Helmut Claas has died

[BBC]

See on the Claas website that Helmut Claas has died.

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[Boycey]

RIP

 

[quattro]

It was always rumours that claas would b sold when anything happened to him

 

[Wooly]

It was always rumours that claas would b sold when anything happened to him

But his daughter is now in command......so why do you think that ?

 

[vantage]

A fine life’s work!

 

[thorpe]

so sorry to here this sad news. ironicly after 50 years of claas machines on this farm i told a mecanic today there wouldnt be any more.

 

[quattro]

But his daughter is now in command......so why do you think that ?

I didn’t say I think it
I said that there were rumours

 

[Exfarmer]

A brilliant man, and a very good friend to UK farming

 

[Wooly]

I didn’t say I think it
I said that there were rumours

Well most rumours are very untrue ........... especially on the www.

 

[vf949]

Do Claas still have a farm in East Anglia?

 

[Robt]

yes they still own land a few miles from Saxham.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Do Claas still have a farm in East Anglia?

Up to about 3000 acres now I think. Farmed “in hand” to a very high standard.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

yes they still own land a few miles from Saxham.

Some more recently purchased bits of land are within a mile of Saxham.

 

[thesilentone]

A giant in the Machinery Industry in our lifetime. While most family Companies sold out to Corporates, he held onto the family Company identity and went from strength to strength, making Claas a World player, a great man.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

I also nearly died once, it was after opening an invoice from claas for sorting my round baler,

 

[Suffolk Serf]

A giant in the Machinery Industry in our lifetime. While most family Companies sold out to Corporates, he held onto the family Company identity and went from strength to strength, making Claas a World player, a great man.

For some reason, a lot of successful German companies remain private.

 

[Tractorstant]

Went up against Claas many times in my selling career you have to admire what they built, lots of mutual respect for this man.

 

[Tompkins]

For some reason, a lot of successful German companies remain private.

Might have something to do with the German government bailing them out all the time...

 

[JP1]

For some reason, a lot of successful German companies remain private.

And Dutch too

 

[john432]

Class were probably a lot more successful than Mengele, as they didn't have that acrid black smoke cloud hanging over them!