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SKL Motor becomes MTU
Reman Technologies
New from old: remanufacturing makes engines that have reached the end of their
first life as good as new again. MTU Reman Technologies GmbH in Magdeburg is
the technology center for standard remanufacturing of MTU engines and
components.
Tognum took over SKL Motor GmbH in Magdeburg in 2008 and has since
equipped the facility for standardized reconditioning of MTU engines and
components. And now it has a new trading name to reflect the new focus
of its operations: MTU Reman Technologies.
“In the past few years we have invested more than €20 million in the
enterprise,” pointed out Wilfried Probian, CEO of MTU Reman Technologies.
The remanufacturing of engines that have completed thousands of hours
of high-performance service in generator sets or high-speed trains,
for example, saves not only money but raw materials too. The engines
are dismantled and the individual components restored to a condition
equivalent to that of a brand new part. Defective components and worn
parts are replaced by new ones. After only a few weeks, the client gets
back a new engine, which has undergone a complete test run. And it is not
just complete engines that are remanufactured, individual components that
are removed are reconditioned and reused as reman parts.
As well as that, the Tognum Group carries out research into the engines
of the future in Magdeburg. New combustion processes, combustion
chamber geometries and alternative fuels are investigated on single-cylinder
test benches.
This year 148 young people started
an apprenticeship or a dual-study
course at Tognum and its
subsidiaries in Germany and other
parts of the world.
Class of
2012
This year 148 young people
started an apprenticeship or a
dual-study course at Tognum and
its subsidiaries in Germany and
other parts of the world. “We
develop, produce and maintain high-quality engines and energy systems.
To do so we need highly qualified staff. With this investment in the future,
the company is making an important contribution to combating the
shortage of skilled workers,” explained Ingo Metzer, Tognum HR Manager,
on the occasion of the apprenticeship launch at the MTU lead plant in
Friedrichshafen. That is also where the large majority of the new MTU
trainees are starting their careers. For the first time, however, Tognum
America is also taking on six apprentice industrial mechanics at its Aiken
facility. The program initiated in conjunction with the Aiken County
School District, the Aiken County Career and Technology Center and
the Aiken Technical College combines high-school education, technical
instruction in the classroom and practical training at the MTU plant in
Aiken and is based on the dual education model common in Germany.
Five apprentices have also been learning the finer points of engine
installation and servicing at MTU South Africa since the beginning of
2012. And three new trainees have been taken on at MTU Asia.
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