DRIVING FORCE FOR
POSITIVE CHANGE
CLAAS Industrietechnik is a global player in the development of advanced drive technology and hydraulic solutions. Philip Yorke takes a closer look at a remarkable company and its latest, groundbreaking innovative products and solutions.
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LAAS Industrietechnik is a wholly owned subsidiary of the world renowned CLAAS Group of Germany. The affiliate company was founded 56 years ago at its present site, located at Paderborn in western Germany where over 650 highly skilled staff maintain its enviable reputation for quality and innovation. Today the company produces industry-specific products and solutions that are developed for a wide variety of industrial sectors and applications. These range from agricultural and
municipal equipment and complex construction machinery to offshore technology. The company’s modern factory in Paderborn was recently upgraded and restructured to offer a new, state-of-theart testing centre, designed to provide its customers with the most advanced testing technology available today. This latest facility is also designed to optimise the quality and efficiency of the company’s drive technology and hydraulic systems products.
This latest investment allows the company to exhaustively evaluate its advanced components and drive systems during the final stages of production. In addition, it offers clients the opportunity to participate in the overall project management process. Another €3.5 million was invested in a new logistics centre which recently began construction and will be taken into operation in summer 2013. This is the next part of the rearrangement of the facility site and
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