Private company
Fortschritt
Logo: DEWAG-Werbung, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons3
East German agricultural machinery brand
Fortschritt (German for "Progress") was an East German brand of tractors, combine harvesters and other agricultural machines made by VEB Fortschritt (part of the IFA) in Neustadt, Saxony. It was the largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in the nation. Fortschritt was taken over by Case IH in 1997.2 It is part of Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersNeustadt in Sachsen1
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Fortschritt (German for "Progress") was an East German brand of tractors, combine harvesters and other agricultural machines made by VEB Fortschritt (part of the IFA) in Neustadt, Saxony. It was the largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in the nation.2
Corporate structure
Fortschritt is part of a group headed by Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau. 7 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau Chemnitz
- Fortschritt Neustadt in Sachsen
- Barkas Subsidiary · Chemnitz
- Eisenacher Motorenwerk Subsidiary · Eisenach
- MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk Subsidiary · Zschopau
- Simson Subsidiary · Suhl
- Robur Subsidiary · Zittau, Germany
- Trabant Owned
- Wartburg Owned
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaFortschritt
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ477313
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataFortschritt on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFortschritt on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsFortschritt logo by DEWAG-Werbung, Copyrighted free use
- 4Wikimedia CommonsFortschritt photo by Jacob Siverskog, CC BY-SA 2.5