Under the name “Gebrüder Claas” (Claas Brothers), the firm became well known all around the world. So who were the company’s founding fathers, August, Bernhard, Franz and Theo, and what were they like?
Join us on a journey through the past century – on the path leading from the knotter to today’s LEXION machines, the world’s most powerful combine harvester.
Experience the fascinating story of CLAAS at first hand. Join us on an exciting journey through the history of agricultural technology in the CLAAS company museum.
One of the first instruments with which CLAAS became active on international capital markets was a syndicated credit facility (syndicated loan) in 1997.
Behind a great story, there are usually some remarkable personalities. In the case of CLAAS, these were the four brothers, August, Franz, Theo and Bernhard Claas, who together founded the company in 1913. Armed with the qualities of inventiveness, openness to new ideas and persistence, they developed what started as a family business into one of the world’s leading agricultural machinery businesses.
The Claas brothers
A family of pioneers
Behind a great story, there are usually some remarkable personalities. In the case of CLAAS, these were the four brothers, August, Franz, Theo and Bernhard Claas, who together founded the company in 1913. Armed with the qualities of inventiveness, openness to new ideas and persistence, they developed what started as a family business into one of the world’s leading agricultural machinery businesses.
For him, two of life’s priorities were keeping a cigar in his mouth and a safe amount of water under the keel. He was considered a shrewd judge of character, and always a consummate diplomat.
