For other uses, see. Founded 1893 Headquarters Warsaw, Website URSUS Sp. Some of their 1950 models were based on Zetor designs and components. In the 1990's they built some models for Massey Ferguson. Other models were from old Massey Ferguson designs. Ursus assembled early models which were mostly designed by Ursus in cooperation with , and re-badged part of them as or Crystal Zetor. These were assembled in either Poland by Ursus, or in Czechoslovakia by Zetor. A number of the 100 hp + models were sold under the Zetor Crystal brand in the UK market by Zetor UK Skoda. In 2011, fellow- manufacturer purchased the remaining assets of Ursus and continues the tractor production in Lublin. History URSUS C355 at UK tractor show The Ursus Factory was founded in Poland in 1893 on 15 Hay Street, Warsaw, by three engineers and four businessmen. It began producing exhaust engines and then later trucks and metal fittings intended for the Russian Tsar. In 1930, the Ursus factory fell on hard times due to the world financial crisis and was nationalized under the Państwowe Zakłady Inżynieryjne National Engineering Works, PZInż , the Polish manufacturer of arms and vehicles. It then began producing military tractors, tanks and other heavy machinery for troops. During World War II, PZInz was relocated to Germany by the Germans and the remains were destroyed. After the war, the Ursus Factory was rebuilt and started producing copies of German pre-war tractors. In 1959, the Ursus factory began producting 100% polish tractors Ursus C-325. During the 1950s, the factory began producing another type of tractors using a Zetor-based design Ursus C-4011. By 1961, there was a growing need for tractors in Poland, but the tractors produced by the Ursus factory did not meet the needs of Polish agriculture. A bilateral agreement was created between Poland and Czechoslovakia, where Czechoslovakia would provide the Ursus factory with the parts necessary to enlarge and modernize the factory and in exchange, Poland would supply Czechoslovak factories with raw materials. The goal was to construct a join tractor industry where Poland and Czechoslovakia would combine to produce 120,000 tractors per year, as in 1963 Poland was only producing 15,000. In 1974, Ursus signed an agreement with and , licensing their technology, and beginning to build tractors and engines from these two companies. Solidarity Workers of the Ursus tractor factory played a large role in the solidarity movement in the 1970s and 1980s. On June 25, 1976 in response to a rise in food prices, the workers of Ursus, acting in solidarity with workers in Radom and many other areas, went on strike and blocked and destroyed parts of the main east-west and north-south rail lines leaving Warsaw. This was one of the largest and most disruptive of the many strikes that occurred that day, and resulted in the prime minister announcing on television the withdrawal of the food price increase. In 1980, Workers of the Ursus factory went on strike and spent the night at the factory to protest the detention of Jan Narozniak, a volunteer printing worker at the Warsaw chapter of Solidarity. Also in 1980, 16,000 workers threatened to stop coming to work on Saturdays to self enforce the 5 day work week proclaimed by the Solidarity movement. Under this program, large loans were taken from western banks for the purpose of importing modern equipment and methods that would cause expansion of Polish industry and growth of the Polish economy. In 1977, a 7. However, such investment programs became inefficient and failed, leaving Poland with an immense debt. By 1980, 25 billion dollars were locked into inefficient, unfinished projects in Polish industry that were speculated to require an additional 50 billion dollars to complete. The Ursus Tractor Factory was one of the largest victims of this problem. By 1981, equipment that had been purchased in the West at the Ursus Factory amounted to 3,600 million zloty. Warehouse space at Ursus was filled with unused, unnecessary supplies, such as a stock of 1. Gierek had invested nearly 1 billion dollars into a project of developing a modern model of tractor at Ursus, however due to licensing problems, these tractors could not be sold in the West, and could not be sold in the East because they were too expensive. Instead of the targeted production of 75,000 tractors per year, only 500 were produced. The decline in production was due to the enormous debt that Ursus contracted as a result of its expansion program in the 1980s. The need to repay the debt blocked access to funds needed for the daily operations of the factory. Tractor sales continued to decline to an all time low of 1,578 units in 2006. The company is still producing URSUS tractors. Bumar Ltd became the main shareholder of URSUS Company. That is why URSUS joined Bumar Industrial Group dealing with URSUS products both on foreign and domestic markets. In 2007, of Turkey announced they were buying 51% of Ursus. Both Uzel and Ursus are, or were, licensee's of 's. In 2008 it was announced that Uzel hadn't kept up to its commitments, and and were interested. In 2011, Ursus was in bankruptcy, and its assets were purchased by another manufacturer,. URSUS Ursus around the world Ursus Brazil logo Ursus tractors have been sold in countries around the world, under the Ursus brand, Massey Ferguson brand, and others. They have been licensed for production in other countries, possibly utilizing CKD complete knocked-down kits. Ursus Bizon was marketed in Poland through the network, while was sold in The Netherlands. In Pakistan, tractors have been produced by URSUS Company Ltd, part of SirGroh Holdings. They have since been produced under the Ursus brand by Farmall Technology. In Brazil, Ursus tractors are sold that are manufactured by. Agromed tractors were sold in Turkey. In Slovak, the was produced from Ursus components for awhile, and in Sweden, the Swed-Trac was produced using an Ursus body and frame. TUR was imported into Spain, but were built by Ursus. And UMF tractors were based on Ursus. Models Ursus Tractor Models some not built by Ursus of Poland Model Year s of Production Engine Type Misc Notes Photo prototype 28 hp 21 kW prototype 1950s 45 hp 34 kW licensed Ursus C-325 1959-1963 25 hp 19 kW Ursus S-312 Ursus C-328 1963-1968 28 hp 21 kW Ursus S-312B 1967-1987 30 hp 22 kW Ursus S-312C Ursus C-330M 1986-1993 30 hp 22 kW Ursus S-312C 38 hp 28 kW Ursus, licensed Perkins prototype Ursus C-335 1970s 35 hp 26 kW Ursus C-342 prototype Ursus C-345 prototype Ursus C-350 1965-1970 42 hp 31 kW Ursus S-4001, licensed Zetor analogue Ursus C-4011 1970-1975 45 hp 34 kW Ursus S-4002 Ursus C-355D prototype Ursus C-355M 1975- 45 hp 34 kW Ursus S-4002 Ursus C-355P prototype Ursus C-356 prototype 1976-1992 52 hp 39 kW Ursus S-4003 52 hp 39 kW Ursus S-4003 Ursus C-360-3P 1981-1995 47 hp 35 kW Ursus, licensed Perkins 1976-1987 52 hp 39 kW Ursus S-4003 56 hp 42 kW 1969-1981 76 hp 57 kW Z-7501 twin model of Zetor 8011 Ursus C-385 de luxe 85 hp 63 kW 1975-1981 80 hp 60 kW Z-8001 twin model of 1954-1965 45 hp 34 kW licensed 110 hp 82 kW Ursus C-3110 DT 110 hp 82 kW Ursus C-3724 Perkins 1965-1970 45 hp 34 kW Ursus S-4001, licensed Zetor licensed Zetor 4011 Ursus D 3110 DT Ursus Falcon Ursus LB-45 licensed ; renamed prototype Ursus Super 164 hp 122 kW prototype Ursus U-310 30 hp 22 kW Ursus prototype Ursus U-510 45 hp 34 kW Ursus prototype Ursus U-610 60 hp 45 kW Ursus prototype 72 hp 54 kW Ursus S-44 prototype 2009- 50 hp 37 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil 2011- 47 hp 35 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil 2009- 65 hp 48 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil 2009- 75 hp 56 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil 2011- 71 hp 53 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 2-85 2009- 86 hp 64 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 2-95 95 hp 71 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 4-65 65 hp 48 kW Mahindra Ursus CKD; built in Brazil 2011- 65 hp 48 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 4-70M 70 hp 52 kW Mahindra built in Brazil 2009- 75 hp 56 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil 2009- 75 hp 56 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil 2011- 81 hp 60 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil 2009- 86 hp 64 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil 2011- 85 hp 63 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 4-95 2009- 95 hp 71 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil 2009- 105 hp 78 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 4-110 2009- 110 hp 82 kW Ursus CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 203 38 hp 28 kW licensed Ursus 204 47 hp 35 kW licensed Ursus 205 60 hp 45 kW licensed Ursus 206 70 hp 52 kW licensed Ursus 255 licensed Ursus 275 75 hp 56 kW Mahindra Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 385-4 76 hp 57 kW Ursus 385-4 W DRIVE 100 hp 75 kW Ursus 385 Deluxe Ursus, licensed Perkins Ursus 450 Mercury Ursus, licensed Perkins Ursus 475 Ursus, licensed Perkins Ursus 475 Turbo Ursus, licensed Perkins Ursus 480 80 hp 60 kW Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 485 85 hp 63 kW Mahindra CKD; built in Brazil Ursus 485 Evolution Ursus 490 Ursus, licensed Ursus 490 Turbo Ursus, licensed Ursus 534 backhoe 72 hp 54 kW 82 hp 61 kW Ursus 904 82 hp 61 kW 80 hp 60 kW ZTS Martin Z-8401.
