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16 I MTU Report 02/11
Vive la France!
MTU France recently celebrated its 10th anniversary together
with clients and business associates from France and
French-speaking countries in Africa. In his speech, Christian
Courcelles, CEO of MTU France, recalled past milestones of
the history of MTU France: in a decade, the Tognum subsidiary
developed from a mere yacht service operation on the
Tognum has chosen to distinguish three of its best business
partners with its “Supplier Award” for 2010.
Recognition
At the end of June, MTU‘s parent company, Tognum, presented
its awards for the best suppliers in 2010. The award for
best supplier of finished components went to the Baden-
Württemberg engineering company Spaichingen GmbH which
has been supplying control components for MTU Series
2000 engines for many years. A previous Tognum Supplier
award-winner on several occasions, Gienanth GmbH from
Eisenberg, was named best supplier of raw components in
recognition, among other things, of the outstanding quality
of the crankcases it supplies for MTU Series 4000. Tognum’s
‘Rising Star’ for 2010 was engine valve manufacturer Märkisches
Werk GmbH. The essential criteria for evaluation are
quality, logistics and competitiveness together with the new
criterion “environmental protection”.
At the celebrations for the company‘s 10th anniversary,
MTU France CEO, Christian Courcelles, thanked clients
for their trust.
Côte d’Azur to a complete sales and service unit in France
and francophone Africa covering all applications.
Products from MTU and MTU Onsite Energy in service
in France are not only to be found in the Parisian landmark
where MTU engines power the emergency gensets. Many
yachts of the shipyard Chantier Naval Couach are equipped
with Series 2000 and 4000 engines, the French Railway relies
on Series 4000 engines to drive its trains, the Peu geot production
facility in Mulhouse and the Smart factory in Hambach
generate power with the help of gas systems from
MRU Onsite Energy. Other milestones were the inauguration
of the ultra-modern After-Sales center in Pégomas near
Cannes in 2009 as well as the opening of a branch office in
Algiers in the same year and, since then, the continuously
growing sales and service network of MTU France in North
Africa. Courcelles thanked MTU France’s clients for the trust
they had placed in the company.
The MTU and MTU Onsite Energy websites now include a
“Find your Dealer” button and a Sales & Service Locator on the
“Contact” page.
Which way for MTU?
A new worldwide service locator on the MTU and MTU
Onsite Energy websites now helps clients find a service
agent or dealer much more quickly. The customer simply
enters the name of his location or his zip code / postal
code in the new Internet tool and selects the application
for which he needs a dealer. He can choose between
‘Sales’ and ’Service’ and can also search by dealer name.
The results are shown as hits within a defined radius or the
designated dealer is displayed. Customers see the results
in a user-friendly Google Maps environment and receive
directions to their nearest sales or service partner simply
by loading the information directly from the search results
to their Smartphone using a 2D code.