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Editorial K>MOBIL 31 // KIRCHHOFF Group
Front cars Cross car beams
Front ends
greater extent in developing innovative solutions
for lightweight body construction.
Furthermore, during the current year we at
KIRCHHOFF Automotive will be completing work
on the new Technical Information System (TIS) that
will benefit both our domestic and our overseas
production plants. With this accomplishment we
will have installed a benchmark system.
The domestic market for environment technology
from FAUN Umwelttechnik has now recovered
after a long dry spell. In order to fulfill legal requirements
(residential waste standards) the waste dis-
posal sector was obliged to invest around 10 billion
euros in mechanical-biological waste treatment
plants during the first half of this decade and
therefore postponed the purchase of new waste
collection vehicles. Since 2007, however, the backlog
of requirements has led to a pleasant increase in
incoming orders.
Overseas, particularly in the eastern European and
Arab countries, market trends have shown a steep
upswing since 2006. Since then the order intake in
the export sector has almost tripled.
WITTE Werkzeuge has also been able to assert its
strong position for screw and nut assembly tools
in the face of increasing competition on the global
market. Thanks to its product strategies in the premium
screwdriver segment WITTE Werkzeuge has
Engine cradles
been able to maintain its share in a stagnating
domestic market and managed to increase sales
in the most important export markets. The export
share of high quality screwdrivers ”made in Germany“
has in the meantime exceeded the 60% mark.
The REHA Group Automotive is also right on
course. In accordance with the changing demographic
structure in Germany, the specialist company
for retrofitting series vehicles to meet the
requirements of those with restricted mobility is
developing increasingly into a partner for a generation
of senior citizens who intend to remain independent
and mobile up to a high age. A special
brochure attached to this edition of K>MOBIL will
inform you about the performance of the REHA
Group.
The KIRCHHOFF Group sees increasing market opportunities
for all company sectors over the coming
years.
Our most important tasks continue to be our
endeavors in product innovation, customer service
and personnel qualification.
With the best of luck!
Herne
Dr.-Ing. Jochen F. Kirchhoff
Mainz
Osterholz
Scharmbeck
maintenance service
Hanover
Stuttgart
Bad Oldeslohe
Erfurt
Würzburg
Nuremberg
Augsburg
Berlin
Grimma
Location
Mobile service
It is essential to us that sales
volume and service in the FAUN
Group both continue to grow in
a smooth, coordinated upward
progression.
In the course of 2008 and 2009
we will be extending our domestic
service network, thereby
providing considerable benefits
for our customers. The FAUN
service will then generally be
available in less than an hour‘s
drive from any customer location
(4th photo).
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