Where Leonard forged the path, others have tried to follow. Large multinationals had been watching Rhino International Inc very closely with its growth and waisted no time trying to cut deals with all Leonard’s old factory partners. The world's biggest Farm Machinery maker John Deere, purchased the Benye Tractor factory and Tianjin Tractor. The Indian-based Tractor Company, Mahindra purchased the Jinma Factory and Ford New Holland purchased the Shanghai Tractor Factory. These factories were all owned by the PRC Government. Chinese Government benefitted greatly by additionally getting large Leases for the properties of these four factories . The only Tractor factories to ever sell in China were these four that Leonard helped develop. Maybe that’s why he deserves his Chinese title as, “the Father of the Chinese Tractors in the USA.”