CLAAS builds its 100,000th CLAAS tractor

The 100,000th CLAAS tractor has rolled off the assembly line at the
CLAAS tractor factory in the French city of Le Mans, where up to
13,000 tractors are developed and built annually – from the AXOS
310 up to the largest standard CLAAS tractor, the 410hp AXION 950.

One hundred thousand tractors in 10 years translates into

experience, competence and customer acceptance. “We work
consistently and in close collaboration with farmers and farm
contractors on continued technical development for our tractors, for
which we have invested €400 million since 2003 in our Research and
Development and Tractor Production departments”, explains CLAAS
Group executive board member Lothar Kriszun, who is responsible
for CLAAS Tractor.

In 2008, the factory in Le Mans saw the introduction of a new

assembly line for cabs, with a new paint shop set up two years later.
In mid-2012, our new testing and validation centre in Trangé went
into service. Thanks to its proximity to the assembly plant, this new location enables
CLAAS to use tractor expertise that is already available in the area by collaborating
with Product Development, Industrial Production and Service at CLAAS Tractor.

CLAAS made its latest large investment in

the development and production of a new
automatic transmission for the ARION 500
and 600 series. This transmission has been
co-developed by CLAAS Tractor and CLAAS
Industrietechnik (CIT), a subsidiary of the
CLAAS Group, and was introduced to the
market last year. It is manufactured and
tested in our Paderborn plant, where CIT is
Over 100,000 CLAAS tractors have now based.
been sold, from the first ATLES 900 to the
latest AXION 800. Since entering the tractor business in 2003,
CLAAS has not only produced an impressive
100,000 tractors, but more importantly has been constantly expanding its expertise
and product range. Thirty-four models have been developed based on the
requirements of those who actually use the tractors, from 72 to 524 hp and all
tailored to modern agriculture. This is why the new AXION 800 was recently awarded
Machine of the Year 2014, Tractor of the Year 2014, gold at the iF product design
award 2014, and “Best value” in its class in the DLG PowerMix Test.