With a new sales and service team, Latin American importers and new partners in Brazil will now have more local support. Apart from the CLAAS subsidiary in Argentina, which is also responsible for Uruguay and Paraguay, the regional center will handle all other countries on the continent. Being close to the international airport in Porto Alegre will also be very useful for this purpose.
Guests at the ceremony included consul general Dr. Stefan Traumann, from the German consulate in Porto Alegre and the Agricultural Attaché from the German Embassy, Martin Nissen.
On the CLAAS side, the new center was inaugurated by Regional President of the Americas, Leif Magnusson, and the Director of the new center, Leandro J. Henz.
Porto Alegre is the Rio Grande do Sul state capital, and has 1.4 million inhabitants. Forty-six percent of all agricultural machines in Brazil are produced in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is also very prominent in milk production.
