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02 // EDITORIAL
Marketing Director Wolfgang Pilz and CEO Herbert Ortner
Passion and a Sense of Responsibility
Contents
2 Editorial
Passion and a Sense of Responsibility
3 NEWS
One Tough Duo
4 Report
Comfort, Safety and Environmental Protection
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TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANES
inTERNATIONAL
Friends
Swiss Thoroughness
Powerful Solution for Aeschbacher Transport AG
unconventional Operation Site
Mobile Airspace Monitoring
essential Assistants
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
PALIFT, BISON, WUMAG, TAIL LIFT, RATCLIFF,
CRAYLER, RAILWAY
Agriculture and Forestry
EPSILON, STEPA
24 Congratulations
Thomas Geierspichler Wins in Peking 2008
Dealer Award 2008
Even in turbulent times such as these,
PALFINGER is following its course consistently
and purposefully. We are trying
more than ever to inspire our dealers and
customers with our “spirit” because there is
more than merely technology behind a
PALFINGER product. A “true PALFINGER”
is the sum of passion, emotion, vision, people
and a globally stable company with a
sense of responsibility.
Passion has many faces. Passion for innovation,
engineering, aesthetics and perfection
- with the clearly defined claim to technology
leadership because being one of the
best is simply not enough. “To build the
best truck-mounted crane” - that is the
inner drive and for 50 years has been the
reason why we have risen in the meantime
to the High Performance level. The new
High Performance range, the models of
which we have been bringing onto the market
successively for just over a year now, has
significantly strengthened our leading position.
We more than confirmed our leadership
in technology by presenting the first
representative of the new large crane series
at the IAA 2008.
In addition to our passion for continuous
improvement of the functionality, efficiency
and safety of our products, we are also aware
of our responsibility in respect of humanity
and the environment. Sustainability, careful
management of resources and product ecology
are thus firmly anchored in our corporate
philosophy. The use of environmentally
compatible, recyclable and biologically
degradable substances and materials runs
through all our product fields and divisions.
Within the framework of our strategy of
“growth through internationalisation and
diversification” we are pleased to report on
two successful corporate acquisitions. With
the acquisition of the ELEVANT division of
the German company WUMAG GmbH we
have been able to add considerable strength
to our product area covering “truck-mounted
aerial work platforms” which, combined
with BISON, brings a second strong brand
under the PALFINGER roof. With the
acquisition of Omaha Standard Inc., one of
the top three suppliers of truck bodies and
pick-up tail lifts in the US, we hope to
secure long-term consolidation of our market
position in North America.
Strong partnerships with healthy, welldeveloped
structures will gain even greater
importance in the future. We will be able to
build on long-standing dealership and service
partnerships as well as experienced
employees - as guarantors for quality, reliability
and stability. You can depend on
PALFINGER!
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