CLAAS

Stotz is the official distributor of the Claas brand.

CLAAS is a global agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1913 and based in Harsewinkel, Germany, in the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia.

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 includes also tractors, balers, mowers, rakes, tedders, silage trailers, wheel loaders, telehandlers and other harvesting equipment as well as state-of-the-art farming information technology. 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.

CLAAS is well known as harvest specialist. Currently CLAAS offers combine harvesters in various different sizes. The largest model series is the LEXION, which has been produced since 1995 and is now in its fourth generation. The LEXION 8900 has a maximum output of 790 hp and is available with tyres or crawler tracks (TERRA TRAC) on the front axle. Both options allow a top speed of 31 mph respectively 40 km/h. The cutterbars are up to 13.79 meters wide and the grain tank holds up to 18,000 liters. Claas offers also the two smaller combine product families, the TUCANO and AVERO.