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04 FACTORY WATCH Krone in a
strong position
in Hungary
Major investment
in new structures
and spare parts
warehouse
Budapest/Werlte, July 2013 –
The Hungarian market is extremely
important for Krone’s strategy.
Not only for new vehicles, there
is also strong demand from the
Emsland-based manufacturer for
spare parts and servicing. This
is why Krone has significantly
ex-panded its spare part capacity
at its Budapest location and
is currently converting it to a
professional spare parts warehouse
with a pallet and crane arm shelving
system. The new warehouse provides
space for all Krone-specific
item variants from the whole product
range. Krone has invested around
€4 million in the ware-house at the
strategically important location just
outside Budapest on the transit
route between central and southeast
Europe.
“After founding Krone Trailer South
East Kft (KTSE Kft) in summer
2012, we have now taken the
second strategic step with the
new spare parts warehouse,”
reports managing director Hannes
Nachtelberger. “We transferred the
set-up, structure and stocking of
the spare parts warehouse from the
system in Werlte; it goes without
saying that we have established
adequate capacity for special spare
parts that are frequently requested
by customers from Hungary, Austria
or other neighbouring countries.
We also network closely with the
German parent company in Werlte
and a clever logistics system
ensures that parts are either
delivered di-rectly to the customer
or us within the shortest possible
time,” continues Nachtelberger.
In addition to expanding the spare
parts warehouse, KTSE Kft has also
expanded the sales organisation
and employed additional sales staff.
Via the Hungarian Krone subsidiary,
the company will in future not only
offer new vehicles but also used and
rental vehi-cles. There is also a pool
of stock vehicles. So if necessary a
customer can even buy a trailer right
off the site. The team, which now
consists of 12 people, is available
via the following contact data.
Tobias Eichberg will be pleased
to respond to any queries:
Tel. +49 (5951) 209-584 or by mail:
tobias.eichberg@krone.de
Contact:
Krone Trailer SE Kft.
Leshegy ut 21
H-2310 Szigetszentmiklos
Phone: +36 24525-000
Fax: +36 24525-002
New vehicle sales:
Mr. Somlai Roland +36 30 77 41 941
Spare parts sales:
Mr. Döme Zsolt +36 30 77 41 950
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday from 8 am to 5 pm