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THE RETURN OF DR CROMME
The ThyssenKrupp Chairman pays a visit with 2 important guests
July 13th we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Cromme
and his two important guests Dr Hans-Peter Keitel and
Dr Klaus Liesen, two key figures of German industry. It
has been six years since Dr Cromme’s last visit for Berco’s
75th anniversary, when he welcomed more than 200
guests. Dr. Cromme strongly praised the Berco management
for its positive results and the impressive improvements
in production technology that Berco has undertaken
over the past 6 years. Also, Dr Cromme’s two guests,
both experts in company management, were very
impressed with the technological level within the factory
and were pleased with the warm welcome they received.
CTZ IN BERCO
The manufacturers of the T-170 pay
a visit to the Copparo factory
On September 27th Professor KHANIF MINGAZOV (Vice
President) and Dr SERGEJ TIKHONOV (Technical Director)
of CTZ "Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant", paid a visit to our
Copparo factory with Carlo Gherzi, General Manager of
Ralot, dealer for Russia and the countries of the ex-Soviet
Union. With a facility located in a 450 hectars area, CTZ
was founded in 1933 and, already in the thirties was
producing 40 “C60” a day. After World War II, the range
of tractors included the C80, the C100, the T100 and the
DT250, and in 1965, with a yearly output of 32,000
tractors, CTZ built alone more machines than all the other
producers in the world put together. At the beginning of
the 80ies, production began for a new range of machines
which included the DET350 and the T130, the predecessor
of the present day T170. Today CTZ employs 23,000 people
and produces more than 300 tractors per month, with a
foreseen increase to 400 pieces by 2002, when tractor exports
to neighboring countries (currently around 7-8%), are
expected to increase. It is estimated that in Russia alone,
there are more than 95,000 machines, of which at least
50% are in use. Berco, following the suggestions of Ralot,
has supplied a kit for retrofitting the T170 undercarriage,
that also includes the final drive. CTZ was particularly
satisfied with the results and performance of the Berco
undercarriage mounted on their
machines in the Russian mines and
they are taking into consideration the
possibility of offering to their
customer the Berco undercarriage
already in the first fit.
“SILVER ANNIVERSARY”
Mr. Koch celebrates his 25 years at Berco
On 1st October the Managing
Director of our sister company
Krupp BERCO Deutschland GmbH,
Wulf Koch, celebrated 25 years
with Berco. After obtaining his
degree in Mechanical Engineering
in 1968, he began his professional
career at Timken Roller Bearing
Inc., and then moved to Hoesch
Rothe Erde Schmiedag AG and again to DELACHAUX.
Finally on October 1st 1976, Koch started distributing
Berco products in Germany by becoming head of the
Equipment Sales Department of TEG. At the beginning
of 1977 he was given the power of attorney for the
company and in the mid 80ies became Vice President.
In 1986 he was sent to Italy to manage the Sales &
Marketing department of Berco. At the beginning of
1990, he returned to Germany to become Managing
Director of our German sister company TEG (Traktor-
Ersatzteil-Gesellschaft), which in 1998 became Krupp
BERCO Deutschland GmbH. Berco would like to thank
Mr. Koch for his commitment and the enthusiasm he has
always put into his work over the past 25 years in order
to grow the Berco name in the German market.
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