Two Hawk - 1/12/2019 01:39
dougkleiss - 1/11/2019 07:10
Jd owns 51% of A and I and I think non union shops make the parts
It looks like they own it all now, from the 2010 Deere & company SEC report
"In December 2010, the company acquired the remaining 64 percent ownership interest in A&I Products, Inc....for approximately $48 million."
I had seen various percentages thrown about at times and was curious so a few googles found this report with the info
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000110465911070023/a1...
My experience with A&I has been that some parts are identical and some are poorer quality, its a crapshoot. All of the parts I have bought from A&I for my newer tractors have been lower quality but still serviceable. A few parts have been lower quality than the factory parts I was replacing, so I ordered Deere parts instead, but when I got the new Deere oem they were the same lower quality A&I part for twice the price.
Where does A and I aftermarket parts make their parts
