Varity was a former farm equipment company, created in 1986 from the remains of Massey-Ferguson Limited of Toronto, Ontario. Varity also owned Perkins Engines headquartered in Peterborough England and Kelsey-Hayes Group of Companies headquartered in Romulus, Michigan. In 1991 the company officially moved to Buffalo and ceased to be a Canadian corporation. In 1994 the farm equipment divisions of Varity were sold to the US-based AGCO Corporation who continue to use Massey-Ferguson as a product line. Since then, Caterpillar Inc. has acquired Perkins Engines. In August 1996, Buffalo-based Varity... merged with Birmingham UK based Lucas Industries plc to become British-based LucasVarity. Subsequent history is covered under the LucasVarity page. Massey-Ferguson exists today as the brand name within the AGCO Corporation of Duluth, Georgia, USA.
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