The Bernard Krone Holding GmbH & Co. KG is a German company; it goes back to the year 1906 when Bernard and Anna Krone founded as a blacksmith's shop. He sold agricultural hardware, ovens and stoves. In 1924 he bequeathed his business to his son who was also named Bernard. The holding, still family property, consists of three judicially independent companies: * Fahrzeugwerk (Vehicle Manufactury) Bernard Krone GmbH * Maschinenfabrik (Machine Manufactury) Bernard Krone GmbH * Landtechnik Vertrieb und Dienstleistungen (Agricultural Distribution and Services) Bernard Krone Gmbh