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.
CLAAS produces at six locations in Europe and runs six sales companies.
England - Saxham
Back in 1946, the first CLAAS combines were exported to England. The distribution company that was created as a result in Saxham, close to the east coast of England, has officially belonged to the ...
France - Le Mans
CLAAS has been offering a complete range of tractors since 2003. The majority of its models are manufactured at the factory in Le Mans, a two hour drive south west of Paris.
France - Metz
At the CLAAS factory in Metz, 400 employees produce balers for farming. Since production began in 1958, over 300,000 balers have been manufactured. Today, there is a separate welding and sheet ...
France - Paris
In the French capital, Paris, CLAAS has two sites: R&D, administration and purchasing for the tractor business are located in Velizy, on the south-westerly outskirts of the city. The HQ of the ...
Italy - Vercelli
The CLAAS distribution company in the north Italian town Vercelli has been supplying the demanding Italian agricultural machinery market with equipment since 1973. Here, CLAAS machines drive over ...
Poland - Buk
CLAAS Polska is a new sales and service company for Poland. The company is based in Buk near Poznan and, as well as distributing CLAAS machines, also supplies the Polish agricultural sector with ...
Russia - Krasnodar
The factory in Krasnodar in the granary of Russia was opened in 2005. With this launch, CLAAS is the first large-scale manufacturer of agricultural machinery with its own production facility in ...
Russia - Moskow
An independent distribution company was founded in Moscow in 2006 as an extension to the CLAAS office, which was set up in 1996. CLAAS completed its first sales in Russia at the start of the 1990s.
Spain - Madrid
CLAAS Iberia, with its headquarters in Madrid, supplies CLAAS products to the Spanish market. The distribution company originated from the company Agro-Mecanica, which was awarded an import ...
Hungary - Törökszentmiklós
The Hungarian plant located in Törökszentmiklós, to the southeast of Budapest, has been part of the CLAAS group since 1997 and by today has become the competence center of cutterbars and drum mowers.
