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Fermec
Predecessor MF Industrial
Successor Terex
Founded 1992
Defunct 2001
Headquarters Manchester, United Kingdom
Products backhoes, skid-steer loaders, Excavators
Parent Terex
Case CE (formerly)
Massey Ferguson (formerly)


The Fermec company was created by a management buyout of the MF Industrial division in 1992. This encompassed all construction equipment lines from Massey Ferguson. The Fermec company was purchased by Case IH in 1997 from the management team and operated under the Case CE division. In order for Case IH to obtain approval to merge with New Holland in 2001, they were required to sell off Fermec.[1] It ceased trading as a brand in 2001 when it when it was sold to Terex, and the models rebranded as Terex models in the standard off-white colour scheme.

History[]

In 2017 some of the former Fermec backhoe line-up that had being rebranded as Terex has passed to French firm Mecalac, after they purchased the former Terex Coventry compact machinery factory following the sale of the Dump truck and ADT product range and factory in Glasgow to Volvo Construction Equipment earlier in the year.

Models[]

Terex 860 (fermec) backhoe IMG 4223

A modern Terex badged 860

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Backhoe Loader[]

Fermec Backhoe Models
Model Year(s) Produced Horsepower Engine Type Misc Notes Photo
Fermec 600B backhoe built in England
Fermec 750 backhoe 81 hp (60 kW) Perkins built in England Fermec 750 backhoe loader at DP 09 - IMG 8027
Fermec 760 backhoe 76 hp (57 kW) Perkins built in England Fermec 760 backhoe
Fermec MF 760 backhoe built in England
Fermec 820 backhoe 94 hp (70 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 860 backhoe 90 hp (67 kW) Perkins built in England Fermec 860 backhoe - 1998
Fermec 860 Cobra backhoe 71 hp (53 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 860 Elite backhoe 71 hp (53 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec MF 860 MF backhoe 71 hp (53 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 860S backhoe built in England
Fermec 860SE backhoe built in England
Fermec 860SX backhoe 100 hp (75 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 865 Elektron backhoe 90 hp (67 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 880 Elite backhoe 100 hp (75 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 880 SX backhoe 100 hp (75 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 960 backhoe 96 hp (72 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 960 Elektron backhoe 90 hp (67 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 960 Elite backhoe 96 hp (72 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 965 Elektron backhoe 90 hp (67 kW) Perkins built in England Fermec 965 Elektron backhoe
Fermec 965 Viking backhoe built in England Fermec 965 Viking backhoe - 1999
Fermec 970 Elite backhoe 100 hp (75 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec 980 backhoe 100 hp (75 kW) Perkins built in England
Fermec P100 backhoe 100 hp (75 kW) Perkins built in England

Mini Excavators[]

Fermec Mini Excavator Models
Model Year(s) Produced Horsepower Engine Type Misc Notes Photo
Fermec 114 Fermec 114 excavator
Fermec 115 Fermec 115 excavator
Fermec 128 Fermec 128 excavator
Fermec 130
Fermec 135 Fermec 135 excavator
Fermec 150 Fermec 150 excavator

Skid-steer Loaders[]

Fermec Skid-steer Models
Model Year(s) Produced Horsepower Engine Type Misc Notes Photo
Fermec 524 skid steer 29 hp (22 kW) Kubota built in England Fermec 524 skid-steer
Fermec 526 skid steer 54 hp (40 kW) Cummins built in England Fermec 526 skid-steer
Fermec 528 skid steer 61 hp (45 kW) Cummins built in England Fermec 528 skid-steer
Fermec 533V skid steer built in England
Fermec 550V skid steer built in England Fermec 550V skid steer - 2001

Tractor loaders (export only)/Industrial Tractors[]

Fermec Tractor Loader/Industrial Tractor Models
Model Year(s) Produced Horsepower Engine Type Misc Notes Photo
Fermec 640 Industrial 73 hp (54 kW) built in England
Fermec 640 B Industrial 68 hp (51 kW) built in England Fermec 640 B Industrial - 2001
Fermec 650 Industrial 78 hp (58 kW) built in England
Fermec 650 B Industrial 79 hp (59 kW) built in England
Fermec 660 Industrial 88 hp (66 kW) Perkins built in England Fermec 660 MFWD - 1997
Fermec 660 B Industrial 89 hp (66 kW) built in England
Fermec 820 Industrial 94 hp (70 kW) Perkins built in England Fermec 820 Industrial - 2004

UK preservation[]

Are any of Fermecs machines in preservation ? If any known please add details below;

The Massey Ferguson Construction Equipment (Fermec) Museum, in U.S.A.

See also[]

Reference[]

  1. https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2001/01/01/daily14.html
  2. A World Wide Guide to Massey Ferguson Industrial & Construction Equipment, by John Farnworth - ISBN 0-9540222-0-3

External links[]

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