Question: Who was the founder of the company that manufactures agricultural,construction, forest machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment?
Context: A heavy equipment operator operates heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects.  Typically only skilled workers may operate heavy equipment, and there is specialized training for learning to use heavy equipment. This article covers the History of Sulzer diesel engines from 1898 to 1997.  Sulzer Brothers foundry was established in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1834 by Johann Jakob Sulzer-Neuffert and his two sons, Johann Jakob and Salomon.  Products included cast iron, firefighting pumps and textile machinery.  Co-operation with Rudolf Diesel led to the construction of the first Sulzer diesel engine in 1898.  In 2015, the Sulzer company lives on but it no longer manufactures diesel engines, having sold the diesel engine business to Wärtsilä in 1997. A diesel motorcycle is a motorcycle with a diesel engine.  With a traditionally poor power-to-weight ratio, most diesel engines are generally unsuited for use on motorcycles which normally require low weight, compact size, high RPMs and rapid acceleration.  In the 1980s, NATO forces in Europe standardized all their vehicles to operate with diesel fuel.  Some forces had fleets of motorcycles and trials were conducted with diesel engines on these.  Air-cooled single-cylinder engines built by Lombardini of Italy were used and had some success.  This led to some countries re-fitting their bikes with diesel engines. GPS when applied in the earthmoving industry can be a viable asset to contractors and increase the overall efficiency of the job.  Since GPS satellite positioning information is free to the public, it allows for everyone to take advantage of its uses.  Heavy equipment manufacturers in conjunction with GPS guidance system manufacturers have been co-developing GPS guidance systems for heavy equipment since the late 1990s.  These systems allow the equipment operator to use GPS position data to make decisions based on actual grade and design features.  Some heavy equipment guidance systems can even operate the machine's implements automatically from a set design that was created for the particular jobsite.  GPS guidance systems can have tolerances as small as two to three centimeters making them extremely accurate compared to relying on the operator's skill level.  Since the machine's GPS system has the ability to know when it's off the design grade, this can reduce surveying and material costs required for a specific job. Allis-Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries.  Its business lines included agricultural equipment, construction equipment, power generation and power transmission equipment, and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories, flour mills, sawmills, textile mills, steel mills, refineries, mines, and ore mills.  The first Allis-Chalmers Company was formed in 1901 as an amalgamation of the Edward P. Allis Company (steam engines and mill equipment), Fraser & Chalmers (mining and ore milling equipment), the Gates Iron Works (rock and cement milling equipment), and the industrial business line of the Dickson Manufacturing Company (engines and compressors).  It was reorganized in 1912 as the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company.  During the next 70 years its industrial machinery filled countless mills, mines, and factories around the world, and its brand gained fame among consumers mostly from its farm equipment business's orange tractors and silver combine harvesters.  In the 1980s and 1990s a series of divestitures transformed the firm and eventually dissolved it.  Its successors today are Allis-Chalmers Energy and AGCO. Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 25, 1958) sometimes known as Charles "Boss" Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents.  He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947.  Among his most widely used automotive developments were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline.  In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems.  At DuPont he also was responsible for the development of Duco lacquers and enamels, the first practical colored paints for mass-produced automobiles.  While working with the Dayton-Wright Company he developed the "Bug" aerial torpedo, considered the world's first aerial missile.  He led the advancement of practical, lightweight two-stroke diesel engines, revolutionizing the locomotive and heavy equipment industries.  In 1927, he founded the Kettering Foundation, a non-partisan research foundation.  He was featured on the cover of Time Magazine on January 9, 1933. Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment.  In 2017, it was listed as 105th in the "Fortune" 500 America's ranking and was ranked 407th in the global ranking.  John Deere also provides financial services and other related activities. Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., founded in 1972, is a subsidiary corporation of Volvo Construction Equipment, headquartered in Linyi, Shandong.  Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co (or abbreviated SDLG) is one of the most important manufacturers of construction machinery and mining equipment, diesel engines and industrial gas turbines in China, with equipment exports to Brazil, and some countries in Africa.  SDLG is also a strategic partner of the Volvo brand. Heavy equipment refers to heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for executing construction tasks, most frequently ones involving earthwork operations.  They are also known as heavy machines, heavy trucks, construction equipment, engineering equipment, heavy vehicles, or heavy hydraulics.  They usually comprise five equipment systems: implement, traction, structure, power train, control and information.  Heavy equipment functions through the mechanical advantage of a simple machine, the ratio between input force applied and force exerted is multiplied.  Some equipment uses hydraulic drives as a primary source of motion. Hans Walter Becherer (April 19, 1935 – October 6, 2016) was an American business executive.  Born in Detroit, Michigan, he received his undergraduate education at Trinity College (Connecticut), where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, and his MBA from Harvard.  He became president of John Deere in 1987 and led the Company as CEO from 1989 to 2000 following the financial farm crisis of the 1980s.  In 1990 Becherer also became chairman of John Deere's board when Robert Hanson retired.  Under Becherer's tenure the company became a diversified, global competitor.  By 1998 around 25% of Deere & Company sales revenues came from outside the United States and almost 50% of its product mix was non-agricultural.  Robert W. Lane was elected to replace Becherer as CEO upon his retirement in 2000.
Answer: Hans Walter Becherer