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AEM HOF Loses Two Members SHARE April 21, 2021 AEM has noted that two of its Hall of Fame members passed away in the last year: Cyril Keller, co-inventor of the skid steer loader, and Helmut Claas, former chairman of the German agriculture machinery company Claas. Cyril Keller, a member of the 1999 induction class to what was then known as the Construction Equipment Hall of Fame, passed away October 28, 2020, in his hometown of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, at age of 98. Keller was inducted, along with his younger brother Louis (1923...

'Pioneer of agri machinery' Helmut Claas dies aged 94 7 January 2021 | Helmut Claas was seen as an influential figure in the agri machinery business Helmut Claas, the long-time managing director of the Claas Group - a major German agri-machinery exporter - has passed away at the age of 94. Claas died on 5 January, the agricultural company said in a statement, calling it a 'great shock' for the firm's 11,000 employees. Claas, born in 1926 in Harsewinkel, Germany, became the business's managing director in 1962. He was the son of August Claas, who founded the company. JCB Chairman Lord Bamfor...