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DEUTZ AG Magazine Edition 1/2008 

Dr Helmut Leube – an 

interview with the new 

Chairman of the Board 

Expertise 

Football Championship 

– champions of the hearts 

Innovation 

Technology 

is trumps 

Life 

Tractor pulling – 

who brakes, loses

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Photo: DEUTZ AG 

Dr Helmut Leube, 

Chairman of the 

Board of DEUTZ AG 

Strong market 

position 

Dear DEUTZ-LIVE readers, I am happy to be a 

part of this company since the 1st of February 

2008 in my position as new Chairman of 

the Board and to be able to introduce myself to you 

in this issue of DEUTZ LIVE. 2007 was an extremely 

successful business year. The targeted full utilisation 

of assembly capacity of more than 30,000 

engines of the new TCD 2013 4V series was 

achieved. We also completed the relocation of production 

of the air-cooled series from Cologne to Ulm 

at the beginning of 2007 on schedule, there is now 

a total capacity of 35,000 engines since the expansion. 

Another milestone in the history of DEUTZ 

was the official start of the Joint Venture in Dalian, 

China in August 2007. An impressive example of the 

global presence of DEUTZ. 

Based on the continuing growth in our markets and 

our strong market position we look forward to another 

successful business year with a two-figure sales 

growth within a range of at least 10 per cent and an 

increase in the EBIT margin of approximately seven 

per cent in 2008. DEUTZ will be paying out a dividend 

this year again for the first time in 22 years. 

A fact that underlines and confirms the performance 

of our company. 

The figures for the first quarter also show that we 

are on the right road: Sales in the first three months 

of 2008 were higher than in the same period last 

year with an increase of 14.3 per cent. The turnover 

Editorial 

also increased considerably by 18.4 per cent to 397 

million euros. The operative result was 19.7 million 

euros and therefore 36.8 per cent higher than last 

year. The EBIT margin was increased from 4.3 to 5.0 

per cent. The company result after tax increased by 

68.8 per cent to 13.5 million euros. A result with 

which we have every reason to be pleased and 

which I would like to continue in my new post! 

I would like to introduce myself to you in this issue 

by telling you something about my previous career 

and what particularly interests me about my work 

(page 8). The success of a company is reflected in 

the quality of its product. Our quality demands are 

high – as are the demands we make on our 

engines. The prerequisite for the high technical 

state of our engines is the extraordinary purity of 

the components. Read how this is inspected in the 

so-called cleanroom on page 12. 

If not us, who else – a slogan which not only applies 

for sport but also for DEUTZ. DEUTZ will be present 

at the European Football Championship in Switzerland 

and Austria. When the strongest and the best 

compete, DEUTZ will be a part of it (page 14). However, 

in order to stay a market leader and trendsetter 

for the future, we not only have to set but also 

surpass technical standards. The motto is: Technology 

is trumps. DEUTZ is investing several million 

euros in the mechanical production this year for 

instance. Expansion and modernisation are just two 

of the slogans here (page 16). 

That DEUTZ operates world-wide is a well-known 

fact. However, few people know that DEUTZ regularly 

crosses the island of Corsica. 24 DEUTZ engines 

drive twelve locomotives of the Corsican Railways 

and ensure their trouble-free trip across the Mediterranean 

island (page 18). But DEUTZ does not only 

climb steep mountain ranges with ease. The Dieselwiesel 

team from Rheine demonstrates what DEUTZ 

is capable of at the Tractor Pulling (page 20). 

Success is there to be repeated – and I stand for 

continuity. I look forward to continuing the company’s 

course of success with you. 

Kind regards 

Your 

Dr Helmut Leube 

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Contents 

Geneva, Stade de Geneve (SUI) 

Basel (SUI) 

St.-Jakob-Park 

4 DEUTZLIVE 1/2008 

Bern-Wankdorf (SUI) 

Stade de Suisse 

Cover picture 

Headquarters: The cover 

photo of this issue shows 

the new head office of 

DEUTZ AG which was 

opened in December 2006. 

The modern building is the 

place of work of the new 

Zurich (SUI) 

Letzigrund 

Innsbruck (AUT) 

Stadium Tivoli new 

Salzburg (AUT) 

Wals-Siezenheim 

Chairman of the Board 

Dr Helmut Leube. Cover story 

14 Euro 2008: For the emergency 

power supply at the matches 

between Portugal and Turkey 

(7.6.), Czech Republic and Portugal 

(11.6.) and Turkey and Czech 

Republic (15.6) a DEUTZ TBD 616 

V12 is in operation in the Stade 

de Geneve (Geneva). 

Klagenfurt (AUT) 

Wörthersee Stadium 

Vienna (AUT) 

Ernst Happel Stadium 

8 An excellent position 

Dr Helmut Leube, the new Chairman of the 

Board, introduces himself to DEUTZ LIVE readers 

Photo: Fondation du Stade de Geneve, Implenia AG/Comet Photoshopping GmbH, Zürich, Olympiaworld/Matthias Clemenc, Stade de Suisse, Stadtpresse Klagenfurt/Horst, SWS/Rehrl, Wien Tourismus, www.euro08.basel.ch 

Expertise 

12 Pure components for clean engines 

Contaminated components are traced 

at DEUTZ in a so-called cleanroom 

14 Champions of the hearts 

DEUTZ puts in an appearance at the European 

Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland 

Innovation 

16 Technology is trumps 

With investments in the employees and the locations 

DEUTZ lays the cornerstone for further growth 

Technology 

18 Diesel locomotive on the success track 

The French railway vehicle manufacturer CFD uses 

DEUTZ engines in the new AMG 800 locomotive 

Life 

20 Who brakes, loses 

Engines from DEUTZ are on board when the 

European tractor puller elite match their strengths 

Service 

22 World-wide support around the clock 

With an Internet-aided database DEUTZ makes documents 

available world-wide in many different languages 

22 Logic of the logo 

The company logo in the mirror of time – 

the development from 1917 to the present day 

Columns 

3 Editorial 

6 News 

23 Press articles 

23 Readers action 

18 The AMG 800 panorama locomotive of the French 

manufacturer CFD will be driven by DEUTZ engines in future 

Contents 

12 The production of modern 

engines is a clean business: 

In order to ensure the high 

quality level in production, 

DEUTZ places great emphasis 

on the purity of the components 

20 Magnificent men in their smoking machines: The Dieselwiesel team 

from Rheine in Westphalia causes a stir at the Tractor Pulling event 

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News 

USA 

Full steam ahead 

It goes by the name of “Hero” – 

and the work that the tug did for 

the last 34 years before being fitted 

with a new DEUTZ F12L413 

engine in March was truly heroic. 

It is mainly yachts which the 

“Hero” navigates backwards and 

forwards on the Atlantic Coast 

and the New River for its owner, 

Bradford Marine Towing in Fort 

Lauderdale (Florida). “There are 

not many tugs with an air-cooled 

diesel engine – not to mention 

engines with 80,000 operating 

hours behind them”, Marvin 

Spurlin, OEM Service & Warranty 

Manager of the Deutz Corporation 

in Norcross (Georgia), remembers 

the first 413 engine with which 

the little “Hero” tugged the up to 

3,175 kg loads. But even the 

toughest engine has to go into 

retirement some time: At the end 

of 2007 Bradford Marine contacted 

the local DEUTZ dealer “Motor 

Services Hugo Stamp” (MSHS) – 

and with the help of the Deutz Corporation 

found a new 413 engine 

in the Bavarian factory in 

FRANCE 

“Family reunion” in Cologne 

“Visit from relatives” to Cologne- 

Porz: 50 employees of DEUTZ 

France were guests at the head 

office in Cologne-Porz on the 14th 

of December 2007. The employees 

also visited the Technology 

Centre and the production. The ini- 

Übersee. In addition to the long 

life of the predecessor it was also 

the warranty services and the fact 

that the replacement engine 

necessitated no further modifications 

to the tug that were convincing, 

Joerg Scheele, Director Ser- 

tiative for the visit came from the 

management of the French subsidiary. 

They invite their employees 

to an end of year celebration 

every year. In 2007 they decided 

to visit Cologne to show the 

employees the head office there. 

The 50 visitors from DEUTZ France in front of the head office in Cologne-Porz 

vice and Product Support at 

MSHS reports. People in and 

around Fort Lauderdale agree: 

The “Hero” not only shines like on 

its first day in service but will honour 

its name for many years to 

come in terms of tugging power. 

Bradford Marine runs 

the world’s largest covered 

dock for yacht repairs. The 

little “Hero” is indispensable 

as a tug boat 

UNIVERSITY DAY 

A successful premiere 

The DEUTZ University Day which was held for the 

first time in Cologne-Porz at the end of 2007 was a 

successful premiere. The information day was 

staged by the Personnel Development and Marketing 

department. Numerous students from mainly 

engineering courses took the opportunity to make 

their first career contacts and to get to know DEUTZ 

as a potential employer. Technicians and managers 

from different company departments presented 

their fields of responsibility. 

The University Day was well received 

Photo: Bau-Service-Bröder, Bradford Marine, Janina Decker, DEUTZ AG, MSHS, Steven Roller 

EXHIBITION 

Art in the foyer 

Five ambitious artists brightened up the foyer of the 

new DEUTZ head office 

Many people who set foot in the foyer of the head 

office in Cologne-Porz between the beginning of 

March and the end of April were more than a little 

surprised: Inge Hartwich, Brigitte Schmitt, Karl-Heinz 

Bertram, Joachim Decker and Roland Gomoll exhibited 

their works of art in acrylic, water colour and oil 

there for eight weeks. The DEUTZ employees are 

enthusiastic artists and the motifs of their 37 exhibited 

works ranged from a couple in deep embrace in 

the desert, happy sails in the wind to the inventor 

and DEUTZ founder Nicolaus August Otto. 

COLOGNE 

Press Officer 

Janina Decker has taken over the 

management of the DEUTZ magazines 

Janina Decker has been the new 

Public Relations Officer of 

DEUTZ AG since February 2008. 

In this function the 27 year old is 

also responsible for the project 

management of DEUTZ LIVE and 

DEUTZ TALK. Janina Decker was 

previously with Wella AG in 

Darmstadt and took over from 

Steven Roller who left the company 

in January. 

MONUMENT 

Historic band saw with single cylinder 

Kamp-Bornhofen, at the heart of the World Cultural Inheritance of the Upper Middle Rhine 

Valley region, has a very special industrial monument: A self-driven band saw with horizontal 

single-cylinder DEUTZ MAH 516, built in 1932. Josef Jakob Kimmel (top right) drive 

through the region as a “mobile sawmill” until the 1960s. Franz Bischoff (bottom right) 

restored the historical piece which has been given a place of honour by the community. 

NOTICES | Short & Sharp 

Head of Corporate 

Development 

Financial dates for 2008 

21.5. General Meeting 2008 

13.8. Publication of intermediate report 

1. for the first six months of 2008 

Press conference 

Telephone conference with analysts 

and investors 

Trade fair calendar for 2008 

Mobile machinery 

13.-15.5. SED, Corby/Milton Keynes (GB) 

17.-21.6. CTT, Moskow (RUS) 

6 DEUTZLIVE 1/2008 7 

News 

Dr Udo Specht became 

Head of Corporate 

Development on the 1st 

of January 2008. He 

took over the post from 

his predecessor Christian 

Krupp who moved to 

the Deutz Corp. in 

Atlanta as new CFO. Dr 

Specht is a graduate of 

managerial economics. 

After working as an 

assistant in the Auditing 

and Controlling faculty of 

Dr Udo Specht 

the University of Augsburg for several years he was 

employed by McKinsey Business Consultants from 

2001. The man from Münsterland sees the focus of 

his work at DEUTZ in growth and internationalisation 

strategy. The 30 year old has one son and likes to play 

tennis and chess in his spare time. 

Senior Vice 

President Purchasing 

Gerhard Gehweiler 

became Senior Vice 

President of the Purchasing 

Department on 

the 1st of January 

2008. He succeeds Dr 

Ralf Köster who left 

DEUTZ AG last year. Gerhard 

Gehweiler studied 

Management and Economics 

and Economic 

Law. The 49 year old 

worked in Purchasing at 

Linde AG from 1998. 

Gerhard Gehweiler 

Before that he worked for Gartner Denver and Eisenmann 

Maschinenbau KG. Gerhard Gehweiler is married 

and was born in Baden-Württemberg.

Cover story Cover story 

Executive Board 

An excellent 

position 

In February of this year, Dr Helmut 

Leube assumed the position of the new 

Chairman of the Board of DEUTZ AG. 

Within this framework, the 54-year-old 

will bring in his many years of experience 

in the automobile industry for the 

engine manufacturer in Cologne. DEUTZ 

LIVE met Dr Leube for an interview 

Since February 1, 2008, DEUTZ AG has had a 

new Chairman of the Board. In Dr Helmut 

Leube, the company has gained a proven 

expert from the automobile industry. After his predecessor, 

Gordon Riske, left in October 2007 for the 

Kion Group, the Director of Finance, Helmut Meyer, 

assumed the position on an interim basis. Dr Leube 

now had some time for an interview with DEUTZ LIVE. 


Photo: DEUTZ AG

Cover story 

The new Executive Board of DEUTZ (from left): Dr Helmut Leube, Helmut Meyer, Gino Mario Biondi and Karl Huebser 


Dr Leube, how have the first months of your position 

as Chairman of DEUTZ AG’s Board gone? 

Dr Leube: It has been thoroughly exciting. I could 

find myself quickly becoming familiar with the company. 

In numerous personal conversations, DEUTZ 

AG employees have introduced me to “their” company 

and have given me a better understanding of 

the company’s interesting surroundings. Thus, they 

have made it easy for me to become familiar with 

DEUTZ AG and to learn the ropes. In order to gain 

a comprehensive view into the corporation’s activities, 

I have visited production and development 

sites in Ulm, Übersee, Cologne-Deutz and Cologne- 

Kalk as well as the locations in Dalian, China, 

Zafra, Spain and Atlanta in the USA. 

Your predecessor, Gordon Riske, was Chairman of 

the Board for seven years and was very successful 

in this position. Have you accepted a momentous 

task? 

In this capacity, he has made a substantial contribution 

to the successful development of DEUTZ AG. This 

is of course something that I would like to continue. 

Where do you see the company’s strengths – what 

would you like to achieve? 

DEUTZ has an excellent starting base from which to 

further develop its present growth in the future. The 

markets in North America and China have a lot of 

potential. With this background, we will continue 

the strategy of internationalisation on a continuous 

basis. A strength of DEUTZ has always been to 

enhance engine technology. In order to master the 

challenges of the future, it is essential for us to further 

expand our activities, especially in the area of 

exhaust gas treatment. 

What does the name DEUTZ mean to you? 

The name DEUTZ stands for reliability, trust and 

strength. DEUTZ is a world renowned name that can 

maintain its position as such. The fact that we are 

represented in over 130 countries doesn’t come 

from nowhere. We have intensified our activities in 

the Chinese market with the joint venture in Dalian. 

Of course, I know very well that the past has not 

always been friendly to the company. One cannot 

overlook the fact that DEUTZ has definitely experienced 

some hard times in its 144-year history. 

However, the company could always count on the 

strong support of its employees. In my opinion, 

DEUTZ has emerged from this experience stronger 

than before. Due to positive business development 

in the last few years, we can currently promote 

worthwhile projects for the future. Our products are 

first class, and there is nothing standing in the way 

of a continuation of our profitable growth. 

INFO | Executive Board 

With the appointment of Dr Helmut 

Leube as Chairman of the 

Board at DEUTZ, the entire Board 

has been commissioned. In September 

2007, the company created 

a fourth managing division 

with the areas of purchasing and 

logistics, which is now headed by 

Gino Mario Biondi. Since June 

2003, Helmut Meyer has been 

responsible for the finance and 

personnel divisions. In July 2007, 

his contract was extended for 

another five years. After Gordon 

Riske left the position of Chairman 

of the Board, the 58-year-old 

Meyer assumed the position on 

an interim basis until February 

2008. Karl Huebser, who was 

born in South Tyrol, has been a 

member of the Executive Board in 

the field of technology and, therefore, 

responsible for that area 

since August 2001. 

Photo: DEUTZ AG 

INFO | Dr Helmut Leube 

Dr Helmut Leube, who was awarded 

a doctorate in mechanical 

engineering, has had a successful 

career in the automobile industry. 

He occupied various leadership 

positions at BMW from 1987 

to 2004. Dr Leube was the director 

of BMW Manufacturing Co. 

LLC in Spartanburg (South Carolina, 

USA) among others and was 

responsible for the Munich plant 

in 2004 as plant manager. In 

2004, Dr Leube left to become a 

member of the Executive Board of 

Webasto AG. The 54-year-old has 

been Chairman of DEUTZ’ Executive 

Board since February. 

How do you assess the present economic situation 

of the company? 

I think that we can look optimistically to the future. 

DEUTZ is moving, and we can look excitedly at what 

comes. DEUTZ AG has achieved a lot during the last 

few years and is superbly positioned. 

Where do you see the company in five years? 

Three things are near and dear to me: first of all, I 

would like to be able to say that we have developed 

and marketed the right products. Our employees 

should be able to identify with DEUTZ and be happy 

to work here. Thirdly, it is important to me that 

stockholders put their faith in us and realize that 

DEUTZ is an attractive investment. 

How do you characterize your management style? 

Teamwork plays an important role in one’s professional 

life. Working together can achieve a lot – this 

is an important component of the everyday workday. 

I am a person who works very fast, specifically 

and logically. I also admire these qualities in our 

employees. 

Please allow a few personal questions … 

With pleasure. I am 54 years old and married with 

two sons, ages nine and fifteen. In my spare time, 

I like to travel a lot and play sports. This excellently 

balances my professional life. 

Speaking of your professional life, would you 

please briefly mention what had led you to DEUTZ? 

I studied at the technical university in Aachen and 

received my doctorate in mechanical engineering. 

From 2004 to 2008, I was member of the Executive 

Board of Webasto AG in the capacity of Chief Operating 

Officer responsible for the areas of research 

and development, sales, production and quality 

assurance. Before this, I occupied various leadership 

positions at BMW AG for 17 years and was 

director of MBW Manufacturing Co. LLC in Spartanburg 

(South Carolina, USA) among others. Then, I 

was a manager for BMW’s plant in Munich which 

produces 220,000 vehicles annually. 

Metaphorically spoken, your career proceeded 

from the automobile to the engine … 

One can say this is certainly so; as an engineer 

I naturally have a huge interest in motors and 

things related to technology. By the way, I started 

working at BMW manufacturing engines. Therefore, 

it is rather correct to say that my path has led from 

the motor to the automobile and back again to the 

motor. DEUTZ’s slogan “We love engines” also 

applies to me – “I love engines!” Cars are nice to 

look at, but its heart beats under the bonnet and, 

in the end, depends on it. For this reason, I am 

especially pleased about the challenge to be able 

to work in a traditional company like DEUTZ AG. The 

motorisation of the world began in Cologne and it 

has made the lives of people easier in various 

ways. It fills me with pride to have the opportunity 

to lead this company now. [jd] ■ 

Since February 2008, Dr Helmut Leube has been the new Chairman of the Board at DEUTZ 

Cover story 

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Expertise 


Component cleanliness laboratory 

Pure components 

for clean engines 

The increasing demands on modern 

engine generations in connection with 

narrower and narrower tolerances make the 

cleanliness of components a real quality feature. 

Contaminated components are tracked down at DEUTZ 

in a so-called cleanroom 

Doctors were probably the first people to realise that strict cleanliness is more 

than just a habit. The environment and the contamination of objects is a decisive 

factor for the success and quality of precision work. Realisation of this necessity 

has led to the sterile conditions in operating theatres in modern hospitals. But that’s 

not enough: Industrial companies have recently become concerned with a 

high degree of purity in certain areas of the production 

process. The conditions in chip production are 

almost notoriously clean. The high-tech production 

deals with ranges of a billionth 

of a metre 

(nanometer). The market leaders Intel 

and AMD position millions upon millions of transistors in this sector (insert on page 

13). The cleanliness requirements in engine production are a relatively new discipline. 

Increasing demands on the modern engine generations set new challenges for 

the production processes and make the cleanliness of the components an elementary 

quality feature. The conditions are similar to those in chip production. The 

cleanliness requirements at DEUTZ are not quite on the scale of those at AMD and 

Intel but they are still very demanding. The contamination threshold at DEUTZ is on 

the scale of micrometers and therefore in range of millionths of a millimetre. The 

days when cleanliness in the production of industrial engines was defined by chips, 

burr and scale-free are over. The trend towards a high purity at DEUTZ began in 2003 

Photo: AMD/Sven Döring, DEUTZ AG, Steven Roller 

when a Hydac CTU 2400 was purchased and 

installed in the Material Technology department as 

the first machine for testing the cleanliness. 

Optimised cleanliness testing 

Just two years later an increase in the efficiency and 

improvement of the machine was considered. The 

challenge of the project was in the large number of 

components to be tested. The cleanliness test at 

DEUTZ covers many components of different sizes. 

In comparison with the machines of suppliers who 

usually only have to inspect one component, a comparable 

machine at DEUTZ must have great flexibility. 

DEUTZ was able to secure employees of Bosch 

as experts who came up with numerous suggestions 

for optimisation. The project came to a 

head in 2007 with a newly designed cleanliness 

laboratory and the purchase of a small Hydac 

CTU 1200 test system. Finally, in December 

2007 a further optimisation of the contamination 

testing was effected. The DEUTZ 

Common Rail injection (DCR) and the 

analysis system and washing processes 

have been tested in production 

since with the investment in a particle counting 

microscope. “The use of a particle counting microscope 

is an important progress. It counts and measures 

the individual particles. As a result we get the 

number of particles per size class,” Thomas 

Wankelmuth, the man responsible for cleanliness 

testing since February 2005, explains. The expert 

continues: “The contamination result even divides 

the particles into the categories metallic, non-metallic 

and fibres.” 

Search for particles 

The components relevant to cleanliness such as 

crankcase, crankshafts, DCR or media bearing components 

are rinsed specifically under laboratory conditions. 

Then the particle-contaminated liquid is filtered 

through a membrane and dried at 110 degrees 

Celsius for about 45 minutes. After that the extracted 

particles are weighed and examined under a 

microscope and with an image software. The search 

is made mainly for abrasive particles such as metal, 

sand or glass. These could cause failures later. To 

maintain a high standard of quality, the suppliers 

must meet certain cleanliness requirements. The 

prerequisite for a precise testing of the contamination 

is a clean environment. The laboratory therefore 

has a sluice with an air conditioning system. It creates 

an overpressure with filtered air of purity class 

9. The particle entry into the laboratory is therefore 

reduced to a minimum. The walls can be cleaned 

additionally to bind dust particles. The reduces 

the measuring uncertainties and also 

improves the entire test process. [jp] ■ 

INFO | AMD Saxony 

Expertise 

Clean environment in the AMD 

factory 36 (Dresden) 

Extreme cleanliness requirements 

dictate the microprocessor 

production in the Dresden 

chip production of AMD. In the 

highly modern environment of the 

Fab 36 built in 2005 AMD – the 

second biggest manufacturer of 

semiconductors after Intel – produces 

in the 65-nanometer technology 

and has even already 

begun pilot production of the 45nanometer 

technology. The 

changeover to the 45 nanometer 

has many advantages for the 

users but makes enormous 

demands on the manufacturers. 

The chip producers can lithograph 

almost twice as many transistors 

onto the chip surface and 

still reduce the power consumption 

by up to 30 per cent. Despite 

this strength, the microprocessors 

are incredibly tiny regardless 

of their shape because: one 

nanometer is only one billionth of 

a metre. It is not hard even for 

the layman to imagine what damage 

contamination can wreak in 

production. Even the slightest 

impurity is immense on this 

scale. They also cause high 

waste rates. To avoid this, 

employees and components are 

subject to strict standards. 

Cleaning in the Hydac CTU 1200 Unique: CTU 2400 for engine blocks Particle concentration in the filter Determination of the contamination 

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Expertise 

Football’s Euro 2008 

Champions of the hearts 

When Europe’s best football players go head-to-head in Switzerland and 

Austria in June, DEUTZ will be right in on it, too. It’s not just the managers 

who are getting engrossed in their teams in the Alpine nations … 

When Switzerland’s “Nati” – as the national team are 

known – contest the opening game in the 13th European 

Football Championship on 7th June in Basel, the Alps will 

long have been bedecked in their red and white colours. It is the 

first time in the history of the European Championships that two 

countries, Switzerland and Austria, will jointly host the tournament. 

And both teams will be making their bid for the title in their red and 

white national colours. 

“The closer we get to the start of the tournament, the more you 

can sense the excitement,” reports Johannes Becker, MD of 

DEUTZ Austria. It is a sentiment that is shared by Leo Hürlimann, 

Managing Director of DEMTECH AG, DEUTZ’s service partner in 

Switzerland. “The Swiss are behind their team to a man,” confirms 

Hürlimann. If the European Championship delivers what people in 

Europe are expecting from it, the positive commercial trends that 

Becker and Hürlimann are predicting can recede into the background 

for a few days. After “two very good years” the prospects 

remain positive, but in June 2008 it will be the Beautiful Game that 

dominates life in the two Alpine nations. Of this the DEUTZ staff in 

both Switzerland and Austria are convinced – and not entirely 

impartially. “When the new Swiss stadiums were being built, 

DEUTZ was involved in every building site,” says Hürlimann, referring 

to the new and refurbished stadiums. 

And DEUTZ will also be playing a key role as spectators flock in 

their millions to the two Alpine lands. The organisers’ strategy for 

travelling fans largely rests on public transport, and operators in 

both countries use DEUTZ engines to drive their rail systems. 

SWITZERLAND 

Pop./Surface Area: 7.6 m./41,285 km 2 

Pop./km 2 : 183.9 

Capital: Bern pop. approx. 122,000 

Info: www.swissworld.org 

Euro record*: Q: 1996, 2004 

Players**: 571,700 

Association founded: 1895 

FIFA world ranking: 41st place 

DEUTZ dealers: 1 

* Semi-final (SF), Quarter final (QF), 

Qualified for finals (Q) 

AUSTRIA 

PORTUGAL 

Pop./Surface Area: 10.6 m./92,117 km2 Pop./km2 : 119 

Capital: Lisbon pop. approx. 1.9 m. 

Info: www.portugal.org 

Euro record*: 2nd place: 2004 | 

SF: 1984, 2000 | QF: 1996 

Players**: 547,734 


FIFA world ranking: 8th place 



Pop./km 2 : 99 

Capital: Vienna pop. approx. 1.6 m. 

Info: www.austria.info 

Euro record*: ––– 

Players**: 967,281 




** FIFA study: Big Count 2006 

GERMANY 

CZECH REPUBLIC 


Capital: Prague pop. approx. 1.3 m. 

Info: www.czech.cz 

Euro record*: 1st place: 1976 | 

2nd place: 1996 | 3rd place: 1960, 1980 | 

SF: 2004 | Q: 2000 

Players**: 1,040,357 





Capital: Berlin pop. approx. 3.4 m. 

Info: www.deutschland.de 

Euro record*: 1st place 1972, 1980, 

1996 | 2nd place: 1976, 1992 | SF: 

1988 | Q: 1984, 2000, 2004 

Players**: 16,308,946 




“DEUTZ has traditionally been strong in shunting locomotives and 

contact lines in Switzerland. This is exclusively done with particle 

filters,” says Hürlimann. The Austrian Federal Railways are also 

playing it safe and are having extraordinary inspections carried out 

on the DEUTZ drive engines in order to avoid any threat to their 

availability. 

Each team to support its own nation 

Right now, the tension is not just rising amongst the 19 staff of 

DEUTZ Austria and the five service partners. The Swiss, with Leo 

Hürlimann and his team of 13, are also thrilled at the prospect of 

the opening game. The Austrians, meanwhile, have an interim highlight 

with a game on 16th June at the Ernst Happel Stadium in 

Vienna in which the home team will take on Germany. Meanwhile, 

the Swiss, too, are relying heavily on home advantage. Leo Hürlimann 

is dreaming of a Germany-Switzerland final, “with the Swiss 

coming out on top”. The Cologne-born Johannes Becker feels that 

Germany are the hot favourite for the title. His staff in Vienna, of 

course, see things rather differently. 

Once the new kings have been crowned, DEUTZ engines will 

once again assume top priority. And there is nobody better able to 

judge how reliable and robust they are than a certain German, resident 

in Switzerland, who knows more about engines than most. 

Multiple Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has just 

bought a BF6M1013FC from Leo Hürlimann as an ermergency 

power generator for his new property on Lake Geneva. [jp] ■ 

CROATIA 

TURKEY 


Pop./km 2 : 92 

Capital: Ankara pop. approx. 3.6 m. 

Info: www.kultur.gov.tr 

Euro record*: QF: 2000 | Q: 1996 

Players**: 2,748,657 





Pop./km 2 : 78 

Capital: Zagreb pop. approx. 1 m. 

Info: www.croatia.hr 

Euro record*: QF: 1996 | Q: 2004 

Players**: 362,514 




POLAND 


Pop./km 2 : 122 

Capital: Warsaw pop. approx. 2.4 m. 

Info: www.poland.gov.pl 

Euro record*: ––– 

Players**: 2,000,264 




Photo: Echo Medienhaus/H. Dimko, Fondation du Stade de Geneve, Fotolia, Michael Göken, Olympiaworld/Matthias Clemenc, Stade de Suisse, Stadtpresse Klagenfurt/Horst, Stadt Zürich – Amt für Hochbauten, SWS/Rehrl, www.euro08.basel.ch 

St.-Jakob-Park, Basel 

NETHERLANDS 


Capital: Amsterdam pop. approx. 743,000 

Info: www.holland.com 


3rd place: 1976 | SF: 1992, 2000, 2004 | 

QF: 1996 | Q: 1980 

Players**: 1,745,860 




ROMANIA 


Pop./km 2 : 94 

Capital: Bucharest pop. approx. 2.1 m. 

Info: www.romania.org 

Euro record*: QF: 2000 | Q: 1984, 1996 

Players**: 1,034,320 




ITALY 


Capital: Rome pop. approx. 2.6 m. 

Info: www.enit.it 

Euro record*: 1st place 1968 | 

2nd place: 2000 | SF: 1988 | 

4th place: 1980 | Q: 1996, 2004 

Players**: 4,980,296 


FIFA world ranking: 3rd place 


FRANCE 


Capital: Paris pop. approx. 10.8 m. 

Info: www.frenchculturenow.com 

Euro record*: 1st place 1984, 2000 | 

SF: 1996 | 4th place: 1960 | QF: 2004 | 

Q: 1992 

Players**: 4,190,040 




GREECE 

France 

Geneva 


Pop./km 2 : 84 

Capital: Athens pop. approx. 4.5 m. 

Info: www.gnto.gr 

Euro record*: 1st place: 2004 | Q: 1980 

Players**: 760,621 




BERN 

ATLANTISCHER 

OZEAN 

West 

Basel Zurich 

Sahara 

Switzerland 

LAKE GENEVA 

RHINE 

Mauretanien 

Nouakchott 

SPAIN 


Capital: Madrid pop. approx. 3.1 m. 

Info: www.spain.info 


2nd place: 1984 | QF: 1996, 2000 | 

Q: 1980, 1988, 2004 

Players**: 2,834,190 




Letzigrund, Zurich 

VIERWALD- 

STÄTTER 

SEE 

Casablanca 

LAKE MAGGIORE 

p 

Rabat 

Marokko 

LAKE CONSTANCE 

Germany 

Morocco 

Liechtenstein 

DANUBE 

SWEDEN 

Algerien 

Pop./Surface Area: 9 m./450,295 km2 Pop./km2 : 20 

Capital: Stockholm pop. approx. 771,000 

Info: www.sweden.se 

Euro record*: SF: 1992 | QF: 2004 | 

Q: 2000 

Players**: 1,006,939 




Stadium Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim 

Algier 

Innsbruck 

Tunis 

Tunesien 

RUSSIA 

Tripolis 

Salzburg Libyen 

Mali 

Italy 

Niger Tschad 

Slovenia 

Stade de Geneve, Geneva Stade de Suisse, Bern Stadium Tivoli new, Innsbruck 


Pop./Surface Area: 142.2 m./17.1 m. km2 Pop./km2 : 8 

Capital: Moscow pop. approx. 10.8 m. 

Info: www.russiaprofile.org 


2nd place: 1964, 1972, 1988 | 

4th place: 1968 | Q: 1992, 1996, 2004 

Players**: 5,802,536 


FIFA world ranking: 22nd place 


Czech Republic 

Austria 

Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna 

Klagenfurt 

VIENNA 

NEUSIEDLER SEE 

Expertise 

Slovakia 

0 50 km 

Wörthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt

Innovation 

DEUTZ invests in machinery 

Strategy Training was conducted in 

order to introduce employees to new 

automated machines. Dieter Meurer, 

production manager for the manufacturing 

of crankcases in Deutz and 

Kalk, remarks that “employees 

should be able to solve problems by 

themselves as much as possible 

and to hold the machines in check.” 


Investments 

Technology is trumps 

Mechanical manufacturing and mounting are the 

heart of an engine manufacturer. However, more and 

more is being expected. Growing markets mean 

more diverse and varied demands on the engines, 

not to mention amended exhaust gas legislation and 

stricter laws for the exhaust-gas aftertreatment, 

which goes hand in hand with individual customer 

requests. In order to fundamentally comply with 

these demands, one must have perfect equipment. 

DEUTZ LIVE has once more gone over the emphasis 

on investment with a fine-tooth comb 

The large “whole” is mostly 

composed of the “one”. 

Werner Friede, Director of 

Mechanical Manufacturing at 

Cologne-Deutz, Cologne-Kalk and 

Herschbach, knows that without 

the five components, i.e. 

crankcase, crankshaft, cam shaft, 

cylinder head and connecting rod, 

nothing runs at DEUTZ. The 

crankcases 2011/912-914, AG 

crankshafts 2012, 2011, 912- 

914 and all cam shafts are manu- 

DEUTZ 

factured at Cologne-Deutz, as are 

pipes, for all engine types. Likewise, 

the cylinder heads and pipes 

for air-cooled engines produced in Photo/Illustration: 

INFO | Design award for Aircooled Diesel Gensets 

Ulm are also manufactured at 

Cologne-Deutz. The plant in 

Cologne-Kalk produces crankcases 

for water cooled engines with a 

capacity of 4-8 liters for the 2012 

and 2013 types produced in Hall 

40 in Porz. However, the mechanical 

manufacturing of the most 

modern components only be 

ensured with the right equipment. 

People and machines 

Last year, for example, more 

than ten million euros were 

invested in manufacturing at 

Cologne-Deutz plant, especially 

for technical equipment. In addition 

to lathes and milling, sanding 

and straightening machines, 

whirling machines and CNC tube 

bending machines, among others, 

were also purchased. 

However, something has been 

done in Kalk: due to the idea of 

enlarging capacity, 4-8 liter 

crankcases could be put into 

operation in five machining centers 

of Grob in Kalk. Each of 

these five centers is staffed with 

three employees per shift. Currently, 

eleven 6-cylinder 

crankcases or twelve 4-cylinder 

crankcases can be finished. Likewise, 

380,000 euros were 

invested in the area of cover 

mounting and intermediate 

cleaning. Every day an employee 

is responsible there for cover 

mounting, tool pre-setting and 

the honing machine. 

To this end, DEUTZ provides 

foundations, energy connections, 

hoists and cranes, as well as 

turn over devices for finishing 

workpieces, workplace equipment 

and workplace design and 

the relocation of the adjustment 

machines from Building 34 to 

Building 35. Olaf Dierks, in his 

capacity as the director responsible 

for machine acquisition, 

explains that with just an investment 

of seven million euros, an 

enlargement in capacity to produce 

10,000 crank cases yearly 

for the 4-cylinder 2012 engine 

could be created. 

A honing machine could also 

be put into operation for just 1.2 

million euros. Now, regarding 

new technological processes, a 

spiral glide honing process could 

occur from Project, Tier 3. So, 

then the exchange of pollutants 

can be reduced. In addition, the 

higher demand for surface area 

is fulfilled while a more slight surface 

roughness is achieved in the 

cylinder pipe. 

From the annual requirements 

of the Cologne-Kalk plant of 

120,000 crankcases with a 4-8 

liter capacity without a commer- 

cial vehicle engine, 60,000 proceed 

via a transfer line with 17 

tiers. The transfer line is composed 

of six sections interlocked 

via a chain. It is from this transfer 

line that the workpieces are transmitted 

in a spatial and temporal 

sequence. Ten thousand pieces 

roll over the supporting manufacturing 

of the transfer line, which 

was put into operation to 

increase efficiency, ten thousand 

roll over Grob’s plant in Kalk, 

twenty thousand roll over the supplier’s 

company and another 

twenty thousand crankcases the 

joint venture in China that began 

in August 2007. If the Grob 

plants were not put into operation, 

there would be an underperformance 

of ten thousand pieces. 

Worthwhile investments 

Approximately 620 employees 

are currently employed at Deutz 

in the area of mechanical manufacturing; 

the number is 120 in 

Kalk. Around 90 per cent of the 

employees operating the purchased 

machines are newly-hired 

skilled laborers and trainees. In 

total, 24 new work places were 

created just by starting the Grob 

manufacturing. These are investments 

that are worthwhile any 

way you look at it. [jd] ■ 

Innovation 

DEUTZ AG can be pleased about a special award: The new product series DEUTZ Air-Cooled Diesel 

Gensets (ADG) could prevail in one of the most famous and difficult design competitions. Regarding 

the Red Dot Award in the category of product 

design in 2008, the ADGs were awarded the “Red 

Dot” symbol of quality by a world class panel of 

experts. The distinction is only awarded to particularly 

creative, innovative and high-quality products. 

The air-cooled diesel generators have a performance range of 28 to 152 kVA and 

are offered with a sound insulation capsule, among other things, which is distinguished 

by a highly-functional, contemporary, aesthetic industrial design. The design 

is appreciated not as a mere decoration but instead offers the user various other 

additional uses. The intuitive user guidance is a typical component; it directs one’s 

attention to the aggregate’s active zone. In addition, the design of the product is 

presented as modern, durable and having technology that is highly appropriate for 

use. So, all of the operating components are integrated deep inside the housing 

which protects it from damages during the coarse of a rigorous work day and 

prevents accidental tripping. Four doors allow free access to all of the relevant parts 

that need to be serviced. In total, 3,203 products from 51 nations were judged 

by the panel of experts. 

17

Technology 

Corsica 

Diesel railcar 

heading for success 

French railcar manufacturer CFD opts for a drive system 

combining a Voith gearbox and a DEUTZ engine in their 

new AMG 800 panoramic railcar 


Aquiet, fast and enjoyable ride on the mountain 

– this was how the AMG 800 was 

revealed when it made its Corsican debut on 

23rd June 2007. Since then the railcar, fitted with 

two DEUTZ BF8M 1015 CP engines, has been 

crossing and re-crossing the Mediterranean island 

from the capital Ajaccio to Bastia. 

“In all, Corsican railways ordered twelve railcars 

from the French Compagnie des Chemins de Fer 

Départementaux (CFD),” explained Michel Boucher, 

the DEUTZ France Project Manager. “Each vehicle is 

40 metres long and can change direction on the single-track 

route without a terminal loop.” To accomplish 

this, the AMG 800 has two driver’s cabs and two 

drive units, meaning that, altogether, 24 Deutz 

engines are in use. A spare engine was also supplied. 

Compact design 

“It seems that it was, above all, the DEUTZ engines’ 

compact design and legendary reliability and 

longevity which was the clincher for the drive package,” 

believes Lothar Kelling, from Rail Application 

Sales at DEUTZ Customer Service in Köln-Kalk. “Following 

on from the delivery of 400 TCD 2015 V6s to 

the Danish State Railways to replace the engines in 

their IC3 fleet (DEUTZ LIVE 2/2005) and the collaboration 

with Railpower (DEUTZ LIVE 3/2007), the 

partnership with CFD is further evidence of the power 

of the 1015/2015 series.” 

However, before the railbus started operating, 

its drive packages had already made several successful 

journeys. DEUTZ’s partner on this innova- 

Photo/Illustration: DEUTZ AG, Michael Göken, Pixelio, privat, Voith 

The new panoramic 

railcar on the line 

from Ajaccio to Bastia 

Railcars Unlike locomotives, 

railcars can also carry people. 

Operating diesel railcars is 

particularly more costeffective 

than entire trains in 

the case of non-electrified, 

local lines that are not 

heavily used. 

T 

Ajaccio 

0 10 20 km 

INFO | Voith 

Calvi 

Monte Cinto 

2710 

Vizzavona 

Corsica 

Bonifacio 

Corte 

Sardinia 

Bastia 

tive drive solution for the rail sector is Voith Turbo 

GmbH, who supplied the T 212 bre turbo transmission 

for the compact underfloor drive system in the 

diesel railcars. The hydrodynamic gearbox is then 

flange-mounted to the BF8M 1015 CP at DEUTZ’s 

Ulm plant. The assembly of the complete railcar, 

including the marriage with the drive package, is 

carried out at CFD’s Bagnères-de-Bigorre site in the 

French Pyrenees. 

Dynamic power and performance 

The success of the fine adjustments made by the 

two market leaders is quite apparent – the AMG 

800 proudly hits 83 km/h even on the steepest 

stretches in the strange mountain terrain. This has 

reduced journey times on the main 157 kilometre 

route from four hours to two-and-a-half. “Our experi- 

INFO | Corsica 

Technology 

At 8,680 km2 , Corsica is the fourth-largest island in the 

Mediterranean after Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. Some 

280,000 people live on the island, whose capital 

Ajaccio is famous for being the birthplace of Napoleon 

Bonaparte. Corsica is also known as “the mountain in 

the sea”, as the peaks in Corsica’s biggest ridge, which 

soar to 2,710 metres, are covered in snow right 

through to early summer. The Ajaccio-Bastia narrowgauge 

line, which was opened in 1894, is highly popular 

with both tourists and railway enthusiasts. One highlight 

on the route through the Corsican mountains is 

the 94 metre high bridge over the Vecchio, which was 

designed by Gustave Eiffel. 

ence and the skills we have acquired from over 

11,000 railcar gearboxes worldwide form the ideal 

basis for innovative drive solutions for 21st century 

rail transport,” said Bernd Schick, Voith Turbo 

GmbH Project Manager, of the latest example of the 

long, successful partnership with DEUTZ. 

And it seems that the Corsican railway modernisation 

has made a good impression outside 

France, too. Before 2007 was out, CFD had already 

received an order from Tunisia for ten AMG 800s 

with exactly the same design as the vehicles supplied 

to Corsica, except for the interior fittings. The 

20 DEUTZ drive units needed for that order are due 

to enter their test phase in late April. “We’ve planted 

the seeds, and this first follow-up order shows 

that the train is pulling in the right direction,” is how 

Kelling views the excellent prospects for the rail version 

of the 1015/2015 series. [rr] ■ 

From its official foundation in 1867, Voith were first primarily involved in developing 

and making paper machinery, wood and magazine grinders and water turbines. 

But the company was soon also making history in the automotive engineering 

sector. 1928 saw the launch of the first pusher tug with a Voith-Schneider 

propeller, which hugely improved the manoeuvrability of tugboats and ferries, for 

example. Six years later, the delivery to the Austrian State Railway of the first Voith turbo transmission for the first dieselhydraulic 

railbus signalled the start of a 75-year success story during which over 38,000 turbo gearboxes were supplied 

to the world’s railway companies. Today, 4,500 people are employed at Voith’s headquarter in Heidenheim, on the 

River Brenz, and 36,000 are employed worldwide. In the shunting locomotives, standard gauge locomotives and railcars 

segment alone, Voith’s lengthy partnership with DEUTZ has resulted in over 200 applications throughout the world. 

19

Life Life 

Tractor pulling 

Who brakes, loses 

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the strongest of them all? DEUTZ 

engines have been flexing their muscles as tractor pulling attracts 

increasing numbers of teams and spectators throughout Europe 

The Dieselwiesel team: Tractor pulling is a game of two halves! 

Tractor pulling Unlike other categories, 

the ProStock class, which was started in 

2002, involves only slightly modified tractors 

weighing up to 3.5 tons. The rules 

say that neither the engine block nor the 

housing for the coupling and gearbox may 

be altered. So the units still look very 

similar to serial versions. The beefy competitors 

are powered by conventional 

diesel fuel. 

Photo: Alfons Deitermann 

ENGINE | Dieselwiesel drive 

Working with a F6L912 serial engine, the Dieselwiesel team used a crankshaft with 130 stroke from 

a DEUTZ experimental engine, strengthened the block with 20 millimetre thick steel plates, and 

enlarged the cylinder linings and pistons from 100 to 108 millimetres. The pistons were also milled 

out to increase the capacity to around 7.3 litres. The cylinder head, which also came from an experimental 

engine, has larger valves and ducts. The camshaft’s control times were also optimised by 

grinding it. The fuel supply – up to ten times higher – comes from a Bosch pump with 13 millimetre 

elements and a set of strengthened injection lines and nozzles. An exhaust turbocharger provides 

more air, and output-dependent water injection is used for charge air cooling. The engine draws up 

to four litres of diesel and two litres of water from its twin tanks during a single pull. For safety 

reasons, these need to be mounted on the front of the tractor’s frame. 

Deafening noise and a huge cloud of smoke 

above the workshop on the Winterbrock 

estate indicate that something unusual is 

going on in Rheine in Münsterland. In fact, Andre 

Feldermann, Norbert “Nobs” Reismann and their 

team of five are testing the Dieselwiesel – a 1969 

DEUTZ D9006 powered by a F6L912. Having put in 

around 10,000 operating hours in the agricultural 

sector, the tractor was dedicated to “more worthy 

tasks during its previous life”. 

From tractor to Dieselwiesel 

The 9006 model owes its second career to the first 

tractor pulling contest that the two technicology 

affine mechanical engineers attended, early in the 

1980s. “We loved it right from the start,” says Reismann, 

who now drives the Dieselwiesel in the Pro- 

Stock class. The competitions involve tractors 

pulling a brake-van down a 100 metre long loam 

earth track. Apart from the van’s empty weight of 

eight to ten tons, the tractor also has to get its 

claws into a further load of up to 20 tons. There is 

another problem – a special mechanism causes the 

van to brake harder with every metre. The test of 

strength is won by whoever gets furthest. 

The tractor has to be able to call on maximum 

power from the very start of the pull. And that is 

exactly what the team work on so painstakingly. All 

the modifications made to the engine have one purpose 

– to get more air and fuel to achieve greater 

power. Feldermann and Reismann’s Dieselwiesel 

team have transformed the 92 HP of the original 

engine to well over 600 horsepower by now. But how 

many precisely? “Nobody can say. But we’ve got various 

ideas as to how we can increase it a bit more,” 

says Andre Feldermann with a wink. And since the 

monster’s real tractive power can only be tested in 

competition, all those involved are tremendously 

excited. Once they are hooked up to the brake-van, 

each team has just two attempts, so everything has 

to be right first time. 

Tons of work for ten seconds' fun 

“Ideally, under a full load, the tractor lifts at the front 

and can only be steered using the brakes,” explains 

Reismann. The Dieselwiesel’s performance 

depends on his driving skills. “Who brakes, loses.” 

The pullers know that the highly-tuned engines can 

only briefly tolerate the extreme load. So, after the 

Only vaguely similar to serial versions: 

the modified F6L912 

pull, they have to cool the drive down again as quickly 

as possible. In-between each attempt, there is 

rarely time to make fine adjustments or repairs. 

“The spectators are drawn by the unusual spectacle 

and, even more, by the impressive noise of the 

engines,” says Feldermann. Extraordinary situations 

are part of the agenda. “It’s not unusual for axles to 

crack or for engines to be written off completely.” 

With a modicum of luck and sufficient power, the 

tractors go the whole distance right up to the 

acclaimed “full pull” in under ten seconds. The best 

teams then go up against one another again in a 

“pull off” – a playoff involving an even heavier brakevan 

– to determine the winner. 

Preparing for the next contest 

In-between the events, the Dieselwiesel team spend 

a lot of their free time in the well-equipped workshop. 

The quantity of tools and spares underlines 

the seriousness with which the team members take 

their hobby. And the guys are faced with plenty of 

work after each competition. The Dieselwiesel’s 

engine, coupling and gearbox are completely dismantled 

and inspected for the slightest damage. In 

preparation for the next competition, photos and 

videos are studied and the strategies and technical 

nuances of rivals are analysed with a view to making 

the next pull a success. 

Three of the eight German ProStock teams have 

opted for DEUTZ. As well as the Dieselwiesel, the 

Beesten pulling team go to the start line with a 

DEUTZ D8006, alias “Locomotive Breath”, and Jürgen 

Waibel with a D9005, aka “New Obsession”. In 

the free competition classes, self-built tractors pit 

their strength against one another. These “tractors”, 

frequently resembling dragsters, often output up to 

10,000 HP (7,457 kW). [ad | rr] ■ 

20 DEUTZLIVE 1/2008 21

Service 

Global SIS 

World-wide support 

– around the clock 

DEUTZ gives itself a clear competitive edge in service with an Internetaided 

database. With the Global Supporthouse Information System (SIS) 

documents are available world-wide and in many different languages 

The world-wide network that 

DEUTZ sets up with its dealers 

is held together by 

many strings. One of the main 

elements of the dealer network is 

the striving to give the customer 

competent support anytime, anywhere. 

Geographically related 

time shifts and language barriers 

make this a real challenge. The 

Dirk Rehder, Head of 

Information Systems 

Sales & Service 

History of the tower symbol 

Logic of 

the Logo 

Isn’t one of the Cologne 

Cathedral towers 

missing, DEUTZ employees 

are often asked. 

Actually the roots of 

the logo lie in Ulm 


Information Systems Sales & 

Service department headed by 

Dirk Rehder tackled this problem 

and developed an exemplary 

service with the Global Supporthouse 

Information System (Global 

SIS) which not only guarantees 

24 hour support but is also available 

in several languages. 

Service via Internet 

The 41 year old joined the company 

five years ago as Head of the 

Information Systems Sales & Service 

Department. Many tasks 

awaited him, including a large 

stock of technical documentation 

such as workshop manuals, operating 

manuals, service bulletins 

or information about technical 

modifications. Some of these 

1917 With the beginning of the truck 

production in Ulm the first company 

logo of C.D. Magirus AG is born. It 

depicts the Ulm Cathedral inside a 

gear wheel. 

were only available in unusual file 

formats or as hard copy. 

The idea was soon born to make 

the data accessible via the Internet. 

It has taken almost two years 

to save the several thousand 

pages in the platform-neutral PDF 

format and make them available 

to registered dealers as a database. 

A clear organisation according 

to series makes access easier. 

Rehder explains the advantages of 

the systems referred to as Global 

Supporthouse Information System 

(Global SIS): “We are able to jump 

time shifts and have a clear competitive 

edge by offering the documents 

not only in German, English, 

French, Spanish and Italian.” 

The new system enables dealers 

to call up information locally just 

in time all over the world. Without 

approx. 1920 The signet is 

refreshed optically. The name 

“Magirus Ulm” is added as an 

outer contour. Fire safety vehicles 

are given a red gear wheel – trucks 

a blue one. 

Global SIS it would take at least 

24 hours to answer these questions. 

The intelligent, user-friendly 

system more than compensates 

for this time loss and crosses language 

barriers with ease. 

Other extensions planned 

Translations into up to 26 languages 

are planned for certain 

documents in the future which 

will reach approximately 3.7 billion 

people world-wide. If a language 

is needed which is not 

available, no problem. This can 

be translated within two weeks. 

Dirk Rehder and his staff can be 

proud of what they have 

achieved: The database should 

have grown to 100,000 document 

pages this year. [jd] ■ 

From 1925 The combination of 

the cathedral tower and the initial 

capital letter “M” of Magirus and 

the label “MAGIRUS ULM A.D” 

(a. d. Donau) appears. On the 

30th of September 1925 the 

signet is registered at the patent 

office as a trademark under 

number 352 015. 

Photo: Janina Decker, DEUTZ AG, Pixelio/Markus Hein, Pixelio/Sonja Winzer 

READERS ACTION | Prize game 

Since man has been trying to utilise energies, the 

sealing of pistons and shafts has become particularly 

important. The industrial development of pistons and 

cylinders began in 1765 with the use of the steam 

engine. Problems with unsatisfactory seals in the first 

steam engine pistons made of hemp, leather, fabric or 

complex metal rings were solved in 1854 by a new 

kind of metal ring which was also used 13 years later 

by the DEUTZ founders Nicolaus August Otto and 

Eugen Langen. The two of them used a self-tightening 

metal ring in the legendary atmospheric gas engine 

which is considered the forerunner to the modern 

piston ring. Here is the prize question: 

Who is the self-tightening metal ring named after? 

A) Herbert Simmer B) James Watt 

C) John Ramsbottom D) Robert Bosch 

Send us your answer by e-mail to 

decker.ja@deutz.com or by fax to 

+49 (0)221 822 32 78. 

Closing date is the 30th of June 2008. 

We will be drawing the winner of a bottle 

of “DEUTZ Champagne” from the private 

Geldermann cellars from the correct 

entries. 

Prize draw 3/2007: The current 

definition of the Otto engine (according 

to DIN) is: “Otto engine – combustion 

engine in which the combustion 

of the compressed fuel-air mixture 

is initiated by a time-controlled 

external ignition.” DEUTZ LIVE congratulates 

Frank-Norbert Rüb from 

Erkrath on winning a bottle of 

“DEUTZ Champagne”. 

1936 Humboldt-Deutzmotoren AG in Cologne 

takes over C.D. Magirus AG. A contract with Klöckner- 

Werke AG in Duisburg has the company named 

Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) from 1938. The 

newly designed logo is used in combination 

with the label “Magirus” as a product name and 

in modified forms for the products of the KHD factory 

Magirus in Ulm. 

Press articles 

1936 ab 1938 ab 1946 ab 1964 seit 1999 

From 1964 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary 

of the company the tower symbol is adopted as a 

uniform logo for the entire corporation. It is used 

with the additions KHD or KHD DEUTZ among others. 

Forbes Magazine 

19 February 2008 

Service 

manufacturingtalk.com 

13 March 2008 

processingtalk.com 

14 March 2008 

Since 1999 The company logo valid 

until the present day was introduced 

with the reorganisation of KHD AG 

as DEUTZ AG in 1999. So colour 

has been brought back to the 

company logo for the first time since 

1925. It still symbolises Ulm 

Cathedral and not Cologne Cathedral 

as is often wrongly assumed. 

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We love engines. 

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