| Central and South America CNH, a leading global manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment with about 11,300 dealers in 170 countries, had net sales of $18.5 billion in 2008. Of total net revenues, agricultural equipment sales represented 70 percent, construction equipment about 24 percent and financial services about six percent. About 12 percent of our net sales of agricultural equipment and 20 percent of construction equipment were generated from sales in Central and South America. Globally, CNH has more than 31,500 employees, including more than 3,900 in Central and South America, and it operates 40 manufacturing facilities and 27 research and development centers. Manufacturing plants are located in Brazil: Belo Horizonte (crawler excavators, tractor loader backhoes, crawler dozers, wheel loaders, graders), Curitiba (tractors and combines), Piracicaba (sugar cane harvesters, coffee harvesters, planters and sprayers) and Sorocaba (tractors and combines). |
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