Claas

Claas is an agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1913, based in

CLAAS KGaA mbH
Harsewinkel, Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany, in the state of North Rhine Westphalia.
The product range includes combine harvesters, forage harvesters, balers, mowers,
rakes, tractors, tedders and other harvesting machines. Claas produced its 450,000th
machine in 2013. Type GmbH & Co. KGaA
Industry Agricultural
machinery,
Agriculture
Contents Founded 1913

History Headquarters Harsewinkel,

Modern era 1970s Germany
Since 2000 Key people Strategy and
In Argentina Corporate
Communications,
References
speaker of the
External links
executive board
Revenue € 3.839bn (2015)
[1]

History Number of 11,535 (2015)

employees
Claas was created in 1913[2] when August Claas developed the company in
Clarholz, Germany. In 1919, the business was transferred to Harsewinkel, Germany, Website www.claas.com
where the company focused on the production of reapers. Two years later the
company obtained their first patent – for a knotter to efficiently bind straw. The first
Harvester was developed with the European market in mind in 1930, with the first
Pick-up Baler following in 1934. In 1936 Claas started to market the first combine
harvester built in Europe, as opposed to imported machines previously available.
They then offered trailed combine harvesters to the European market.

Following the war in 1946, Claas introduced self-propelled combine harvesters. By

the mid 1950s they opened a new factory in Paderborn, Germany, and their first
outside Germany – in Metz, France in 1961. Claas took over Josef Bautz CLAAS LEXION combine harvester
(agricultural machinery factory) and in 1969, expanded the product range to include
green harvest machinery.

Modern era 1970s

In 1971, Claas was involved in the development of a pick-up sugar cane harvester.
Then, two years later, in 1973, it presented the first self-propelled forage harvester.
Three years later, in 1976 it introduced the first Claas round baler ROLLANT,
followed by the introduction of the JAGUAR self-propelled forage harvesters seven
years later in 1983. That was quickly followed by the presentation of QUADRANT Tractor CLAAS AXOS 320
in 1988 and then Agrocom, a computer based, satellite-assisted, agricultural
information system in 1994. In 1995, Claas, in a joint partnership with Caterpillar
introduced the LEXION combine.
Since 2000
Claas Omaha opened up in 2001 and began production on the LEXION combine
series. Not long after, Caterpillar sells its 50% stake in the venture to Claas.
However, North American LEXION combines continue to be distributed by
Caterpillar dealers. Claas begins acquire Renault Agriculture in 2003, along with
expanding its product range with tractors. Claas later opened up a new factory in
Krasnodar, Russia in 2005, which is then followed by the launch of the AXION
tractor (2006) and TUCANO combine (2007). Claas finishes acquiring the
remaining stake of Renault Agriculture, making it fully owned by Claas. Then, in CLAAS hay rake
2011, the LEXION 770 sets a Guinness World Record with 675.84 tonnes of grain
harvested in eight hours.[3] Then, two years later, at the end of 2013, Claas' AXION
850 wins tractor and machine of the year 2014 at the Agritechnica show in Germany
.

In Argentina
The local subsidiary has existed since 2001 - although in 1993, Reynaldo
Postacchini, had imported a CLAAS model Mega 208 -, and is part of the list of 27
branches that the German company has around the world.

In 2006 the possibility that Claas Argentina set up a factory in Argentina was CLAAS tractor, CLAAS forage
tangible and by 2013, began to produce the Tucano combine, with a motor of 270 to harvester
360 HP (Class VI or VIII). At the same time, the company advances in the increase
of the assembly capacity and a greater participation of the national pieces in its
integration.

In the town of Ameghino (Buenos Aires), it manufactures heads and other

equipment and components.

At present, the administrative headquarters of Claas is in the locality santafesina of

Sunchales, department Castellanos.

Models produced: Claas Tucano 570[4] / Claas Tucano 470[5] / Claas Tucano 560[6]
CLAAS JAGUAR 850

References
1. "Annual Report - Statistics"(http://www.claas-group.com/the-group/about-claas/statistics). CLAAS Group. Retrieved
1 November 2016.
2. http://www.claas-group.com/cc/servlet/generator/cl-gr/en/company/history/milestones/start,bpSite=35108.html
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20130813082617/http://www .claas-group.com/cc/servlet/generator/cl-gr/en/co
mpany/history/milestones/start%2CbpSite%3D35108.html)2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine.
3. "Combine Harvesting (Wheat) - Team in Eight Hours" (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/1/combin
e-harvesting-(wheat)-team-in-eight-hours). Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records. Retrieved 10 August
2013.
4. http://pesadosargentinos.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/claas-tucano-570.html
5. http://pesadosargentinos.blogspot.com.ar/2014/12/claas-tucano-470.html
6. http://pesadosargentinos.blogspot.com.ar/2016/06/claas-tucano-560.html

External links
Media related to Claas at Wikimedia Commons

Official website
 Official website
Claas Museum

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