . 2001 saw further growth with the purchase of the mccormick name and tractor factory in doncaster england after the merger of case ih and fiat s new holland ag into cnh global . the regulatory bodies reviewing the merger required some factories to be sold which included laverda from fiat and mccormick tractors international from case ih . 1 2007 saw argo selling 50 % of laverda to agco . agco bought the remaining 50 % of laverda in late 2010 early 2011 thereby also acquiring fella werke . brands edit argo manufactures or distributes the following brands of primarily agricultural equipment landini mccormick valpadana s.e.p. pegoraro see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit page 6 archived january 13 2008 at the wayback machine . external links edit argo spa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title argo spa & oldid 742038584 categories argo groupagricultural machinery manufacturerscompanies based in emilia romagnaitalian brandshidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitalianosloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 08 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view