Having been named Tractor of the Year 2024, Claas's Xerion 12 Series was also awarded with a Farm Machine 2024 Award at the recent Agritechnica, with a second award being made to the 3A - Advanced Automation & Autonomy consortium.

These prizes completed an award winning week for Claas, which also saw the company also receiving two silver Innovation Awards.

L-R: Laudator Alexander Brockmann (dlv/traction) Thomas Spiering, Lukas Große-Wienker, Jan Wieckhorst, Johannes Weisbrodt and Dr. Martin von Hoyningen-Huene 

Following the recognition for the Xerion in the Farm Machine category, Dr. Martin von Hoyningen-Huene, chief technology officer Claas Group and responsible for the tractors and implements division, said, "We are overwhelmed that after 25 years of Xerion on the market, Helmut Claas’ vision has received this prestigious award.

"This award and the Tractor of the Year 2024 belong to the entire product team around development, marketing and sales. After many extremely positive customer comments on the market launch, both awards impressively confirm the innovative approach of the tractor and are further evidence of its numerous undoubted technical and economic arguments."

Claas say they were also pleased to receive another award with its 3A founding partners AgXeed and Amazone. In the 'Smart Farming & Robotics' category, the world's first consortium for high automation and autonomy prevailed against two competing submissions and thus received the second award at Agritechnica after the silver Innovation Award.