Claas

CLAAS KGaA mbH
Company type	GmbH & Co. KGaA
Industry	Agricultural machinery
Founded	1913
Founder	August Claas
Headquarters	Harsewinkel, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	CEO Thomas Böck
Products	Tractors; Combines; Diesel engines; Gearboxes and Axles; Balers; Forage harvesters; Telescopic handlers; Wheel loaders; Farming Information Technology
Revenue	€3.898 bn (2019)
Number of employees	11,448 (2019)
Website	www.claas.com

CLAAS is an agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Harsewinkel, Germany, in the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia. Founded in 1913 by August Claas, CLAAS is a family business and one of the market and technology leaders in harvesting technology. It is the European market leader in combine harvesters and considered as world market leader in self-propelled forage harvesters. The product range also includes tractors, balers, mowers, rakes, tedders, silage trailers, wheel loaders, telehandlers and other harvesting equipment as well as farming information technology.^[2] CLAAS employs around 11,500 employees worldwide and reported a turnover of roughly 3.9 billion euros in the 2019 financial year. About 78.5% of sales are generated outside of Germany.^[3]

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[2] "Rödl & Partner advises CLAAS of America, Inc. ("CLAAS") and the..." roedl.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[3] "Geschäftsbericht 2019". claas-gruppe.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

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