News 2008

At a large ceremony, CLAAS India Limited, subsidiary of the globally operating CLAAS Group, presented its new combine harvester factory in Chandigarh, Punjab, to Indian agricultural-technology dealers.

Under the watchful eye of an invited Guinness Book of Records official, the LEXION 580 harvested 532 tons of wheat in eight hours. That’s 18 percent better than the previous world record.

With the take-over of the remaining 20% share, the family owned company CLAAS has now become the full owner of Renault Agriculture SAS. In this context, the French subsidiary Renault Agriculture which, as a business unit within the CLAAS group, is responsible for the development and production of tractors, will be renamed “CLAAS Tractor“.

The main theme on the CLAAS stand at this year’s Cereals Event will be how CLAAS can help reduce harvesting costs by increasing productivity in order that the World’s population can be fed effectively and profitably.

Dominating the muck demonstration plots at this year’s Grassland & Muck event will the first UK showing of a 388hp CLAAS XERION 3800 tractor towing a 24,000 litre Kaweco slurry tanker.