CLAAS makes its combines in Germany, USA, Russia and India. CLAAS makes its tractors in France. Harsewinkel, Germany: Global headquarters and factory producing combine harvesters, forage harvesters and the XERION tractor.
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.
Claas Lexion is a series of combine harvesters, manufactured by Claas in Harsewinkel. An American version called Lexion was produced by Claas Omaha Inc.
CCA has been a 50/50 joint venture between Claas and Caterpillar, and operates a combine factory in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, which manufactures Lexion combines designed for the North American market.
Since January 2017, the company has been operating with around 1,000 employees as a wholly-owned CLAAS subsidiary under the name of CLAAS Agricultural Machinery (Shandong) Co. Ltd.
The Claas Axion is a tractor built by the Claas-owned former Renault tractor plant at Le Mans. The 163–225 hp (ECE R24) tractor containing a John Deere engine and the Hexashift transmission with four ranges and six powershift stages.
The new LEXION 8000 and 7000 models are equipped with MAN and Mercedes-Benz engines in accordance with the CLAAS POWER SYSTEMS concept. They develop outputs between 790 hp/581 kW in the LEXION 8900 and 408 hp/300 kW in the LEXION 7400.
The name Claas was first used by the people of the German province of Westphalia, which lay in the area between the Rhine and Wesser rivers. It is a patronymic name, derived from the given name of the father of the original bearer.
Fendt is a German agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1930 by Xaver Fendof in Marktoberdorf, Allgäu, Germany. Fendt manufactures tractors, combine harvesters, balers and telescopic handlers. It was purchased by AGCO Corporation in 1997.
Deere reckons to account for over 45% of combine sales worldwide, having sold more than 1.1 million units in the past 80 years, while Claas is the leader in Western Europe with around 40% market share achieved by combines produced at its Harsewinkel headquarters in Germany, ahead of New Holland, which claims about a ...
Apart from its latest tracked tractors, produced in Jackson, USA, all Fendt wheeled tractors are made in Marktoberdorf, everything from the 72hp to 101hp 200 Series, up to the 396hp to 517hp 1000 Series.
Today, Massey Ferguson sells its products worldwide and operates eight global manufacturing locations. Tractors manufactured at its Beauvais (France), Changzhou (China), Canoas (Brazil), and Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil) factories.
Fendt combines unite precise control with robust cutting tables for a high output – in five model ranges. Depending on the size of your farm, you can strengthen your fleet with the appropriate Fendt harvesting machines – the perfect match for your Fendt tractors.
“Both of them (MF and Fendt) are separate. Both of them are exclusive.” That means customers in Europe will see separation at dealerships, which will sell either MF or Fendt, not both.
Deutz-Allis tractors and equipment were renamed in North America as AGCO-Allis. Today, Deutz-Fahr is no longer associated with Deutz-Allis or AGCO Corporation.
Overall verdict. Claas deliver a compact yet powerful tractor with comfort levels you would expect on larger tractors. It's very nice to see the overlap with technology used on their larger machines and the same layout of controls. This makes it very easy to own, operate and become familiar with.
John Deere tractors are produced in 9 countries around the world. There are three factories in Brazil that manufacture tractors and harvesters. More John Deere equipment is produced in factories in Argentina, Finland, France, two in Germany, The Netherlands, and in four factories in India.
They started in 1913 and originally concentrated on harvesters and claim they can pick up and thresh more than 80 different crops. Later they expanded into tractors, hay equipment, mowers and balers. In 2004, they bought the Renault tractor company in France and expanded their tractor line.
