Hela

German Hermann Lanz founded his company in 1888. He was not related to Heinrich Lanz of the Lanz company. Hela manufactured various agricultural machines, but the first tractor Samson was not until the next generation came out in 1929. Before the war, Hela was mostly equipped with 1- and 2-cylinder Deutz engines and ZF gearboxes. In the model introduced in 1947, the company switched to MWM engines and its own gearboxes. From 1955 onwards, Hela also manufactured its own engines for a good ten years. This experiment cost a lot of money.

The Hela model range included a wide range of smaller tractors. In addition, from 1955 onwards, the four-wheel drive Varimot, which had four large wheels and steering was done with steering brakes, was purchased from the Vari Werk company. Hela's popularity never reached its peak, but locally in southern Germany, Hela was significant. In 1978, Hela merged with the construction machinery manufacturer IBH and tractor production ended the following year. A total of over 30,000 Hela tractors were manufactured. Of these, approximately 4,600 tractors ended up for export. The Hela tractors were most commonly green in color, although red tractors were also made, especially for export. An attempt was made to start importing to Finland in the early 1950s.