Sylvia Looks, Executive Board of the Claas-Stiftung, and Fynn Lammers (2nd Prize Helmut Claas Scholarship 2021), who is active in the alumni network, welcomed the guests. Among others, Alistar Wharton, who was honoured in 2005, was present as the "longest-serving" award winner. This was followed by short presentations: Paolo Bertin, is responsible for research and innovation of raw materials and obtaining optimal raw materials for later processing at the food company Dr Schär. Malte von Bloh is doing his doctorate at the Technical University of Munich in the field of machine learning.
Eberhard Weller from the Group History Team gave a guided tour of the hall with the historical machines on display.
In addition to discussions and a barbecue buffet, the evening concluded with an experimental challenge that combined sportiness with science and technology by demonstrating the influence of pre-acceleration on the speed of the crop flow in the combine harvester: the water in a large bottle had to be set in rotation so that it could flow out as quickly as possible. The record that evening was 6.5 seconds (absolute record 4 seconds).
