The history of the group dates back to 1927, with the creation of one of the first tractor powered

by a diesel engine by brother Francesco and Eugenio Cassani. In 1942 the foundation of the
company SAME (Società Accomandita Motori Endotermici) in Treviglio (Bergamo) crowned the
company's founders' dream. After buying Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A. in 1973 from its
founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, SAME embarked on a strategy of growth through acquisitions.
With its acquisition of Hürlimann in 1979, the company changed its name to SAME-Lamborghini-
Hürlimann (S-L-H).[1]
In 1995, the group acquired Deutz-Fahr from the German group KHD, changing name definitively
to SAME Deutz-Fahr (SDF).
SAME Deutz-Fahr India was founded in 1996.

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From 2003 to 2012, SDF was a shareholder in the German group Deutz AG In 2003, the group
acquired 10% of the Finland based company Sampo-Rosenlew, which specialised in the
production of components and 4 and 5 straw walker combine harvesters. This shareholding was
subsequently sold.
In 2005, following its acquisition of the Croatia based company Ðuro Ðaković, the group founded
the company Deutz-Fahr Combines, through which it now produces Deutz-Fahr branded
components and combine harvesters.
In 2008, the Same Deutz-Fahr Historical Archives and Museum was established at the group's
main headquarters in Treviglio.
In 2011, the group acquired Grégoire A/S, a company which specialised in equipment for wine
farming, olive oil farming, pruning and for the treatment and harvesting of grapes and olives. Also
in 2011, SDF initiated a joint venture in China with Shandong Changlin Machinery.
In 2014, the company SAME Deutz-Fahr Traktör Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. was founded in Istanbul,
Turkey[2] and the company Agricoltural Equipment in China is acquired and in 2016 SDF acquires
the majority of the Chinese business.