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Landini

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Italian agricultural machinery manufacturer

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1884Founded¹

Industryautomotive industry¹
HeadquartersFabbrico¹
Founded inFabbrico¹
Websitewww.landini.it
Legal formjoint-stock company¹

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Landini SpA, is an Italian agricultural machinery manufacturer. The company designs and builds tractors. The company was founded by Giovanni Landini in 1884 in Fabbrico, Italy. Landini had just started making tractors in 1925, when Giovanni died preventing the completion of the first prototype tractor. Giovanni Landini's sons took over the business and saw the completion of the tractor project.²

Corporate structure

Landini is part of a group headed by ARGO SpA. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

ARGO SpA Fabbrico
- Landini Fabbrico
- McCormick Tractors Subsidiary · Doncaster
- Valpadana Subsidiary · Fabbrico

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.

The story

Founded by Giovanni Landini in 1884, in Fabbrico.¹

Leadership

Who has led Landini, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderGiovanni Landini¹

Products and brands

tractor

Listed on Wikidata.¹

In 1925, the sons built the first authentic Italian tractor, a 30 hp machine. It was a success and was the forerunner of the viable range of Landini 40 and 50 hp models which appeared in the mid-1930s and were to become renowned under the names of Velite, Bufalo, and Super. The first production tractors were powered by a 40 hp semi-diesel engine which was a two stroke single-cylinder unit. The company continued to produce semi-diesel engined tractors until 1957. When World War II started, the production stopped.

From Wikipedia’s article on Landini (tractor), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

ARGO SpA

Owners

ARGO SpA

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

In 1989, Landini became a part of ARGO SpA as Massey Ferguson sold 66% of the company. Massey itself was bought by AGCO in 1994, while ARGO purchased more shares of Landini that year. The final 9% of Landini that was owned by AGCO was bought by ARGO in 2000. Landini/ARGO continued supplying some tractors to AGCO under a supply agreement.