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16 L<strong>at</strong>est company news<br />

Check for motorbikes<br />

Successful two-day event offered by<br />

PT <strong>FUCHS</strong> INDONESIA<br />

350 to 400 visitors came to <strong>the</strong> motorbike check offered by <strong>FUCHS</strong> in Indonesia.<br />

Endless traffic jams, packed trains and<br />

booked out airplanes are unmistakable<br />

indic<strong>at</strong>ions for one of <strong>the</strong> most important<br />

festivities of <strong>the</strong> island n<strong>at</strong>ion –<br />

Lebaran. Three days of feasting indic<strong>at</strong>e<br />

<strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> traditional Muslim fasting<br />

month, Ramadan, which is usually celebr<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

with <strong>the</strong> family. Many workers<br />

travel up to 500 kilometers to see <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

rel<strong>at</strong>ives in far away vill<strong>ag</strong>es. In October<br />

2009, one week after most travelers<br />

had returned to <strong>the</strong>ir work, PT <strong>FUCHS</strong><br />

INDO NESIA organized a two-day event<br />

for motorcyclists in <strong>the</strong> vicinity of <strong>the</strong><br />

com pany within <strong>the</strong> framework of a Corpo<br />

r<strong>at</strong>e Social Responsibility Program.<br />

Tips on lubricants were on <strong>the</strong> <strong>ag</strong>enda<br />

just like advice on waste oil disposal. Oil<br />

tests were also performed. 350 to 400<br />

motorcyclists took advant<strong>ag</strong>e of <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>FUCHS</strong> offer – 959 Silkolene motor oil<br />

containers were sold <strong>at</strong> a special price.<br />

Bottom line: not only did <strong>the</strong> event re -<br />

ceive gre<strong>at</strong> recognition by numerous visitors<br />

– it also raised <strong>the</strong> enthusiasm and<br />

team spirit of <strong>the</strong> <strong>FUCHS</strong> staff on site.<br />

Mannheim students reinvent <strong>the</strong> automobile<br />

Some write term papers, o<strong>the</strong>rs build an automobile – and<br />

wh<strong>at</strong> an automobile. 28 students of <strong>the</strong> Dual University<br />

Baden-Wuerttemberg (DHBW) in Mannheim have developed<br />

an innov<strong>at</strong>ive electric vehicle, built largely without<br />

classic m<strong>at</strong>erials and driven by an electric wheel rim motor.<br />

At <strong>the</strong> Geneva Autosalon in March, this innov<strong>at</strong>ive vehicle<br />

With passion<br />

and pride<br />

The team from <strong>FUCHS</strong> LUBRICANTS<br />

(SOUTH AFRICA) says goodbye<br />

with sorrow and res pect to<br />

Samuel Nake Malahlela, who<br />

died on 24 April 2010. He spent<br />

45 years working in production<br />

and logistics <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> com pany –<br />

with real passion, enthusiasm<br />

and pride. Sam began his career<br />

in 1965 <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ag</strong>e of 16 <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

lubricants manufacturer Noxal,<br />

which l<strong>at</strong>er became part of <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>FUCHS</strong> Group.<br />

received a lot of <strong>at</strong>tention. One of <strong>the</strong> participants in <strong>the</strong><br />

“Elmar Project”, which is part of <strong>the</strong> curriculum “project engineering”<br />

was Aleksej Wahnsiedler who is completing <strong>the</strong><br />

practical part of <strong>the</strong> study <strong>at</strong> <strong>FUCHS</strong> (3 rd from right).

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