March 17, 2008
IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation

SHIBAURA engineered New Holland brand T2410/T2420 Win 2008 Farm Industry News finOvation Award.

SHIBAURA has been supplying 55 and 60 horsepower tractors to CNH as T2410/T2420, New Holland brand Boomer tractor. These SHIBAURA engineered T2410/T2420 have awarded the finest and most efficient tractors in 2007 by Farm Industry News, a monthly magazine for high-income farmers looking for information about new products and technology to their farming.

The awards are presented to the best innovations of 2007 designed to help produces farm more efficiently and profitably.

FinOvation awards go to the most innovative products published in the Farm Industry News magazine or Web site in the past year based on reader responses and voting by a group of Team FIN farmers. The winners are recognized at the award ceremony of the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

CNH is one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural and construction machinery in the world, and CNH utilizes SHIBAURA made tractors and components to complete Boomer compact series.

T2410/T2420 tractors are the biggest Boomer New Holland has ever offered. 55 and 60 horsepower, 4-cyl, 2.2 litter displacement, and turbocharged engines help them handle chores around the farm. The tractors feature EHSS, electro-hydraulic synchro or shuttle shift transmission, or standard 12_12 SSS, synchro shuttle shift transmission to work effectively through tough jobs.