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CeramTec AG supplies BIOLOX-ceramic components 

for artificial hip joints. Extremely wearresistant 

implants reduce loosing and associated 

complications. Unlike metal, ceramic doesn’t release 

particles that may lead to allergic reaction. 

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CONTENTS 

NUMBER 5, 2006 

EUROPE 

Germany and Finland Say Yes to EU Constitution 4 

GERMANY 

Invest in Germany: Land of Ideas 5 

ENERGY 

Germany Harnesses Sun Power 10 

Developing the Market for Fuel Cell Generators 12 

Volkswagen: New Member of Clean Energy Partnership 14 

10% Higher Energy Yield With Solar-Fabrik Systems 16 

Energy News 17 

AEROSPACE 

Ground Service Vehicles to Run on Biodiesel 18 

Frankfurt Airport Marks 70 Years at Frankfurter Kreuz Freeway Intersection 20 

Executive Interiors From Modular Components 22 

Astronaut Thomas Reiter Reports for Duty Onboard ISS 23 

Aerospace News 24 

AUTOMOTIVE 

YES!—Sporty Cars Derived From Racing 26 

Route Guidance Without Dead Ends, Tight Squeezes 27 

MEDICAL 

High-Tech Ceramic Materials Fortify Hip-Joint Implants 28 

Biomedical Project Cell3D Completed Successfully 29 

FEATURES 

CNS Solutions for Mechanical Equipment Manufacturers and Users 30 

Continually Improving Connectivity and Networks 31 

Dorma Moveo: New Dimension in Partitions 32 

Trend Towards Complex Aluminum Extrusions 33 

No Fear From Iron Colleagues 34 

INDUSTRY NEWS 35 

MARKETPLACE 36 

PUBLICATIONS 37 

FAIRS 38 

GERMAN EMBASSIES; CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE 40 

CAPSULES 42 

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finnish President Terja Halonen (right) emphasize their intention 

to cooperate closely during consecutive EU Council presidencies. 

Germany and Finland 

Say Yes To EU Constitution 

At a meeting in Berlin, Merkel 

and Finnish President Terja 

Halonen emphasized their intention 

to cooperate closely 

during consecutive EU Council 

presidencies. Finland took over 

on July 1 and Germany will follow 

suit in the first half of 2007. 

Merkel indicates the Finnish 

presidency will focus strongly 

on science and research, 

adding that Finland is famous 

for its excellence in these areas. 

She says Finland will also be 

studying the question as to 

what criteria should be applied 

in future EU enlargements. 

Strategic partnership 

with Russia 

Merkel praises the Finnish proposal 

to lay the groundwork 

for increased energy security in 

Europe and welcomes an invitation 

to the Russian President 

to speak on energy policy at 

the informal summit in Lahti. 

“We need to build confidence, 

but at the same time we need 

to have an honest exchange of 

views with the Russian 

President,” Merkel notes. 

Yes to Nokia-Siemens 

merger 

Merkel expresses satisfaction 

over the formation of the 

world’s third-largest telecoms 

infrastructure company in a 

merger by Siemens and Nokia 

of their network operations 

and equipment units, calling 

the creation of Nokia Siemens 

Networks “almost like a gift” 

and “yet another mutual project.” 

Headquartered in Helsinki, 

the 50-50 joint venture is expected 

to have an annual 

turnover of around 

¤16 billion. 

ermany and Finland 

want to move the constitutional 

process forward 

during their EU 

presidencies. Chancellor 

Angela Merkel stresses the 

need to make it clear to 

people that Europe means 

greater security and 

economic strength. Public 

acceptance of the 

European Union will 

depend on this, she says. 

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NO. 5, 2006 

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Presented by “Invest in Germany” 

the Federal Agency for Foreign Direct Investment 

and the “Land of Ideas” Initiative 

MENARINI Group continues 

to place its stakes on Germany 

After landing an extraordinary success 

with its last investment, the Italian pharmaceutical 

corporation Menarini, which 

is active worldwide, is once again 

placing its stakes on Germany. Back 

in 1992 Menarini took over the German 

company BERLIN-CHEMIE, which 

mainly produces cardiovascular preparations 

and anti-diabetics. Since that time 

BERLIN-CHEMIE has quadrupled its 

turnover and its number of employees. In 

2005 alone it generated a sales volume 

of € 764 million. This constitutes an in- 

crease of 30 % compared to the pre vious 

year. This year Menarini has taken over 

yet another pharmaceutical company 

from Germany: the AWD manufacturing 

plant in Dresden. Menarini’s CEO, Dr. 

Alberto Aleotti, placed this decision into 

the context of the company’s overall international 

strategy: “We are combining 

the consolidation of our presence in Russia 

and all other countries in Central and 

Eastern Europe as well as Asia and the 

expansion of production in Germany.” 

This investment, Aleotti continued, also 

Italian pharmaceutical company builds up its 

investment in the homeland of the world’s first 

Nobel Prize winner in medicine: Emil von Behring. 

represents another demonstration of the 

Menarini Group’s confidence in Germany 

as a business location. This proves it: 

even more than 100 years after German 

scientist Emil von Behring was awarded 

the first Nobel Prize in medicine, Germany 

is still an attractive location for the 

health sector. 

Small photo: Behring Archive in the Emil-von-Behring Library of History 

and Ethics in Medicine, Philipps University Marburg 

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MENARINI Group

Investment news 

from the Land of Ideas 

Hamburg 

Philips expands development and production 

in Hamburg 

Dutch electronics giant Philips is expanding its operations 

in the Hamburg region. The company plans to invest 

€20 million in the development of and production capacity 

for RFID chips. In addition, several million euros will be 

invested in the company’s X-ray tube production line. The 

export rate of the company’s X-ray tubes, generators and 

systems manufactured in Hamburg is already higher 

than 90 %. 

Bremen 

Hanjin Shipping of South Korea is opening offices in the port city of 

Bremen. Together with its subsidiaries, Hanjin is one of the world’s largest 

marine-based enterprises. Bremen represents its fifth location in Germany. 

Thuringia 

American car parts supplier BorgWarner 

extends its site 

BorgWarner, Inc., a leading supplier of components 

and systems for vehicle power train applications 

worldwide, is planning to invest € 26 million 

in its operation in Arnstadt, Thuringia. With this 

investment the company is responding to the 

growing demand for dual clutch transmissions on 

the European market. BorgWarner first opened 

its Arnstadt site in 2003 to support Volkswagen 

dual clutch transmission production. Now employment at the plant is expected to grow 

by 70 % in the wake of this new investment. BorgWarner, which also works for BMW 

and DaimlerChrysler, among others, has about 5,800 employees in Germany. 

Hesse 

Brazil’s export development agency APEX has established a new logistics 

center in Frankfurt, Hessen. The center is intended to help small and 

medium-sized Brazilian companies gain a foothold in the European market. 

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North Rhine-Westphalia 

Rhineland- 

Palatinate 

Saarland 

Hesse 

Schleswig-Ho 

Bremen 

Lower Saxony 

Baden-Württemberg 

Hamburg

stein 

INVEST IN GERMANY LAND OF IDEAS 

All over Germany there is a wealth of investment opportunities on offer. On this page we look at investment projects currently 

underway in various German regions. Take a journey through the Land of Ideas … 

Mecklenburg-Western 

Pomerania 

Saxony-Anhalt 

Thuringia 

Bavaria 

Brandenburg 

Saxony 

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 

NTR of Ireland has established a new bioethenol production plant in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. 

Using canola as raw material, the facility is expected to produce 150,000 tons of ethanol per year. 

Berlin 

Berlin 

China’s second largest computer notebook manufacturer, Hasee, has 

established offices in the German capital. The company is planning to use the 

Berlin location as a base for building up its European operations. 

Saxony 

Simtek Corporation established 

IC-Design-Center in Dresden 

US company Simtek Corp. has established 

in Dresden the IC-Design-Center 

which will be responsible for product development 

and customer service. Simtek, one 

of the leading suppliers of static, non-volatile 

integrated memory circuits (nvSRAM), is 

planning to double its number of employees 

at this location over the next two years. 

According to the company’s president, 

Harold A. Blomquist, Simtek Corp. has 

found an ideal scientific and engineering environment in Dresden for its 

ambitious expansion plans. 

Bavaria 

Austrian company Binder Holz has opened a new 

wood processing plant 

Austrian company Binder Holz has just invested 

€ 75 million in a new wood processing plant in Kösching- 

Grossmehring, near Ingolstadt, and plans to double its 

investment at this location over the next few years. The 

wood processing plant includes a saw mill and a plane 

wood mill. A new biomass power plant as well as various 

wood processing units will be built as well to form a 

unique and highly competent wood processing center in 

Germany with a major focus on R&D. The Binder Group – which currently exports into 

40 countries throughout the world – had looked all over Europe for sites before finally deciding 

on Bavaria, which according to the company is the ideal location for processing wood. 

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Prof. Dr. Detlev Ganten 

IDEAS AT WORK 

The pocket-size laboratory 

When a patient sees 

his or her doctor, the 

start of the treatment 

proper is often delayed 

by one to two 

days, because blood 

samples need to be sent to the lab for checking before 

a diagnosis can be made. This loss of time, however, 

can have grave consequences in such cases as virus 

infections, for example. Therefore Siemens is currently 

“The biggest market in Europe” 

Interview with Prof. Detlev Ganten, CEO, Charité University Hospital, Berlin 

As CEO of one of the most significant university hospital 

institutions in Germany you are intimately familiar with 

the consumer’s side of medical technology products. 

What is your assessment of this market? 

Germany is clearly the biggest market in Europe. Per capita 

spending for medical technology here is approximately 

€230 a year. This equals 9 % of the total expenditure 

on health – more than that of any other country. At the 

same time, this translates into a turnover of approximately 

€1 billion per year for Berlin and about 6,000 high-level 

jobs. 

Where do you see the particular strengths of German medical technology? 

Traditionally, the field of imaging and radiation therapy is very strong. The implant 

segment currently has the fastest growth. During the past ten years this market has 

more than doubled. Altogether, German medical technology is in an impressive 

second place with a world trade share of 15 %. Particular strengths are in technologically 

sophisticated products requiring close interdisciplinary cooperation, for 

example among physicians, engineers and computer scientists in telemedicine. 

What is the state of cooperation between research and business? 

Many new developments in industry take place in close cooperation with university 

hospitals such as Charité. Clinical expertise, large number of complex disease 

images at the university hospital and interdisciplinary clusters constitute the optimum 

basis for cooperation with partners from industry. The sector is extremely innovative 

in Germany. About 50 % of the turnover in medical technology in Germany is 

generated by products that have been on the market for less than two years and 

many are from public–private partnerships. 

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developing “quicklab” – a mini laboratory in bank card 

format that automatically extracts the DNA or protein 

from a single drop of blood or saliva and outputs the 

diagnostic information as an electric signal. This allows 

the detection of pathogens causing infectious diseases 

as well as allergies, hereditary diseases and intolerances 

to medication or during transplants. Typically 

quicklab only requires half an hour to accomplish this. 

Therefore the actual treatment of the patient can start 

considerably sooner. 

KEY FACTS 

Medical technology 

in Germany 

Germany’s six major strengths as 

a medical technology hub: 

Turnover increase in the industry by 

approx. 9 % to €14.8 billion in 2005 

Export quota of over 50 % and thus 

export world champion in medical 

technology 

Over 1,100 companies with a total 

of more than 100,000 employees, 

of whom 6 % work in R&D 

Large volume of company research 

investments: averaging 7 % of turnover, 

in 20 % of the companies even more 

than 10 % 

Large number of doctors, researchers 

and engineers with solid training 

Short admission times and low-cost 

clinical research at a high level

At home in the Land of Ideas 

INVEST IN GERMANY LAND OF IDEAS 

My Idea 

of the Land of Ideas 

Prof. Dr. Agnès Voisard 

Computer Scientist 

Fraunhofer Institute for Software and 

Systems Engineering/Freie Universität Berlin 

Better working conditions 

I came to Germany in 1992 with a French fellowship to 

follow my German boyfriend. Very soon I realized that the 

working conditions here are much better than in France, 

because more money is being invested in research. At 

French universities, you have to fight for many things – a 

secretary or even the paper for your printer – which makes 

it difficult to concentrate on your actual research. So I took 

my chance and qualified to become a professor at Freie 

Universität Berlin, where I still teach today. Right now I am 

mostly working on an exciting project about “Intelligent 

Navigation Services” for the Fraunhofer Institute for Software 

and Systems Engineering, financed by the German 

Ministry of Education and Research. 

I honestly cannot think of anything that would induce me 

to return for professional reasons – although I often miss 

French culture. 

What do Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Jean-Claude 

Juncker, Swedish writer Henning Mankell and American 

music director Kent Nagano have in common? 

They and more than forty other opinion leaders from all 

over the world have very personal views on Germany 

that are now published in the book My Idea of the 

Land of Ideas. This collection of essays documents a 

variety of perspectives on Germany, arousing curiosity 

about the country and its people. It was edited by 

Dr. Theo Sommer of Germany’s leading quality weekly, 

Die ZEIT. The book can now be ordered for a € 7 

postage fee from order@land-of-ideas.org. Detailed 

information can be found on the Internet at www.landof-ideas.org. 

For more information about business in 

Germany, please visit www.invest-in-germany.com. 

Imprint 

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Unter den Linden 74 

10117 Berlin 

Germany 

www.land-of-ideas.org 

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office@invest-in-germany.com 

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Germany Harnesses Sun Power 

The world’s largest photovoltaic systems (2 MW and more) are presented in the table below. In the table, there are different 

systems: standalone, hybrid, distributed, and building integrated. But only systems that form a photovoltaic power plant 

as a whole are considered. It is interesting to note that of the 28 solar systems listed here, 20 are in Germany, a country not 

located in the sun belt of the world! Therefore, it can be said that Germany serves as a model for the world when it comes 

to photovoltaic systems. 

DC Peak Place Description and System Builder/Completion Date MWh/year GHG Reduction 

Power Modules Type* 

12 MW Germany, Solarpark SA, GC, TRAC SOLON AG 14 GWh, 12,00 tons CO2 

Erlasee/ Gut Erlasee April 2006 emission reduction annually 

Arnstein, 

Bavaria 

10 MW Germany, Solarpark Pocking SA, GC Shell Solar GmbH, Martin 10,000 tons 

Pocking Bucher Projektentwicklungen CO2 emission 

April 2006 reduction annually 

6.3 MW Germany, Solarpark Mühlhausen SA, GC K&S Consulting GmbH 6,750 MWh 

Mühlhausen (part of 10 MW & Co. KG, PowerLight Corp. 6,200 tons CO2 emission 

Bavaria Solarpark) December 2004 reduction in next 30 years 

5.27 MW Germany, Freiland SA, GC Phönix SonnenStrom AG 1,877/3,135 MWh 

Miegersbach SonnenStrom-Anlage 3,150/5,500 tons CO2 

emission reduction annually 

part 1/part 2 

5 MW Germany, Bürstadt Plant BIPV, RM, GC Tauber-Solar Management 4,500 MWh 

Bürstadt GmbH, Active Solar GmbH, 3,600 tons CO2 emission 

Ralos Vertriebs GmbH reduction annually 

February 2005 

5 MW Germany, Solarpark SA, GC Shell Solar, Geosol Berlin 5,000 MWh, 3,700 tons CO2 

Espenhain Leipziger Land August 2004 emission reduction annually 

4.59 MW USA, Tucson, Springerville SA, GC, TRAC Global Solar Energy Inc. 7,732 MWh in 2005 

AZ Generating Station 2001-2004 minute peak performance 

5,113 kW AC 

4 MW Germany, Solarpark Saarbrücken SA, GC Voltwerk AG, City Solar AG 3,962 MWh, 3,200 tons CO2 

Saarbrücken 2004-2005 emission reduction annually 

4 MW Germany, Solarpark SA, GC BP Solar 3,400 MWh, 2,300 tons CO2 

Geiseltalsee, Geiseltalsee/Merseburg June 2004 emission reduction annually 

Merseburg 

4 MW Germany, Solarpark Zeche SA, GC City Solar AG, Voltwerk AG 8,200 MWh, 6,500 tons CO2 

Göttelborn Göttelborn (part 1) August 2004 emission reduction annually 

4 MW Germany, Solarpark Hemau SA, GC Sun Technics GmbH 3,900 MWh GHG reduction 

Hemau 2003 about 72,000 tons in 20 years 

3.9 MW USA, Rancho Rancho Seco SA, GC Arco, Siemens Solar UPG 

Seco, CA Power Plant 1984-2000 

3.7 MW Germany, Fischer’s family RM, GC BP Solar 3,600 MWh, 2,500 tons CO2 

Kronwieden/ warehouse September 2005 emission reduction annually 

Dingolfing 


NO. 5, 2006

DC Peak Place Description and System Builder/Completion Date MWh/year GHG Reduction 

Power Modules Type* 

3.5 MW Germany, Michelin Reifenwerke RM, BIPV, GC Voltwerk AG, 50,000 tons GHG reduction 

Homburg KGaA (part of 9 MW Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA 

Michelin 2004-2005 

Solarpark) 

3.3 MW Germany, Co. Mückenhausen RM, BIPV, Goldbeck Solar GmbH 3,050 MWh 

Dingolfing Roof mounted plant GC, FM, CONC October 2004 

3.3 MW Italy, Serre Centrale di Serre SA, GC ENEL1995 

Persano, ENEL 

Research Center 

2.44 MW Spain,Castejón, Castejón SA, TRAC, GC ACCIONA Energia 4,400 MWh 4,307 tons CO2 

Navarre Powerplant February 2006 emission reduction annually 

2.37 MW Germany, Part of Solarpark SA, GC 2005 

Hofkirchen Donau 

2.3 MW Germany, Solaranlage SA, GC BP Solar 2,300 MWh, 1,500 tons CO2 

Bad Darast Nord November 2005 emission reduction annually 

Grönenbach/ 

Woringen 

2.3 MW Netherlands, Floriade exhibition BIPV, RI, Siemens Nederland N.V. 1,400 MWh 

Vijfhuizen Hall PV system TR, GC April 2002 

2.2 MW Germany, Michelin RM, BIPV, GC Voltwerk AG, 

Bad Reifenwerke KGaA (part of 9 MW Michelin Reifenwerke KGaA 

Kreuznach Michelin 2005 

Solarpark) 

2.1 MW Germany, Munich Fair PV system BIPV, RM, GC Siemens Solar, Shell Solar 

Munich 1997 and 2002 

2.05 MW Spain, Arguedas II Powerplant SA, TRAC, GC ACCIONA Energia 

Arguedas 

2 MW Germany, Gewerbepark SA, GC City Solar AG 1,950 MWh, 1,546 tons CO2 

Sembach Sembach, 2005 emission reduction annually 

Solarkraftwerk 

Sembach 

2 MW Germany, Solarpark Kaufbeuren SA, GC WindWelt AG 1,900 MWh 

Kaufbeuren October 2004 

2 MW Germany, Pfersdorf e.G. BIPV, RM, GC 2005 1,760 MWh 

Pfersdorf 

2 MW USA, Prescott Solar SA, GC APS 2001-2003 

Prescott, AZ Power Plant 

2 MW Germany, Solarpark Neustadt SA, GC Pfalzwerke AG, GHG reduction 

Neustadt Pfalzsolar GmbH, about 1,000 tons annually 

RWE Schott Solar 

June 2004 

*Plant type: 

BIPV – building integrated photovoltaic system 

CONC – concentrating photovoltaic system 

GC – grid-connected photovoltaic system 

NO. 5, 2006 

SA – standalone photovoltaic system 

RI – roof-integrated photovoltaic system 

RM – roof-mounted photovoltaic system 

TRAC – trackers used 

MADE IN GERMANY 

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CONERGY and VOLLER ENERGY 

Voller Energy is a U.K.based 

manufacturer of 

portable fuel cell 

systems. The company 

was established in 2002 

to produce 

environmentallyfriendly 

battery chargers 

and mobile generators 

based on patented 

fuel cell technology for 

use in cordless tools in 

the construction industry. 

Recently, Voller Energy 

and Conergy AG 

(Europe’s leading 

systems supplier of renewable 

energy) signed 

a cooperation 

agreement to develop 

the market for fuel cell 

generators used in 

small-scale off-grid applications, 

for example 

in conjunction with 

solar panels and wind 

turbines, to provide remote 

power from sustainable 

energy 

sources. On this occasion, 

Made in Germany 

interviewed Stephen 

Voller, CEO of Voller 

Energy. 

MADE IN GERMANY: Why is 

fuel cell technology not more 

widely known? 

Stephen Voller: Until now fuel 

cells have not been commercially 

viable, because fuel cell 

companies have tended to be 

technology-driven rather than 

market-driven—even though 

the technology has been 

around since 1839. 

MIG: What’s so special about 

fuel cell technology? 

SV: Fuel cells are unique in 

terms of the variety of their 

potential applications. They 

can provide energy for systems 

as large as a utility power station 

and as small as a laptop. 

They have several benefits over 

conventional combustion- 

Conergy and Voller Energy 

cross-border cooperation promises 

rapid commercialization 

Developing the Market 

For Fuel Cell Generators 

based techniques. They produce 

much smaller quantities 

of greenhouse gases and none 

of the pollutants that contaminate 

the air. If pure hydrogen 

is used as a fuel, fuel cells will 

only emit heat and water as 

by-products. 

MIG: Can you explain as simply 

as possible how a fuel cell 

works? 

SV: In principle, a fuel cell operates 

very much like a battery. 

But unlike a battery, a 

fuel cell does not run down or 

need recharging. It will produce 

energy in the form of electricity 

and heat, as long as fuel 

is supplied. A fuel cell is a solidstate 

device that generates 

electricity by chemically combining 

a fuel with oxygen from 

Stephen Voller, founder and 

CEO of Voller Energy, carries the 

company’s portable fuel cell 

unit. 

the air. It does this quietly and 

efficiently—far more efficiently 

than a conventional 

generator. It consists of two 

electrodes sandwiched around 

an electrolyte. Oxygen passes 

over one electrode and hydrogen 

over the other, generating 

electricity, water, and heat. 

Production of Voller Energy 

VE50 devices. 


NO. 5, 2006

MIG: What makes Voller 

Energy’s fuel cells different? 

SV: At present, the most costeffective 

fuel cell technology is 

the Proton Exchange Membrane 

(PEM) fuel cell, which 

runs on hydrogen; its only 

emission is pure water. At 

Voller Energy we use a series 

Conergy AG and Voller 

Energy Group PLC have 

signed a Memorandum of 

Understanding to work together 

to develop the market 

for fuel cell generators. It is 

expected this cooperation 

will lead to rapid commercialization 

of power from sustainable 

energy sources. 

With an expected turnover 

of more than ¤800 million in 

2006, Germany-based 

Conergy is the largest solar 

company in Europe and a 

leading international supplier 

in other fast growing fields 

of renewable energies. With 

more than 1,000 employees 

on 5 continents, Conergy offers 

intelligent system technologies 

for the rapidly growing 

global energy requirements, 

to generate electricity, 

heating, or cooling using 

various renewable resources. 

Along with flat plate collectors 

for sun-powered heating 

or cooling, Conergy also 

develops and produces inverters 

for converting solar 

direct current into grid-conforming 

alternating current 

in all power ranges. In addition 

to these key high-tech 

solar technologies, Conergy 

also produces small wind 

power generators and patented 

mounting components for 

renewable energy systems. 

Voller Energy is one of the 

world’s first commercial developers 

and manufacturers 

of portable fuel cell systems, 

of PEM cells connected together 

in a stack, which is 

roughly the size of a soft-drink 

can. Peripheral systems that 

maintain and utilize the stack 

are just as important as the 

stack itself—and this is what 

distinguishes a fuel cell from a 

marketable fuel cell. Voller 

Energy has succeeded in inte- 

Agreement Between Conergy AG 

And Voller Energy Group PLC 

NO. 5, 2006 

offering an environmentally 

friendly alternative to diesel 

or gasoline electric generators. 

Voller products can be 

fuelled by pure hydrogen or 

liquid petroleum gas (LPG), a 

mixture of propane and butane 

generically known as 

Calor Gas, after the market 

leading brand of LPG. 

Collaboration will benefit 

Voller with the help, support, 

and expertise of Conergy in 

photo-voltaic (PV) and wind 

turbine technology. Conergy 

will benefit from access to 

Voller’s expertise in fuel cell 

systems at its remote wind 

and solar sites, whose efficiency 

can be reduced by lack 

of wind and sun. When required, 

Voller’s software activates 

the portable fuel cell 

in order to maintain a constant 

power source, so that 

equipment at remote sites 

such as surveillance cameras, 

illuminated road signs, and 

environment monitoring 

equipment work continuously. 

Stephen Voller, Chief 

Executive of Voller Energy 

Group PLC, says: “We are extremely 

excited by the new 

opportunities offered by the 

agreement with Conergy, 

whose expertise in wind and 

solar technology makes it an 

ideal partner for Voller, as we 

take further steps towards 

developing continuous environmentally 

friendly energy.” 

Constant power source is available 

at construction sites and 

other off-grid areas. 

grating electrical control, heat 

flow management, fuel delivery, 

and safety systems to make 

its technology deliverable and 

commercially competitive. 

MIG: What is the relevance 

of fuel cells to the construction 

industry? 

SV: The construction industry 

is expected to become one of 

the most important markets for 

fuel cells chargers. The world 

market for outdoor appliances 

and power tools is estimated 

at 85 million units in 2005, 

growing to 111 million units by 

2010. On many construction 

sites, power is either not available 

or is turned off for safety 

reasons. This means that charging 

batteries used in cordless 

power tools can be a real problem. 

While conventional petrol 

or diesel generators can’t be 

used indoors or on scaffolding, 

Voller’s fuel cell generators and 

battery chargers can be used 

wherever you are working. 

MIG: What is the company’s 

newest product? 

SV: Voller recently announced 

the launch of a device that will 

transform prospects for using 

portable fuel cell systems in the 

construction industry. Known 

as a pyrolyser reformer, it extracts 

90 percent of the hydrogen 

contained in hydrocarbon 

fuels, such as propane. 

It is likely to accelerate the 

adoption of fuel cells in a wide 

A standard 12 month parts and labor warranty is provided 

with all Voller Energy products. 

range of applications, in sectors 

as diverse as construction, 

camping, boating, and the military. 

MIG: When can we expect to 

see these pyrolyser reformers 

on construction sites? 

SV: Voller Energy expects to 

make a commercial launch by 

the end of 2007. 


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VOLKSWAGEN 

New Member 

Of Clean Energy Partnership 

Volkswagen brings a Touran HyMotion to Berlin’s hydrogen fuel test fleet 

Volkswagen AG has joined 

the Clean Energy 

Partnership. The world’s 

most versatile hydrogen 

demonstration project for 

emission-free mobility with 

two service stations in 

Berlin thus welcomes a further 

partner and now 

includes 11 companies and 

17 hydrogen vehicles. 

With immediate effect, Volkswagen 

AG has joined the Clean 

Energy Partnership (CEP). “For 

us, joining the CEP is a logical 

and important step towards 

the future. Our commitment 

further underlines our support 

for sustainable mobility and, 

at the same time, provides us 

with important application-related 

information from the 

demonstration project,” says 

Dr. Jürgen Leohold, Head of 

Group Research at Volkswagen 

AG. Volkswagen is conducting 

intensive research into hydrogen 

and fuel cells in the context 

of its fuel and power train strategy. 

Volkswagen brings a VW 

Touran HyMotion to the CEP 

passenger car fleet. The vehicle 

was developed at the Volkswagen 

Technology Center and 

initially underwent intensive 

practical testing in the USA. 

Tests in Berlin represent the vehicle’s 

premiere in Germany. 

“We expressly welcome the 

decision by Volkswagen AG to 

join the Clean Energy Partnership. 

Together with the recent 

participation of TOTAL, this 

confirms that CEP is on track 

for becoming the most significant 

European project for hydrogen-based 

mobility. We 

look forward to cooperating 

with a total of five automakers 

and welcome the further expansion 

of CEP’s competence 

in the field of hydrogen as the 

fuel of the future,” says Dr. 

Klaus Bonhoff (DaimlerChrysler), 

Head of CEP’s Steering 

Committee. 

Federal Ministry of Transport, 

Building, and Urban 

Affairs also welcomes the commitment 

of a further auto- 

CEP-fleet in front of the Aral/BP hydrogen service station in Berlin: (from right) VW Touran HyMotion, 

GM/Opel HydroGen3, Ford Focus fuel cell Hybrid, Daimler/Chrysler A-Class F-Cell, BMW 7 -Series. 

maker to CEP. CEP is a component 

of the national sustainability 

program and is sponsored 

by the Ministry as one of 

the leading innovation projects 

for emission-free mobility. 

With its versatility, CEP also 

creates the optimum basis for 

lighthouse projects planned 

under the National Hydrogen 

and Fuel Cell Technology 

Innovation Program. 

Clean Energy Partnership 

Since November 2004, the 

opening date for the first CEP 

hydrogen service station at 

Messedamm in Berlin, the CEP 

demonstration project has 

been carrying out sophisticated 

everyday operations without 

problems. A great deal of 

progress has been made since 

then. The experience of customers, 

technicians, and operators 

will be evaluated in 2007 

and presented to the public. 

Clean Energy Partnership 

(CEP) is an international association 

of the following companies: 

Aral/BP, BMW, Berliner 

Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Daimler 

Chrysler, Ford, GM/Opel, 

Hydro, Linde, TOTAL, Vattenfall 

Europe, and Volkswagen AG. 

Its goal is to tap the technological 

potential of hydrogen as 

a source of energy, conducting 

tests with a view to suitability 

for routine use and system capability. 

Hydrogen 

demonstration 

project 

Berlin’s hydrogen demonstration 

project consists of the 

hydrogen infrastructure, including 

the fuelling systems, 

vehicle fleet, hydrogen information 

center, and service station 

for hydrogen vehicles. CEP 

is experimenting with three different 

hydrogen production 

methods as well as three different 

hydrogen propulsion 

systems. With two service stations 

and a fleet of 17 hydrogen 

vehicles, Berlin CEP is the 

largest and most complex 

demonstration project for future-oriented 

H 2-technology in 

the world. 


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SOLARFABRIK 

10% Higher Energy Yield 

With Solar-Fabrik Systems 

Outstanding yields for 2004 averaged 931 kWh/kWp; 

performance ratio of up to 88 percent with smaller systems 

S 

olar power systems 

from Solar-Fabrik AG 

attain outstanding annual 

energy yields. This was 

reconfirmed in a study conducted 

by the Fraunhofer 

Institute for Solar Energy 

Systems (ISE) in Freiburg. 

Compared with the first 

study in 2003, the energy 

yields attained by Solar- 

Fabrik systems have 

increased yet again. 

Fraunhofer ISE tested 150 randomly 

selected solar power systems 

from Solar-Fabrik. They 

were weighted and evaluated 

according to location. Gridfeed 

invoices from energy supply 

companies were used as the 

basis of the study. System output 

was between 1 and 10 kilowatts 

(kW) and mostly in the region 

of between 2 and 5 KWp, 

which is the average system 

output for single dwelling 

homes. The study looked at 

data for the year 2004, which 

was seen as an average weather 

year according to solar irradiance 

data. 

Energy yields for the Solar- 

Fabrik systems largely located 

in southern Germany are exceptionally 

high. The average 

for 2004 amounted to 931 

kWh/kWp. Best systems attained 

yields of 1050 kWh/kWp. 

To quote the Fraunhofer ISE report: 

“An average annual yield of 

931 kWh/ kWp is an excellent 

result for the 147 systems included 

in the study. What is 

exceptional is the high pro- 

portion (46 percent) of systems 

with yields greater than 950 

kWh/kWp.” 

The report also states: “The 

quality of the new systems is 

impressive. The best systems 

achieve performance ratios of 

around 85 percent—this is fan- 

tastic for small, private home 

roof installations. This kind of 

result is only possible using 

high quality modules and converters, 

a well thought-out system, 

specialist installation, and 

uninterrupted operation.” 

Solar-Fabrik relies on a wellhoned 

quality management 

system. This takes into account 

selection of top quality materials, 

careful processing in certified 

module production 

processes, system components 

like the new convert 6T converter, 

ongoing development, 

and systems optimization. 

Growing experience within the 

Solar-Fabrik AG 

Secures 

140 Megawatt Solar 

Cells 

Solar-Fabrik AG has signed a 

Letter of Intent with Taiwanese 

E-TON Solar Tech. Co. 

Ltd. to deliver solar cells 

with a minimum total capacity 

of 140 MW. A contractual 

agreement is planned 

to run from 2007 to 

2011. 

E-Ton Solar has agreed to 

deliver up to 10 MW of cells 

in 2006. The agreement provides 

for 20 MW in 2007 and 

a minimum of 30 MW in subsequent 

years. This means 

an ongoing increase in delivery 

quantities from 2006. 

The agreement ensures 

Solar-Fabrik a steady level 

of capacity utilization and 

gives the planning security 

needed for the company‘s 

development. 

Solar-Fabrik building in Germany is first zero-emission factory in Europe for solar energy modules. 

installation trade also plays a 

part in these excellent results. 

An ambitious partnership 

backed up by regular training 

enhances the skills and abilities 

of planning and installation 

partners. 

A comparable field study recently 

published by Fraunhofer 

Institute on some 500 solar 

power systems of the same 

size—all situated in Germany 

and produced by different 

manufacturers—report an average 

yield of only 839 kWh/ 

kWp for 2004. At 931 kWh/ 

kWp, the average yields attained 

by Solar-Fabrik systems 

are more than 10 percent higher. 


NO. 5, 2006

ENERGY NEWS 

PHÖNIX SONNENSTROM 

Thin Film Modules 

Delivery of up to 265 megawatts 

Phönix SonnenStrom AG has 

concluded a framework agreement 

with one of its existing 

Source: Phönix SonnenStrom AG 

CONERGY 

Employees Double 

In one year 

Conergy AG has doubled its 

number of employees from 498 

(May 2005) to 1,000 within only 

one year. Thanks to the company’s 

production capacities 

rising five-fold and contractually 

guaranteed supply of solar 

modules, Conergy expects dynamic 

turnover growth in the 

next few years of more than 50 

percent per annum. 

Conergy AG’s success is 

based on its highly qualified 

and competent employees who 

are committed to developing 

regenerative energies in more 

than 20 countries worldwide. 

In order to continue to grow 

BP SOLAR 

Poly 3 Series 

Polycrystalline 

photovoltaic modules 

With a nominal performance 

of 170 and 175 watts and a 

module efficiency of up to 14 

percent, BP 3170S and BP 

3175S are among the most powerful 

polycrystalline modules 

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suppliers for the long-term delivery 

of solar modules. The 

purpose of the agreement is to 

supply thin film modules over 

the period from 2006 to 2011 

with a guaranteed peak power 

of at least 158 megawatts. 

The agreement includes the 

option of raising the volume of 

modules to a total of up to 265 

megawatts and, at the same 

time, of extending the term 

until 2012. This supply agreement 

is the largest and most 

faster than the global regenerative 

energy market and to 

strengthen its position as leading 

supplier of renewable energy 

systems, the company will 

employ more members of staff 

in the coming years. 

“Personnel and management 

are structured to enable the 

company to grow and be a 

global player with several thousand 

employees. By the end of 

the year, we will have taken 

on 400 additional members of 

staff worldwide,“ Hans-Martin 

Rüter, chairman of the board 

and founder of Conergy AG, 

explains. 

comprehensive module supply 

agreement ever concluded by 

the company. 

“Phönix SonnenStrom has 

been using thin film modules 

since 2003. Especially as regards 

grid-connected large-scale photovoltaic 

power plants, we see 

great potential for this technology 

to reach economic viability 

in a few years time without 

subsidy programs,” comments 

Dr. Andreas Hänel, CEO 

of Phönix SonnenStrom AG 

(photo). “The module supplies 

secured by this agreement will 

accelerate the growth of 

Phönix SonnenStrom AG and 

provide an excellent basis for 

With an expected turnover 

of more than ¤800 million 

euros in 2006, Conergy is the 

largest solar company in 

Europe and a leading international 

supplier in other fast 

growing fields of renewable energies 

such as wind and bioenergy. 

Hans-Martin Rüter welcomes 

Nadin Schertling, Conergy’s 

1,000th employee. Schertling has 

several years of operative controlling 

experience in a leading 

technology company and is responsible 

for introducing the 

Balanced Score Card, designed to 

identify Conergy’s international 

business goals and ensure they 

are implemented. Schertling has 

also organized United Nations 

conferences. 

available on the market. They 

combine BP Solar’s latest generation 

of polycrystalline cells, 

IntegraBus, and Anti-Reflex 

Coating systems with a customer-oriented 

wirehold junction 

box. 

In addition, improved soldering 

technology and better 

cell connectors have been introduced 

into the Poly 3 series. 

Another change that is not vis- 

developing our business in the 

years ahead.” 

Phönix SonnenStrom AG is a 

leading systems integrator in 

the German and European photovoltaic 

sectors. The company 

designs, builds, and operates 

large-scale photovoltaic power 

plants and is a wholesaler of 

complete solar electricity systems, 

solar modules, and components. 

In 2005, Phönix 

SonnenStrom AG received the 

Bavaria’s Best 50 and Europe’s 

500 awards in recognition of 

its rapid growth. On May 17, 

2006, the company was awarded 

the Bavarian Founder’s Prize 

in the Visionary category. 

ible to the naked eye is the 

newly optimized cell contact. 

Together they result in significantly 

improved cell performance 

and life expectancy. 

BP Solar introduced ARC 

glass in the Saturn 7 series in 

2005. As customer feedback 

was very positive, BP Solar is 

also introducing this highly effective 

modification for Poly 3 

series products. 


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MUNICH AIRPORT 

Blossoming biodiesel reserves at Munich Airport: When Munich Airport switches more than one-third 

of its vehicle fleet to biodiesel, the source for this renewable energy is close at hand. The airport is surrounded 

by rapeseed fields that will provide canola oil for biodiesel production—making the project 

beneficial not only to the environment, but also to local farmers. 

Ground Service Vehicles 

To Run on Biodiesel 

FMG committed to alternative diesel fuels 

Munich Airport CEO, Dr. 

Michael Kerkloh, says the airport 

is an ideal setting for presenting 

modern technologies: 

“By making biodiesel an important 

fuel for our airport 

equipment, we are clearly signaling 

our belief in regenerative 

energies. Munich Airport, 

which welcomes a large international 

audience every day, is 

the perfect setting for showcasing 

convincing concepts for 

a sustainable energy supply.” 

FMG will convert one-third 

of its apron vehicles from diesel 

to biodiesel operation. This 

plant-based fuel is not only an 

ecologically significant element 

in an environmentally friendly 

energy supply that is sustainable 

in the long term; it also 

makes economic sense. Biodiesel 

is more than one-third 

cheaper than conventional 

diesel fuel. After the conversion 

of the apron vehicles, FMG 

can realize annual cost savings 

of up to ¤1 million. 

The idea of putting pure, natural 

vegetable oil—like the oil 

we use on salads—in the fuel 

tanks of diesel vehicles is as old 

as diesel technology itself. 

Vegetable oil was among the 

fuels used by inventor Rudolf 

Diesel to run his first engines. 

Natural vegetable oils such as 

canola oil are CO 2 -neutral, sulfur-free, 

and non-toxic. 

Research shows that fuel consumption 

and engine performance 

are the same as in conventional 

diesel operations. 

Munich Airport currently 

uses up to 6 million liters of 

diesel fuel per year. The plan is 

to replace up to one-third of 

this fuel through canola oil. In 

2007, the airport intends to use 

1.2 million liters of canola oil, 

and will increase that amount 

to 2 million liters in the following 

year. Depending on the 

quantity delivered, the price 

for canola oil fluctuates around 

70 cents per liter. Unlike conventional 

diesel fuel, biodiesel 

is currently not subject to petroleum 

tax. This price advantage 

will continue at least until 

2008. 

In the first conversion phase, 

500 of the 1,400 diesel vehicles 

operating at Munich Airport 

are due for conversion to 

biodiesel by the end of next 

year. Conversion investments 

will be fully amortized within 

two years. FMG’s own mechanics 

will carry out the necessary 

work. 

or Munich Airport’s 

ground services fleet, 

biodiesel will be part of the 

fuel mix of the future. With 

the launch of this 

innovative technological 

project, FMG, the airport 

operating company, aims 

to substantially increase 

the use of renewable energy 

sources at Munich 

Airport. Already the site of 

a hydrogen fueling station 

for some years now, and 

with the world’s largest 

photoelectric generating 

facility on an airport terminal 

roof, the airport has 

long been a trailblazer in 

testing and utilizing renewable 

energy technologies. 

Equipment scheduled for refitting 

includes, for example, 

all mobile 400 Hz units for providing 

aircraft with power on 

the ground. Also slated for conversion 

are passenger buses 

and—whenever technically 

possible—special vehicles for 

aircraft handling. Technical 

modifications to engines and 

fuel tanks will allow automatic 

switching from conventional 

diesel fuel to biodiesel while 

vehicles are operating. It will 

even be possible to use a mixture 

of both fuels. 

The switch will also benefit 

farmers and canola oil producers 

in the immediate vicinity 

of the airport. To ensure 

uniform quality of the biodiesel 

fuel, FMG is working closely 

with the Bavarian Center for 

Technology and Development 

in Straubing. 

In addition to the biodiesel 

project, Munich Airport plans 

to push forward the use of 

other forms of renewable energy. 

For example, FMG plans 

to determine to what extent 

bioethanol, biogas, or biomass 

can be integrated into its energy 

and fuel supply process. 


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F

Punctuality keeps costs down—and with a 

superliner like the Airbus A380, that’s truer 

than ever. 

Which is why the entire Lufthansa Technik 

Group is already hard at work perfecting 

the complex interplay between airports, 

service providers and aircraft manufacturer. 

The Spairliners joint venture to supply 

Maintaining 

A380 

right from the start. 

It’s all about being ready – 

A380, to be maintained 

by Lufthansa Technik. 

equipment and components across the 

globe, the N3 joint venture with Rolls-Royce 

in engine overhaul, the close cooperation 

with Airbus, for instance, in developing 

flight simulators and training programs— 

we are masterminding a seamless support 

concept for the A380 where everything fits 

together perfectly. Opening up a whole 

More mobility for the world 

new dimension in productivity for you. 

Are you ready to board the future? 

Let’s talk about it! 

Lufthansa Technik AG, Marketing & Sales 

E-mail: marketing.sales@lht.dlh.de 

Visit us at www.lufthansa-technik.com 

Call us +49-40-5070-5553

FRAPORT 

Frankfurt Airport Marks 

70 Years At “Frankfurter Kreuz” 

Freeway Intersection 

Plans were 

laid in the 

mid-1920s for a 

new airport, 

which went 

into operation 

in 1936 

Seventy years ago, on July 

8, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) 

began operating at its current 

location adjacent to 

the famous Frankfurter 

Kreuz freeway intersection. 

While today’s busy and vibrant 

airport city is 

focused on the forward 

horizon, it is also important 

to look back on FRA’s long 

history. 

During that summer of 1936, a 

Lufthansa Junkers JU52 airplane 

made the first landing at 

Frankfurt am Main’s new airport. 

The former Rebstock airfield 

in the city had become 

too small and, indeed, too dangerous 

because of the nearby 

railway embankments. In the 

mid-1920s Frankfurt city hall 

was already making plans to 

create a new airport in the outlying 

city forest. A site was selected 

directly next to the intersection 

of Germany’s proposed 

first freeway route that 

would stretch from Hamburg 

to Basel, Switzerland. 

Lack of money delayed implementation 

of these plans, 

but construction was finally 

decided by the end of 1933. 

Frankfurt’s “Flug- und Luftschiffhafen 

Rhein-Main” 

(Rhine-Main Air and Airship 

Port) covered about 300 

hectares next to Frankfurter 

Kreuz. 

Initially, the airport had a 

large grass airfield instead of 

any runways. There was only a 

paved area for parking aircraft. 

The two-storey main building 

included a restaurant with popular 

garden café. The white 

control tower, stretching six 

storeys above the airfield, became 

the airport’s landmark. 

To the west, there was a single 

level garage, with parking 

spaces for 12 vehicles, and an 

aircraft hangar. 

The passenger reception hall 

measured about 120 square meters. 

Approximately 70,000 passengers 

used FRA in 1937, the 

first full year of operations— 

about half the number of passengers 

now welcomed by FRA 

on an average day. 

Lufthansa Junkers JU52 made first 

landing at Frankfurt am Main’s 

new airport. 


NO. 5, 2006

Frankfurt 

Airport’s 

Anniversary: 

70 Years and 

Beyond 

Here is a brief flashback in 

the history of FRA since 

1936. At that time, nobody 

had an idea what Germany’s 

largest airport would look 

like today and how important 

it would be as a vital 

hub in the global air transportation 

system: 

1936: 

Flight operations at “Flugund 

Luftschiffhafen Rhein- 

Main” (today’s FRA) begin. 

1939: 

FRA is taken over by the 

German Luftwaffe after the 

outbreak of the Second 

World War; the airport is 

completely destroyed at the 

end of the war. 

1945: 

Construction of the U.S. 

Rhein-Main Air Base 

commences at FRA. 

1947: 

Founding of 

“Vekehrsaktiengesellschaft 

Rhein-Main AG (VAG)”—the 

new airport operating company. 

1948: 

FRA serves as vital supporting 

base for the Berlin Air 

Lift, the biggest humanitarian 

airlift in history. 

1949: 

Completion of Frankfurt 

Airport’s parallel runway 

system. 

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1954: 

VAG changes its name to 

“Flughafen Frankfurt/Main 

AG (FAG).” 

1972: 

Terminal 1 and its integrated 

underground railway station 

are inaugurated during the 

year of the Munich Olympics. 

1984: 

Inauguration of Runway 18 

West. 

1990: 

Foundation stone laid for 

Terminal 2. 

1993: 

Agreement on the first partial 

return of air base land to 

civilian use. 

1994: 

Terminal 2 and the elevated 

Sky Line people-mover go 

into operation. 

1997: 

Inauguration of the FAG- 

Cargo Terminal at CargoCity 

South; new Pier D linking 

Terminals 1 and 2; westward 

extension of the Sky Line. 

1999: 

New Long-distance Train 

Station for InterCity Express 

(ICE) high-speed trains goes 

into service. 

2000: 

Westward extension of Pier A 

(Terminal 1) is opened; 

change of corporate name to 

Fraport AG. 

2001: 

Fraport becomes first German 

airport company to be listed 

on the stock exchange. 

2002: 

FRA is linked to the new highspeed 

rail corridor (ICE trains) 

between Frankfurt/Rhine- 

Main and Cologne, Germany. 

2004: 

Zoning approval is received 

for construction of the A380 

maintenance base at the 

southern side of FRA. 

In 1950, when the reporting of 

traffic statistics began, Frankfurt 

Airport welcomed some 

195,330 passengers. By 1957 the 

one-million passenger mark 

had already been reached. In 

1971 the number of passengers 

using FRA exceeded 10 million 

for the first time. In 1985 pas- 

2005: 

A380 superjumbo makes 

successful world premier at 

FRA for first airport 

compatibility tests; U.S. Air 

Force closes air base after 

60 years at FRA. 

Frankfurter Kreuz (upper left) and Frankfurt Airport FRA. 

senger traffic climbed to more 

than 20 million. Then in 1992, 

FRA served more than 30 million 

passengers in a single year; 

in 1997 the airport topped the 

40 million passenger level for 

the first time. FRA’s magical 

figure of 50 million passengers 

per year came in 2004. 


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LUFTHANSA TECHNIK 

Executive Interiors 

From Modular Components 

Affordability and low life cycle costs without 

compromising comfort, utility, style 

Lufthansa Technik, 

a leading provider for 

VIP & Executive Jet 

Solutions, has strengthened 

its position in the completion 

of standardized 

business and corporate jet 

cabins. Being the exclusive 

partner for the Airbus A318 

Elite and the Bombardier 

Challenger 850, the German 

Completion Center is at the 

forefront to deliver a new 

class of business and corporate 

jets to the market. 

Recently, Airbus signed a contract 

with Lufthansa Technik 

to outfit the cabins of A318 

Elites, the latest member of the 

Airbus corporate jet family. It 

simultaneously concluded a 

contract with A318 Elite launch 

customer Comlux of Switzerland, 

for outfitting its first 

three aircraft. Agreements 

cover outfitting initial A318 

Elites, which are offered in one 

of two cabin-layouts, seating 

14 and 18 passengers. 

This arrangement, which offers 

clients a lot of flexibility in 

the choice of furnishing details 

such as fabrics and colors, allows 

Airbus to deliver an attractively 

priced package. Five 

additional orders have been 

placed with National Air 

Service (NAS) of Saudi-Arabia 

and another five with an undisclosed 

customer. 

“Market success of the 

Airbus A318 Elite just months 

after its official launch is overwhelming. 

Competitive pack- 

age on price and turn-around 

time allows corporations, governments, 

and individuals to 

receive a state-of-the-art business 

jet for less money on short 

notice,” says Walter Heerdt, 

Senior Vice President Marketing 

& Sales of Lufthansa 

Technik. 

At the end of 2005, Bombardier 

Aerospace and Lufthansa 

Technik announced an agreement 

that secures 17 positions 

at Lufthansa Technik’s Hamburg 

facility for completing 

Private office aboard the Airbus A318 Elite. 

Challenger 850 business jets 

over the next three years. In 

addition to coordinating production 

and installation, 

Lufthansa Technik works closely 

with Bombardier to conceptualize 

and engineer executive 

interiors that are innovative 

and elegant. Challenger 850 aircraft 

operators will also have 

the option of adding up to two 

additional fuel tanks, resulting 

in a range of more than 3,100 

nautical miles (5,741 kilometers) 

with five passengers. 

“With the fifth Challenger 

850 business jet arriving at our 

facilities last month, we see a 

huge demand for this new business 

jet offering the largest 

cabin in its class. Adding the 

Challenger 850 business jet is a 

significant upgrade of our 

product portfolio,” comments 

Bernhard Conrad, Senior Vice 

President Completion Center 

and Head of Approved Design 

Organization at Lufthansa 

Technik. 

A standardized solution is 

also offered for Boeing Business 

Jet (BBJ). Named Leadership 

Select, the program is especially 

adapted to the needs of 

government customers and 

corporate/VIP operators 

searching for unmatched af- 

fordability and low life cycle 

costs without compromising 

comfort, utility, or style. 

Pioneering concept of the 

modular cabin allows customers 

to put together a cabin 

interior composed from a combination 

of predefined components 

that reflect precisely 

their requirements for the airplane 

while leaving space for 

creating an individual cabin interior. 

Modular cabin structure 

with different floor plan options 

meets spatial needs as 

well as technical requirements 

of a high-quality, efficient completion. 

Having access to a pool 

of selected materials, leather, 

suede, fabrics, and colors guarantees 

each BBJ is singular. 

Besides, Lufthansa Technik offers 

a full selection of cabin 

and in-flight entertainment 

(IFE) systems that ensure seamless 

communication. 


NO. 5, 2006

ESA 

T 

hanks to the 

resumption of Space 

Shuttle flights, the permanent 

crew of the 

International Space Station 

is now back up to three. 

Joining Russian commander 

Pavel Vinogradov and NASA 

flight engineer Jeffrey 

Williams onboard is ESA astronaut 

Thomas Reiter. 

Thomas Reiter has been in training 

for ISS equipment activities 

since 2001. 

Astronaut Thomas Reiter 

Reports for Duty Onboard ISS 

Reiter is one of three permanent crew members 

on the International Space Station 

Less than two days after its July 

4 evening lift-off from NASA’s 

Kennedy Space Center at 

Florida’s Cape Canaveral, the 

Space Shuttle Discovery 

docked with the International 

Space Station on July 6 in the 

afternoon. The Shuttle’s seven 

crew members were welcomed 

by the Station’s permanent 

crew of two who have been on 

board since March. 

Shortly after boarding, 

Thomas Reiter recovered his 

landing seat liner (tailor-made 

for his body shape) and installed 

it on the Soyuz TMA-8 

spacecraft. Launched in March, 

this Russian ferry ship is currently 

docked to the ISS to 

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serve as an emergency lifeboat 

for the permanent crew (and 

also to return Vinogradov and 

Williams in September). 

This seat liner transfer 

marked the arrival of Thomas 

Reiter as the third member of 

the ISS permanent crew and 

the return to a crew of three 

for the first time since May 

2003. 

Thomas Reiter will now 

spend five to seven months on 

board as second flight engineer. 

He is the first non- 

U.S./non-Russian astronaut to 

be given such an assignment. In 

the future, he will be succeeded 

by more Canadian, ESA, or 

Japanese astronauts. 

As flight engineer, he will 

carry out numerous tasks on 

board the Station to operate 

and maintain equipment in its 

U.S. and Russian segments. He 

has been in training for these 

ISS equipment activities since 

2001. 

His ISS system responsibilities 

include the Russian docking 

mechanism, guidance and 

control, environmental control 

and life support systems, power 

control and communications, 

crew health and safety, and 

extra-vehicular activities. He is 

due to become the first ESA astronaut 

to perform a spacewalk 

from the Station. In addition, 

he will operate research 

facilities onboard to support 

the ongoing international program 

of scientific experimentation. 

Among his science activities, 

he will conduct a series of experiments 

devised by European 

scientists for ESA’s Astrolab 

Mission. These include investigations 

in the fields of human 

physiology and psychology, microbiology, 

plasma physics, 

and radiation dosimetry. 

He will also perform technology 

demonstrations and 

conduct industrial and educational 

experiments for universities 

and primary/secondary 

schools. 


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AERO NEWS 

PACE 

Pacelab 

Mission/SCAP 

Upgraded to Version 3.10 

Software manufacturer PACE 

has rolled out version 3.10 of 

its aircraft performance suite 

Pacelab Mission/SCAP. Program 

supports a wide array of 

in-flight and airfield performance 

investigations. Being 

off-the-shelf, Windows-based 

software tools, Pacelab 

Mission/SCAP can be readily 

applied by aircraft/engine manufacturers 

and aircraft operators 

alike. 

Prime capabilities are rapid 

build-up of computation scenarios 

and availability of single 

Fraport AG is the only German 

company this year to be newly 

listed on the London-based 

FTSE4Good Index—one of the 

most important indices for sustainability. 

Specifically, Fraport 

AG has been placed on both 

the FTSE4Good Europe Index 

and the FTSE4Good Global 

Index. Created in 2001 by the 

Financial Times and the London 

Stock Exchange, FTSE4Good 

Index lists companies according 

to strict criteria in the areas 

and batch mode calculations, 

which significantly speed up 

the analysis of large route networks. 

Customizable output 

post-processing in multiple formats 

enables convenient analysis 

of results. 

Benefits are rounded off by 

the software’s excellent connectivity 

to aircraft and engine 

manufacturers’ performance 

data. Standard links to statistical 

weather data provided by 

Boeing PC WindTemp and to 

commercial airport databases 

are routinely supported as well. 

Top new Version 3.10 features 

include License Borrowing 

Tool for using software 

on business trips, Range Circle 

Calculations for computing a 

set of departure airports, 

Enhanced Output Reporting 

with additional parameters, 

FRAPORT 

Listing on FTSE4Good Index 

Shares gain interest internationally 

of corporate leadership, environmental 

protection, and social/corporate 

responsibility. 

The index currently has about 

300 members in Europe, including 

30 from Germany. 

FTSE4Good Index is now receiving 

growing interest from 

fund managers who base their 

investment decisions on these 

sustainability criteria. Thus, the 

Fraport Share will be of interest 

to even more international 

investors. 

easier switching of active aircraft, 

wider scope of parameters 

in Routes Table View dialog, 

data filter for Drag and 

LUFTHANSA CARGO 

Joint Cargo Handling Operation 

With Swissport 

Swissport and Lufthansa Cargo 

have joined forces in a joint 

cargo handling operation. The 

two companies are locating 

their cargo handling activities 

under one roof at Hanover 

Airport. The joint operation 

began on July1. Swissport will 

manage daily cargo handling. 

A joint operation—legally possible 

only since 2001—is a cooperative 

undertaking in which 

each retains its legal autonomy. 

Staff of both partners retain 

their previous company 

status. 

Karl-Heinz Köpfle, Lufthansa 

Cargo Board Member Operations 

says, “We are delighted 

this cooperation has come 

about. It will help us reduce 

our unit costs and make the 

best use of existing capacities.“ 

Heath White, Swissport Vice 

President Cargo Services 

Europe says, “This joint operation 

at our second largest base 

in Germany is of major strate- 

Thrust data, upgraded compatibility 

to Boeing PCWind- 

Temp, and enhanced graphical 

user interface. 

Karl-Heinz Köpfle, Lufthansa 

Cargo Board MemberOperations. 

gic importance to Swissport. It 

is the first cooperative partnership 

between the two companies 

in Lufthansa Cargo’s 

home market.“ 

Once the joint operation gets 

underway, the two partners 

jointly handle cargo for more 

than 40 airlines at Hanover airport. 

That is equivalent to 

about 75 percent of the cargo 

volume routed through the airport. 


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FUNKE & WILL 

At the IAA international automobile exhibition in Frankfurt in 1999, the prototype of the YES! Clubsport car was 

introduced by two engineers, Herbert Funke and Philipp Will, who had just completed their studies at Technical 

University Cologne. Unsuspected success laid the foundation for the company Funke & Will in 2000, 

which is located in a remodelled aircraft hangar near Dresden in Germany. 

Numerous configuration options 

produce automobiles as 

individual as a 

fingerprint 

YES!— 

Sporty Cars 

Derived From Racing 

The company delivered its first 

car to a customer in Grossenhain, 

Saxony, in summer 2001. 

This car attracted the attention 

of large automotive manufacturers, 

because it was produced 

cost effectively in small 

volumes. First contracts were 

acquired from third-party com- 

panies in the mass volume and 

luxury segments. 

Striving for continuous innovation 

and the pursuit of tailor-made 

solutions, Funke & 

Will is now working on secondgeneration 

automobiles and 

has just introduced its YES! 

Roadster 3.2. A 3.2 liter V6 en- 

Luxurious interior bears leather and chrome appointments. 

gine with 225 HP produces a 

powerful driving machine that 

is vibrant in performance. 

Compared to its predecessor, 

the YES! Roadster 3.2 has grown 

significantly. Larger engine and 

longer wheelbase result in more 

overhang front and rear for a 

stretched appearance. Wedgeshaped 

ascending side line and 

racy accentuated wings are 

striking attributes. 

For the YES! Roadster 3.2 

Turbo, the concept was taken 

one step further. An especially 

developed rear wing spoiler 

assures the necessary down 

force to bring 355 HP safely 

onto the street. 

Powerful engines are nevertheless 

fuel efficient. Steering 

is adjustable in the vertical and 

longitudinal axes. 

Roadsters can be delivered 

with a 6-speed-manual or 5speed-automatic 

transmission. 

Low shifting effort and short 

path allow fast gear changes. 

ABS, ventilated disc brakes 

provide maximum decelera- 

YES! Roadster 3.2 has a striking, 

stretched appearance. 

tion. Exhaust system, consisting 

of two high-quality or stainless 

steel pipes, meets demanding 

emission standards. 

Full-size driver’s and passenger’s 

airbags are available for 

safety, just in case. 

Soft top can be stored inside 

the car with room left over for 

weekend luggage. Optional and 

mostly for the cold season is 

the new hardtop. Easily and 

quickly assembled, it turns the 

YES! Roadster into a coupe! 

High-quality materials combined 

with chrome and leather 

applications lend a sporty appearance. 

Optional equipment 

and accessories, for example 

modern multimedia navigation 

system and three-way sound 

system, offer much room for 

individualization. 

Funke & Will services range 

from providing single parts for 

special cars to complete super 

sport cars. The company was 

honored with the German 

Entrepreneur Award in the category 

“emerging” for its outstanding 

growth and future potential. 


NO. 5, 2006

SIEMENS VDO 

D 

ifficult maneuvering in 

dead end streets and 

exhausting U-turns when 

confronted with low 

bridges will soon be a thing 

of the past for truck 

drivers. Siemens VDO is 

meeting the special needs 

of the commercial vehicle 

and presenting true truck 

navigation at the IAA 2006 

in Hanover, Germany. The 

operating software has 

been adapted so that 

recommended routes take 

into account not only vehicle-specific 

attributes such 

as height and weight but 

also the special driving 

characteristics of large 

trucks. What’s more, the 

company uses an expanded 

commercial vehicle-specific 

map database and incorporates 

numerous new points 

of interest especially for 

the truck driver. 

To make sure that goods and 

vehicles reach their destination 

reliably and by the best direct 

route, Siemens VDO has developed 

the first true truck navigation 

system based on its 

widely acclaimed in-car systems. 

Vehicle-specific data is 

matched with clearance 

heights and bridge weight restrictions 

contained in the map 

data. 

Algorithms for route calculation 

have been modified to 

take the driving characteristics 

of large trucks into account. 

For instance, U-turns are specifically 

avoided, special truck 

symbols are added in the map 

display, and calculation of arrival 

time is modified accordingly. 

When setting the destination, 

the driver first enters the 

data of his truck. On the basis 

of length, width, weight, axle 

load, and hazardous materials 

class, the navigation system 

NO. 5, 2006 

Route Guidance Without 

Dead Ends,Tight Squeezes 

Siemens VDO will offer the truck navigation system in 2007. 

only selects routes which present 

no problems for the vehicle. 

This data only needs to be 

entered once and is checked 

through each time the navigation 

system is restarted. Once 

the vehicle data and the destination 

address have been entered 

the electronic route guidance 

starts automatically. 

As Siemens VDO has integrated 

a so-called TMC receiver 

as a standard feature, the 

system provides the driver with 

traffic information and, if the 

driver wishes, suggests an alternative 

route in case of congestion. 

Here, again, special 

route restrictions for trucks are 

taken into account so the truck 

driver is not taken through narrow 

streets or across bridges 

that are not wide enough. 

Providers of digitalized map 

material incorporate truck-specific 

restrictions and points of 

interest such as truck stops, 

special trucker restaurants, or 

Siemens VDO 

unveils true truck 

navigation at 

IAA in Hanover 

gas stations for parts of 

Western Europe in their databases. 

Where bridge clearances 

or axle loads are not yet included, 

Siemens VDO guides 

truckers to their destination by 

using conventional car navigation 

data which is automatically 

available for these areas. 

As one of the first integrated 

navigation systems, Siemens 

VDO’s truck navigation system 

uses a compact SD card that 

covers the entire road network 

and special points of interest in 

Europe. By dispensing with a 

conventional CD or DVD drive 

the navigation computer is 

made much more compact and 

robust. 

The Siemens VDO device is 

equipped with interfaces that 

allow ergonomically optimal 

integration of the truck navigation 

system in the cockpit of 

a commercial vehicle. If the vehicle 

manufacturer wishes, 

navigation directions can be 

displayed directly on the instrument 

panel for instance. 

Manufacturer-specific control 

elements can also be incorporated. 

A large-format screen that is 

clearly readable in all light conditions 

is integrated in the 

cockpit for the map display, 

which can be designed to the 

customer’s specific requirements. 

Other telematics, information, 

and entertainment 

functions can be added, and 

the vehicle manufacturer’s 

workshops and service stations 

can be integrated into the map 

displays. 


27

CERAMTEC 

High-Tech Ceramic Materials 

Fortify Hip-Joint Implants 

Significant reduction in remission rates and allergic reactions 

CeramTec AG supplies 

BIOLOX-ceramic 

components for artificial 

hip joints to a large number 

of joint replacement manufacturers 

worldwide. Use of 

extremely wear-resistant 

ceramic implants (ball 

heads and cup inserts) produces 

a significant 

reduction in the aseptic 

rate for loosening and associated 

complications. Due 

to its property profile, the 

ceramic wear couple 

provides a good solution 

for active and younger patients. 

Unlike metal, ceramic 

doesn’t release the particles 

that can lead to an allergic 

reaction. 

In the hip replacement sector, 

no other material is used as frequently 

for wear couples as BI- 

OLOX-ceramics. Since 1974, 

worldwide more than 4 million 

BIOLOX-ceramic ball heads and 

750,000 cup inserts have been 

used. In 2005, approximately 

480,000 hip joint operations 

were performed using ceramic 

components. 

In Europe about 60 percent 

of all patients undergoing a hip 

joint operation have ceramic 

BIOLOX components implanted. 

Growth rates in Asia and 

USA also reflect the high acceptance 

of ceramics. 

“Ceramics are not porcelain,” 

emphasizes Dr. Martin 

Dietrich, Director of Ceram- 

Tec’s Medical Technology 

Division, pointing to the hightech 

nature of the material and 

the often mistaken association 

with household ceramics.” He 

says, “Substantial costs for revision 

operations could be 

saved by using ceramics, highquality 

material well tolerated 

by the body, in patients from 

the outset. Moreover, problems 

of abrasion and so-called 

osteolysis are less pronounced 

with ceramic/ceramic-hip couples.” 

Heinrich Wecker, Division 

Business Manager Central 

Europe, demonstrates the extreme 

hardness of a ball head 

made from high performance 

ceramics using a fall-test ex- 

CeramTec AG Recognized 

for Outstanding Innovative 

Performance 

In Munich, the Bavarian 

Innovation Prize 2006 was 

awarded to 11 prizewinners 

(including CeramTec AG) 

from the Bavarian State. 

The prize is awarded every 

two years by the Bavarian 

State. 

CeramTec’s Medical 

Technology Division 

received the commendation 

“recognition for outstanding 

innovative 

performance” in the sector 

“high hardness ceramic 

components for joint 

implants.“ The hardness of 

these ceramic components 

has been virtually doubled 

by the newly developed 

mixed oxide ceramic 

BIOLOXdelta. In the meantime, 

30,000 ball heads have 

been implanted using this 

new ceramic material. 

periment. In this test, a metal 

cylinder weighing several kilograms 

drops onto a ceramic implant; 

surprisingly enough, the 

cylinder, not the ceramic joint 

ball head, sustains the damage. 

“Only diamonds are harder 

than the ceramic material BI- 

OLOX,” Wecker touts. 

In the complex, high-tech 

manufacturing process for ceramic 

hip joint components, all 

heads and cup inserts are compressed 

in a hot isostatic press 

High-tech BIOLOX-ceramic implants are extremely wear resistant. 

and provided with laser markings 

to ensure that each individual 

element can be traced 

back to the original production 

facility. Each unit is then 

inspected individually by hand 

with a magnifying glass for almost 

two minutes. 

CeramTec AG is a company of 

the Rockwood Specialities 

Group headquartered in the 

United States. Nevertheless, it 

remains quintessentially German 

in its decision making. 


NO. 5, 2006

WILDEN 

I 

n April 2006, a cooperative project aiming at developing 

modified surfaces for cell cultures—carried out by 

Wilden AG in cooperation with the chair of medical 

engineering at Munich’s University of Applied Science, 

Technische Universität München, and ITEM GmbH—was 

completed with success. The venture received financial 

funding of ¤500,000 from the High-Tech Offensive from 

Bavaria (HTO), Bavarian support program for Leading 

Projects in Medical Engineering. Three-dimensional cell cultures 

developed as a result of this project can be used for 

testing medical drugs or cosmetics, thus significantly 

reducing the amount of animal testing conventionally required 

in this area of application. 

Pharmaceutical and cosmetics 

industries have increased demand 

for cell cultures suitable 

for testing new substances and 

formulae. These allow time and 

cost savings, while reducing 

the controversial practice of 

animal testing. A substantial 

part of the investment in cancer 

research as well as for ointment 

and cream production 

costs flows into high-performance 

testing systems. 

Three-dimensional cell culture 

models can deliver signi- 

NO. 5, 2006 

Three-dimensional 

cell culture 

models for 

testing 

pharmaceuticals 

and cosmetics 

Biomedical Project Cell3D 

Completed Successfully 

ficantly more informative results 

than standard models. 

Moreover, cell culture dishes 

can be produced as disposable 

articles in a fully automated 

and cost-efficient process. 

“At Wilden AG, cooperation 

with universities and research 

institutes heads the agenda,” 

explains Angela Schubert, head 

of international product development. 

“With this commitment, 

which is rather unusual 

for medium sized businesses, 

we can consolidate our 

Source: Wilden AG 

Three-dimensional cell cultures can be used for testing medical drugs 

or cosmetics, thus reducing the amount of animal testing required. 

competence and keep abreast 

of the competition—an enhancement 

of expertise that 

benefits our customers.” 

Research project Development 

of Modified Surfaces for 

Cell Cultures had the objective 

of increasing both the quantity 

and the quality of cells in 

any one culture, an essential element 

for developing significantly 

more efficient systems 

for testing pharmaceutical substances. 

Desired enhancement 

of cell cultures’ quality and 

quantity was achieved by 

means of newly developed cell 

culture dishes with specially 

designed open-pore three-dimensional 

structures and modified 

surfaces. Previously, use 

of cell cultures was foiled, because 

cells lose some of their 

characteristic properties when 

cultivated on smooth surfaces. 

As confirmed by technically 

advanced analysis methods, 

the genetic combination activated 

in the three-dimensional 

cell cultures that were cultivated 

on a modified surface is 

similar to that of human cells. 

Reactions to pharmaceuticals 

observed in the new cell culture 

dish were therefore similar 

to those observed in natural 

tissue. 

Due to the positive results of 

the project, the new system has 

already aroused the interest of 

several customers. Wilden AG 

envisages cooperation with 

these customers in order to 

transfer the research results 

into the development of an industrial 

and marketable product. 

Wilden Group 

With 20 facilities and branches 

in Asia, Europe, and USA, 

Wilden group is one of the 

largest European players in the 

injection molding market. 

Company produces parts such 

as complex structural units and 

turnkey products for the automotive 

industry, electric and 

electronic engineering, office 

communication and telecommunication, 

building technology 

and automation, diagnostics, 

pharmaceutical applications, 

medical technology, and 

cosmetics. 


29

SIEMENS A&D 

CNC 

solutions for the workshop, 

automation concepts in machine tool 

building and mold making, as well 

as services covering all aspects of machine 

tools were focal points of the presentation 

by Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) at 

this year’s Metav trade show in Düsseldorf, 

Germany. With ShopMill and ShopTurn, Siemens 

presented user-friendly programming and operator 

interfaces for CNC turning and milling machines 

for medium-sized users. A comprehensive portfolio 

of tools comprises Mechatronic Support, 

Virtual Production, Sinumerik Machine Simulator, 

and Virtual NC Core for simulation in machine 

design or for optimizing programs and workpieces. 

Sinumerik solution line and Sinamics generation of 

drives form the basis for modular and future-oriented 

machine concepts. 

For users of CNC machinery, 

workshop programs ShopTurn 

and ShopMill from Siemens 

A&D guarantee user-friendly 

interfaces and simple handling. 

Technology packages are just 

as suitable for cycle-controlled 

flatbed machines, inclined bed 

turning machines, and horizontal 

or vertical turning and 

milling centers as they are for 

complex machining centers in 

machine tool building and 

mold making. Siemens offers 

solution packages with integrated 

and simple operation 

for all these different machines 

from a single source. ShopTurn 

and ShopMill can be used in 

small-sized as well as mass production. 

ShopTurn for turning machines 

has a powerful contour 

computer for high-speed calculation 

of demanding tangential 

or non-tangential contour 

transitions. Software incorporates 

all the usual cycles 

for turning or turning-milling, 

as well as manual functions 

such as linear and incline input 

for a cycle-controlled turning 

machine. With ShopMill for 

milling machines, machining 

cycles are available from pocket 

to island machining, through 

free contours and swivel cycles 

on 5-axis machines, to the 

high-speed setting cycle (HSC) 

for mold-making programs. 

These features benefit above 

medium-sized users, because 

they reduce refitting times and 

save training costs for operating 

personnel. SinuTrain train- 

Mechatronic Support helps reduce development times for new 

machines and optimize CNC programs and surface finishes. 

CNC Solutions 

For Mechanical Equipment 

Manufacturers and Users 

Modular and future-oriented 

machine concepts 

ing software offers basic and 

advanced training for the 

workshop area. 

With Mechatronic Support, 

Sinumerik machine simulator, 

virtual NC core, and virtual 

production, Siemens A&D presented 

a portfolio of services 

for simulation in mechanical 

equipment manufacture. These 

help reduce development times 

for new machines and optimize 

CNC programs and surface finishes. 

Virtual analysis of machine 

and drive configurations 

as well as machining steps can 

reduce prototype phases of machines 

and workpieces to be 

processed. 

With the introduction of the 

Sinumerik solution line CNC 

range, Siemens brings all in- 

terfaces of a CNC into line with 

the Industrial Ethernet/Profinet 

standard, making it easier for 

operators to integrate their machines 

into machine networks. 

Combining Sinumerik solution 

line and Sinamics drives range 

enables distributed and simple 

configuration of automation 

solutions. This means modular 

and easily scalable concepts 

can be implemented with machine 

tools, and machining 

centers can be assembled individually 

from standard modules. 

Thin Client technology is 

used for operator input. Drives 

communication system via 

Drive Cliq provides improved 

diagnostics facilities and fast 

recognition of the drive via the 

electronic rating plate. 

Solution line system platform is 

also characterized by open architecture 

in user interface and 

real-time NC core, enabling integration 

of application-specific 

functions with real-time 

capability, and customized design 

of the user interface. 


NO. 5, 2006

HARTING 

Continually Improving 

Connectivity and Networks 

Robust devices play an important part in industrial communications 

W 

ith decades of experience in electrical and electronics 

connectors, Harting is a leader when it comes to 

industrial connectors. Ethernet switches combine proven 

reliability with pioneering innovation. The Han (Harting 

Norm) product family sets a worldwide standard for electrical 

connectors in sectors ranging from factory automation 

and machine manufacturing to transportation and 

wind energy. Harting’s portfolio also includes industrial 

communication solutions such as Ethernet and bus components 

as well as industrial PC interfaces. 

Ethernet Switches offer 

extensive configuration 

options 

Harting’s recently introduced 

solution gives users more convenient 

and extensive cuttingedge 

options when configuring 

unmanaged Ethernet 

switches. Solutions available 

on the market to date allow 

the user to make only a very 

few configuration changes, 

such as auto-negotiation or 

port enable/disable. 

Harting’s SmartCon Ethernet 

switches provide the user with 

more than 100 configuration 

options. Useage and operation 

were designed with practical 

applications in mind. All 

SmartCon Ethernet switches 

can be configured via a USB 

port and are plug-and-play capable 

as standard, or they can 

be re-configured to meet special 

requirements. 

Possibilities offered by Smart 

Con first become apparent to 

the user when the Ethernet 

switch is connected to a PC, 

laptop, or hand-held PC via its 

front panel USB port. Standardized 

across the globe (specifications 

1.0, 1.1, and 2.0), USB 

ports facilitate universal deployment 

with all notebooks, 

NO. 5, 2006 

PCs, and palmtops. SmartCon 

devices are simple to operate 

via the relevant buttons and in 

combination with the wideranging 

possibilities they offer 

the user, they push back the 

boundaries of application options 

for unmanaged Ethernet 

switches. 

Han CC Protected 

Module 

Established Han-Modular range 

is a highly flexible, diverse connector 

system. Users can assemble 

connectors to their own 

special design requirements 

and configurations. 

Many modules for electrical, 

optical, and gaseous signal and 

power already exist. This range 

is being continuously devel- 

oped to meet a broader range 

of customer requirements. 

Han CC Protected Module accommodates 

four Han C contacts 

with crimp termination 

and is rated for up to 830 V at 

40 A. Module is suitable for 

three-phase plus neutral power 

transmission systems (3P+N). 

Another important feature 

of this module is the finger protected 

male and female contacts. 

This enables safe connector 

solutions in application 

fields where power could be 

present on both the male and 

female side of the connector 

(for example, frequency converters, 

power ring circuits, or 

battery charging circuits). 

Han High-Density- 

Quintax and E-Coax 

Han-Quintax is a very reliable 

shielded data connector. It has 

been used for many years in 

different bus sytems, such as 

Ethernet and Profibus. Based 

on this successful connector 

concept, two new Quintax versions 

have been developed. 

Han High-Density-Quintax 

utilizes up to 8 D-Sub crimp 

contacts and therefore can be 

used for many applications 

with shielded cables (for example, 

the new redundant MVB 

bus system). 

Han E-Coax is a Quintax connector 

with one Han-E crimp 

contact in coaxial position. It 

has an impedance of 50 Ohm 

and is designed for use with 

large diameter coaxial cables. 

Therefore this Han E Coax is optimized 

for coaxial data systems 

(such as Eurobalise ETCS). 

RJ Industrial Hybrid 

Metal Connector 

With the metal RJ Industrial 

Hybrid Connector, Harting has 

developed an interface solution 

that integrates data lines 

and power supply into one connector 

for hybrid Ethernet networks. 

The connector’s geometry 

nevertheless maintains a clear 

separation between data and 

power contacts. This significantly 

reduces installation 

costs. 

The four power contacts of 

the hybrid module have also 

been designed with HARAX 

rapid termination technology, 

allowing stranded wires of up 

to 1.5 mm 2 to be 

connected. 


31

DORMA 

Dorma Moveo: 

New Dimension in Partitions 

Combinations of elements are virtually unlimited 

Dorma Moveo system— 

developed on the basis of 

the sturdy, lightweight materials 

used in aircraft engineering—has 

brought a 

new approach to planning, 

installing, and utilizing 

movable walls. Heralding a 

new era for architects, installers, 

operators, and 

users of modern buildings, 

this new generation of operable 

partitions offers 

more speed, lightness, and 

flexibility than ever before. 

Modern building projects—be 

they office blocks, hotels, conference 

centers, educational 

establishments, leisure amenities, 

or exhibition halls—are 

characterized by an ever-increasing 

requirement for usage 

flexibility. Room division and 

space configuration need to be 

adaptable to prevailing requirements. 

The architect 

needs to combine high opera- 

ComforTronic control system seals lightweight 

elements automatically. 

tional convenience and safety, 

good sound insulation, and attractive 

visuals. 

With its Moveo system, 

Dorma Hüppe Raumtrennsysteme—the 

Dorma Movable 

Walls division—meets these requirements. 

Eliminating the 

need for rigid walls, Dorma 

Moveo solution enables flexible 

units of space to be created— 

and adapted—on demand and 

within just a few moments. 

Moveo allows speedy partition 

placement and removal 

through its 

plug-and-play 

Comfor- 

Tronic 

control 

system. 

When two 

elements come 

into contact, the 

standard ComforTronic 

control system 

automatically extends 

the sealing strips, thus 

eliminating the need for man- 

ual crank-turning. 

This seal is created 

with 

the right 

contact pressure, 

ensuring 

partition stability 

and compliance with 

specified sound reduction 

values. 

With element weights up to 

50 percent lower than in the 

case of conventional partition 

systems, Moveo opens new perspectives, 

for example, in highceiling 

rooms. Where previously 

high element weights 

ruled out partitions altogether 

or meant incurring structural 

modifications, now there is a 

simple and affordable alternative 

available. 

Narrow tracks ensure that 

ceiling guides remain inconspicuous. 

Many and varied designs 

can be incorporated. 

Integrated, mechanically 

coded track switches and 

curves mean that anyone is 

able to slide the elements 

quickly and quietly into the required 

position. 

Dorma Moveo system embraces 

four product lines. Basic 

Smart Line is ideal for low 

sound insulation requirements 

(37 dB) and average room 

heights. Business Line offers a 

functional solution with moderate 

to high sound insulation 

values (47 and 55 dB) combined 

with a more prestigious finish. 

Design Line ensures high sound 

reduction values (55 dB) combined 

with high-quality, aesthetically 

elegant surface finishes 

as part of the standard 

package. In applications requiring 

more mechanical resistance, 

elements of the robust 

Steel Line are likely to be the 

ideal answer. 

Smoothfaced 

fullwall elements, 

90-degree angled 

elements, units with single 

or double passdoors, and telescopic 

elements to create abutment 

closures can be combined 

at will. Because elements can 

be stacked face to face, the 

amount of space required by a 

partition when not in use is 

minimal, as is its effect on the 

room visuals. There are six different 

stacking arrangements 

available to designers and architects, 

providing them with 

plenty of scope to devise the 

right solution for 

each project. 


NO. 5, 2006

RSA 

Trend Towards 

Complex Aluminum Extrusions 

Efficient and universal deburring systems at the Aluminium exhibition 

E 

ndeavours of car designers 

to continue improving 

consumption and 

performance values of cars 

by reducing weight keep 

the use of aluminum in the 

focus of technical development. 

In this connection a 

trend towards more 

complex geometries 

becomes evident. In particular, 

when steel workpieces 

are replaced by aluminum 

extrusions, static and safety-related 

aspects lead to 

an ever increasing complex 

design of extrusions resulting 

in high demands on production 

and further 

processing. 

At the industrial exhibition 

Aluminium 2006 in Essen 

from September 20 to 22, 

2006, RSA Entgrat- u. Trenn- 

Systeme showed deburring 

systems particularly developed 

for aluminum 

extrusions. 

Efficient deburring 

systems for complex 

extrusion shapes 

High degree of efficiency becomes 

evident due to the fact 

that one tool is sufficient for 

deburring all possible shapes. 

Respective machine concepts 

differ in level of automation. At 

the exhibition, machines with 

manual workpiece feeding for 

the easy deburring of single 

pieces and small batches were 

NO. 5, 2006 

seen in action as well as automatic 

solutions operating fully 

automatically with the possibility 

of linking to other machines. 

A second aspect of the efficiency 

is the extremely short 

set-up times. Especially versatile 

production, small batches, 

or deburring single pieces demand 

short ancillary times for 

resetting. As it is not necessary 

to change the tool, the setting 

of deburring machines is restricted 

to the workpiece size. 

RSA’s special systems deburr all 

kinds of section shapes within a 

few seconds by means of one 

tool. 

In case of stand-alone solutions 

with manual feeding, this 

is done with only a few manual 

movements so that set-up is 

accomplished within seconds. 

Automatic deburring machines 

adjust automatically to workpiece 

parameters, either by entering 

the height and the 

length of the workpiece at the 

An ever increasing trend is for more and more complex 

shapes of extrusions. 

operating panel or by taking 

over the parameters from the 

preceding machine. 

The third aspect of high rationalization 

potential is the 

short deburring time. Independent 

of the extrusion 

shape, all edges are properly 

rounded off inside and outside 

within a few seconds. Normally 

deburring takes three seconds 

per end face in the case of manual 

feeding. Automatic machines 

realize cycle times from 

2 to 12 seconds for simultaneous 

deburring of both end 

faces. 

Universal tool for all 

kinds of extrusion 

geometries 

For optimum deburring of all 

corners of an aluminum extru- 

sion, RSA has developed a tool 

similar to a surface brush, but 

without the well-known disadvantages. 

Wire trimming of the 

RSA special brush called 

RASAMAT is divided into separate 

segments supported by 

plates. 

This has a significant advantage 

over conventional surface 

brushes. Wires do not bend— 

either through centrifugal 

force or the work process. 

Therefore, it is guaranteed that 

wire tips only reach the ends of 

the extrusions rather than 

touch the surfaces. 

The result is a perfect deburring 

result during the whole 

lifetime of the tool and a workpiece 

without any damaged 

surfaces. Even painted or anodized 

workpieces can be deburred. 


33

ROBOTS 

No Fear From Iron Colleagues 

Contrary to popular belief, robots 

create rather than exterminate jobs 

T 

he robotics and automation 

(R+A) industry 

is looking optimistically 

about the future again. 

Robot manufacturers 

expect turnover to increase 

3 percent in 2006. Mediumterm 

perspectives are also 

good. By 2008, over 200,000 

new industry robots will go 

into service worldwide and 

thereby ensure jobs for 

their human colleagues. 

Following stagnating 

incomes last year, manufacturers 

of robots, image 

processing, and assembly 

technology expect a slight 

upwards trend in 2006: the 

R+A professional association 

within the German 

Machine and Plant Construction 

Association 

(VDMA) predicts turnover 

will increase from ¤6.9 billion 

to ¤7 billion. 

Primarily, large plants use assembly 

and handling technology 

for manufacturing such 

items as machines and automobiles. 

Increasingly, orders 

are coming from medical technology. 

Nevertheless, according 

to VDMA estimations, 

turnover this year will remain 

at a standstill. Last year, manufacturers 

of assembly and 

handling technology received 

¤4.3 billion. They thus contributed 

62 percent of the R+A 

industry’s gross income. 

Industrial image processing is 

currently the fastest growing 

branch of the R+A industry. 

Between 2000 and 2005, its 

turnover in Germany and 

abroad increased from ¤565 

million to ¤1,016 million or almost 

80 percent. For 2006, the 

companies expect a further increase 

of 7 percent. Industrial 

image processing applications 

include examining writing on 

glass bottles, improving quality 

control, and reading address 

labels. 

In contrast to last year’s dismal 

results, for 2006 robot 

manufacturers are counting on 

increased turnover of 3 percent. 

Income decreased 16 percent 

to ¤1.6 billion and the 

number of robots sold in Germany 

sank substantially. In 

2005. companies installed only 

10,400 new robots in Germany—23 

percent less than in 

2004. 

Above all, car manufacturers 

and their suppliers held back 

on orders. Thus, only 54 percent 

of all new robots (compared 

to 67 percent in 2004) 

were installed in the industry’s 

most important customer 

group. 

Nevertheless, robot manufacturers’ 

medium-term perspectives 

appear favorable, be- 

Industrial Robot 

Population Grows In Germany 

Year Total 

Robots Installed 

New Robots 

2000 91,200 12,800 

2001 99,200 12,700 

2002 105,200 11,900 

2003 112,400 13,100 

2004 120,600 13,400 

2005 126,600 10,400 

Source: Robotics and Automation professional 

association within the German Machine and Plant 

Construction Association (VDMA). 

ABB robots are used for welding applications in the 

automotive industry. 

cause robot applications have 

not been exhausted yet. By 

2008, the number of robots will 

grow to an estimated 651,200 

worldwide. Then approximately 

211,000 more robots will be 

in service than in 2004. Even 

more to the point, the devel- 

opment in robot-crazy countries 

like Japan and South Korea 

is not even considered in these 

calculations. In Germany, the 

number of robots installed with 

grow from nearly 127,000 at 

present to around 151,000 in 

2008. 

Concerns that robots will 

eradicate vast numbers of jobs 

in industrial companies are 

meanwhile unfounded. To the 

contrary, as investigations of 

Fraunhofer Institute for System 

and Innovation Research have 

found, industrial companies 

that use robots hire even more 

employees. At surveyed companies 

using robots, depending 

on size and manufacturing 

extent the number of jobs rose 

between 2 and 6 percent per 

year from 2000 to 2002. 

This article appeared in 

German in the newsletter 

IWD (volume 32, issue 29, 

July 20, 2006, page 8) 

published by Institut der 

deutschen Wirtschaft Köln. 


NO. 5, 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS 

DEUTSCHE MESSE 

Jörg Schomburg Passes Away 

Long-term CeBIT Division Director 

Following a brief, severe illness, 

Jörg Schomburg—authorized 

signatory and long-term CeBIT 

Division Director at Deutsche 

Messe AG based in Hannover 

passed away at the age of 62. 

Schomburg joined the company 

in 1979, after which he 

played a pivotal role in transforming 

what was once only a 

small sub-section of the Hanno- 

SMS DEMAG 

Iron and Steel 

Plant 

On the Persian Gulf 

IMIDRO, Iranian Mines and 

Mineral Industries and 

Renovation Organization, has 

placed an order with an international 

consortium, in which 

SMS Demag is participating, to 

BASF FUTURE 

BUSINESS 

Chips Printed 

on Film 

Breakthrough in research 

For years, researchers all over 

the world have been concerned 

with economical manufacturing 

processes for simple, shortlived, 

and mass-produced electronic 

components. Examples 

are mini chips contained on 

goods labels and packaging. At 

the Institute for Print and 

Media Technology at the 

Technical University Chemnitz 

the first electronic integrated 

circuits have been produced 

with massive printing processes. 

The project is supervised by 

BASF Future Business GmbH. 

NO. 5, 2006 

ver Fair into the world’s largest 

and most renowned exhibition 

for the information technology 

and telecommunications industries: 

CeBIT. Based on this 

monumental achievement, he 

was widely referred to as Mr. 

CeBIT even well beyond ICT circles. 

Schomburg served as CeBIT 

Division Director from 1984 

erect a turnkey iron and steel 

plant in the Iranian province of 

Hormozgan near the provincial 

capital Bandar Abbas. SMS 

Demag will assume the technical 

leadership of the project 

and coordinate the overall activities 

for constructing the 

iron and steel plant. 

The SMS Demag supply scope 

comprises an electric steelworks 

and a downstream continuous 

slab caster. The steel- 

Other participating German 

researchers come from BASF 

AG and Printed Systems GmbH. 

The team, which also involves 

U.S. researchers from Lucent 

Technologies Bell Labs, has 

solved the complex material 

and technical problems for 

printing electronics. 

Printed circuits have a socalled 

ring oscillator, which 

consists of 14 transistors. Ring 

oscillators permit complex 

switching and produce a rhythmical 

signal. BASF and Bell Labs 

supplied their experience with 

materials and testing. Eventually, 

new materials were developed 

and existing materials 

adapted and modified. Integrated 

circuits were designed, 

printed, and tested by Printed 

Systems and the university department. 

Photo: Sven Gleisberg, TU Chemnitz 

until May of 2006, when he became 

responsible for CeBIT 

International. As Division 

works is equipped with two 120 

ton electric arc furnaces, two 

120 ton ladle furnaces, and a 

two-strand continuous slab 

caster for the gages 225 millimeters 

and 250 millimeters 

and a width range of 900 to 

2000 millimeters. 

Supply scope further includes 

the complete provision 

of utilities, electrical equipment, 

and automation including 

Level 2. An air separation 

Director he was also responsible 

for the CeBIT HOME fair 

(World of Home and Consumer 

Electronics). Since 1999 one of 

his further functions was 

Deputy Chairman of the 

European Information Technology 

Observatory (EITO), which 

compiles statistics about the 

ICT market. Prior to joining 

Deutsche Messe AG, he was in 

charge of overseas business at 

Kabelmetall AG, Hannover. 

For his many years of dedicated 

leadership, Jörg Schomburg’s 

memory will always be 

held in the highest esteem. 

plant, lime kiln plant, infrastructure, 

and auxiliary facilities 

such as workshops and laboratories 

likewise belong to the 

supply scope of SMS Demag. 

Investment costs for providing 

the turnkey plant amounts 

to $450 million. Completion is 

scheduled for summer 2009. 

The plant will initially produce 

1.5 million tons of slabs for further 

processing in Iran and for 

export. 

Managing director for technological matters at Institute for Print and 

Media Technology at Technical University Chemnitz, Arved Hübler 

(left), and Printed Systems managing director for financial matters, 

Olaf Gierhake, were instrumental in developing the chip printing 

process. 


35

MARKETPLACE 

EPCOS 

BAW Duplexers 

Volume production 

started 

EPCOS’ innovative duplexers in 

bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technology 

are off to a successful 

start: EPCOS has begun volume 

production of B7633 series 

BAW duplexers and is supplying 

them to a leading U.S. manufacturer 

of mobile telephones. 

BAW technology allows the 

production of frequency-selective 

filters and duplexers for 

applications in which conventional 

surface acoustic wave 

(SAW) technology comes up 

against its limits and cannot 

SCHULER 

XS Range 

Extrusion presses 

Impact extrusion presses are 

ideally suited for producing 

cans, tubes, and similarly 

formed technical parts. 

Starting material consists of 

aluminum billets several millimeters 

thick. In backward extrusion, 

material flows between 

punch and die in the opposite 

direction of the press 

motion. This results in thinwalled 

aluminum cylinders, 

which can be processed into 

tubes, beverage and spray 

cans, or fire extinguisher bodies. 

A combination of forward 

and backward extrusion is possible 

and used mainly for technical 

parts for the automotive 

and electrical appliance industries, 

for example gas filter 

meet the required electrical 

specifications. BAW technology 

combines high power compatibility 

of microwave ceramic 

filters with compact dimensions 

of SAW filters. New 

BAW duplexer is suited for mobile 

communications applications 

operating in the U.S. PCS 

or WCDMA band II. 

EPCOS—world market leader 

for SAW components—is a 

leading supplier of BAW duplexers 

for the high-growth 

market of CDMA and WCDMA 

mobile telephones. A new and 

more highly miniaturized generation 

of BAW duplexers with 

a footprint of only 3.8 by 3.8 

square millimeters is currently 

under development. 

housings. In the past few years, 

Schuler has sold more than 600 

such impact extrusion presses 

and is generally regarded as the 

global technological leader in 

this market segment. 

Recently, Schuler has developed 

a new generation of impact 

extrusion presses. The XS 

range provides press forces of 

1,500 to 12,000 kN and features 

a modified knuckle-joint drive, 

which enables more constant 

slide velocity during the forming 

process. Punch impact is 

much gentler on the material, 

which can flow more smoothly 

during the forming process. 

The result is also less wear and 

tear on the die. 

Machines can reach speeds 

of 200 strokes per minute. At up 

to 40 millimeters, the forming 

stroke is twice as long as that 

of the previous range. This en- 

INCHRON 

Embedded 

Systems 

Detecting and eliminating 

bugs early 

Inchron invents, develops, and 

markets products that solve engineers’ 

problems in developing 

embedded systems. An embedded 

system is a special-purpose 

computer system that performs 

pre-defined tasks. On average, 

it takes 9 to 18 months to develop 

an embedded system. 

According to a survey conducted 

by Embedded Market 

Forecasters, there is an average 

larges the spectrum of parts 

that can be produced. 

Machines can produce parts 

with a maximum length of 465 

millimeters and a maximum diameter 

of 150 millimeters. Wall 

thickness for aluminum alloys 

is around 0.3 mm. 

Slide jibs as well as part feed 

and discharge were designed 

for the machine’s high stroking 

rates. Indexed dial feed plates 

enable fast and controlled infeed 

of aluminum billets and 

outfeed transport of impact ex- 

four-month delay with 56 percent 

of all embedded designs. 

The main reason for delays is 

finding bugs much too late in 

the design cycle. Many companies 

face an increasing number 

of product recalls from the 

field back to the manufacturing 

center because of run-time 

problems. 

Inchron addresses both issues 

by providing chronSim, 

which allows full simulation of 

embedded software on a virtual 

prototype. Customers can 

detect and eliminate run-time 

problems early in the design 

phase and thus develop errorfree 

and cost-effective products 

of outstanding quality in 

a much shorter period of time. 

truded parts. Dial feed plates 

can be moved along the slide 

direction and are easily exchangeable 

(as is the shaft). 

Slide gib is mounted clearancefree 

in roller bearings below 

the slide. 


NO. 5, 2006

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FAIRS 2006 

Date Venue, Location Organizer, Description 

October 18-21 REHACARE INTERNATIONAL Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Int’l Trade Fair for Rehabilitation, Care, Prevention, Integration 

October 24-28 glasstec Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Int’l Trade Fair for Glass Technology 

October 25-26 H2Expo (CCH) Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany Int’l Trade Fair for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies 

Oct. 28-Nov. 5 hanseboot Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany International Boat Show Hamburg 

November 15-17 ComPaMED Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Int’l Fair for Parts and Materials for Medical Manufacturing 

November 15-18 MEDICA Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany World Forum for Medicine 

November 18-26 DU UND DEINE WELT Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany The Great Consumer Exhibition 

November 24-26 MODELLBAUWELT Hamburg Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany Exhibition of Car, Railway, Plane, and Ship Model Kits 

Nov. 30-Dec. 1 EuroExpoEvent Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Trade Fair for Stand Construction, Design, and Live Marketing 

December 8-10 mineralien hamburg Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany Int’l Show for Minerals, Fossils, Precious Stones, and Jewellery 

January 10-12 PSI 

2007 

Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition for Advertising Specialties 

January 20-28 boot - Düsseldorf Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Boat Show 

February 7-11 REISEN HAMBURG Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany International Exhibition Tourism & Caravaning 

February 9 Hanse Golf 

Hamburg, Germany 

Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Feb. 27-Mar. 1 EuroCIS Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Communications, Information, and Security Technology in Retail 

March 9-14 INTERNORGA Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany Int’l Fair for Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Baking, Confectionery 

March 15-21 CeBIT Deutsche Messe, Hannover Fairground 

Hannover, Germany Int’l Fair for IT, Telecommunication, Software, Services 

March 18-20 ProWein Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Trade Fair Wine and Spirits 

April 16-20 HANNOVER MESSE Deutsche Messe, Hannover Fairground 

Hannover, Germany Automation, Energy, Subcontracting, Cutting Edge Technologies 

April 17-19 Aircraft interiors EXPO UKIP Media & Events, Dorking, UK 

Hamburg, Germany Int’l Showcase for Aircraft Interior Design and Equipment 

April 17-19 AEROSPACE TESTING EXPO UKIP Media & Events, Dorking, UK 

Hamburg, Germany Int’l Exhibition for Aerospace Testing and Testing Equipment 

April 27-29 Marathon & Running Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany Exhibition for Sports Goods 

May 1-3 CeBIT Australia Deutsche Messe Group of Companies, Sydney, Australia 

Sydney, Australia Leading Event for Information and Communications Technology 

May 11-13 HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG 

Hamburg, Germany World’s Greatest Port Festival 


NO. 5, 2006

MEISSEN PORCELAIN MANUFACTURY 

Date Venue, Location Organizer, Description 

June 12-16 GIFA Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Foundry Trade Fair With WFO Technical Forum 

June 12-16 NEWCAST Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Castings Trade Fair 

June 12-16 THERMPROCESS Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Trade Fair for Thermo Process Technology 

Aug. 24-Sept. 2 CARAVAN SALON Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Caravan Salon 

September 18-21 A+A Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Safety + Health at Work 

September 20-22 viscom Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Trade Fair for Visual Advertising and Signmaking 

October 3-6 REHACARE INTERNATIONAL Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Int’l Trade Fair for Rehabilitation, Care, Prevention, Integration 

October 24-31 K Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Trade Fair Plastics + Rubber 

Oct. 27-Nov. 4 hanseboot Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany International Boat Show Hamburg 

November 14-16 ComPaMED Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany Int’l Fair Components, Parts, Raw Materials for Medical Manufacturing 

November 14-16 MEDICA Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany World Forum for Medicine 

November 17-25 DU UND DEINE WELT Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany The Great Consumer Exhibition 

December 7-9 mineralien hamburg Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany Int’l Show for Minerals, Fossils, Precious Stones, and Jewellery 

F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N 

Duesseldorf – Messe Duesseldorf 

Stockumer Kirchstrasse 61 

D-40474 Duesseldorf 

Tel.: +49 (0)211 4560-900 

Fax: +49 (0)211 4560-668 

e-mail: info@tradefair.de 

Internet: www.messe-duesseldorf.de 

NO. 5, 2006 

2008 

January 23-26 NORTEC Hamburg Messe, Hamburg Fairground 

Hamburg, Germany Trade Fair for Manufacturing Technology 

February 23-27 EuroShop Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany The Global Retail Trade Fair 

March 6-12 CeBIT Deutsche Messe, Hannover Fairground 

Hannover, Germany Int’l Fair for IT, Telecommunication, Software, Services 

March 31-April 4 wire Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Wire and Cable Trade Fair 

March 31-April 4 tube Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Fairground 

Düsseldorf, Germany International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair 

Hamburg – Hamburg Messe 

und Congress GmbH 

P.O. Box 302480, D-20308 Hamburg 

Tel.: +49 (0)40 3569-0 

Fax: +49 (0)40 3569-2180 

e-mail: info@hamburg-messe.de 

Internet: www.hamburg-messe.de 

Hannover – Deutsche Messe AG 

Messegelaende 

D-30521 Hannover 

Tel.: +49 (0)511 89-0 

Fax: +49 (0)511 8932626 

Internet: www.messe.de 


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GERMAN EMBASSIES 

AFRICA 

Afghanistan—Wazir Akbar Khan, Mena 6, Kabul 

Algeria—165 chemin Sfindja, Algiers 

Angola—Avenida 4 de Fevreiro, 120, Luanda 

Benin—7 Avenue Jean Paul II, Cotonou 

Botswana—Professional House, Broadhurst, 

Segodithsane Way, Gaborone 

Burkina Faso—399 Avenue Joseph Badoua, 

Ouagadougou 01 

Cameroon (with Central Africa, Equatorial Guinea)— 

Nouvelle Route Bastos, Bastos-Usine, Jaunde 

Cape Verde—Av. Da OUA, 1° Andar, Accado Sto. 

António, Praia 

Congo (Zaire)—82 Avenue de Roi-Baudouin, 

Kinshasa-Gombe 

Egypt—8B Sharia Hassan Sabri, Cairo-Zamalek 

Eritrea—Warsay Street, Saba Development Building, 

Asmara 

Ethiopia—Yeka Kifle Ketema, Kebele 06, Addis Abeba 

Gabon (with Sao Tomé and Principe)—Boulevard de 

l’Indépendance, Immeuble les Frangipaniers, 

Libreville 

Ghana—No. 6, Ridge Road, North Ridge, Accra 

Guinea—B.P. 540, Conakry 

Kenya (with Burundi, Seychelles, Somalia)—Ludwig 

Krapf House, Riverside Drive 113, Nairobi 

Liberia—Tubman Boulevard, Monrovia 

Libya—Sharia Hassan el Mashai, Tripolis 

Madagascar (with Comoro Islands, Mauritius)— 

101, Rue de Pasteur Rabeony Hans 

(Ambodirotra), Antananarivo 

Malawi—Convention Drive (Capitol City), 

Lilongwe 3, Malawi 

Mali—Badalabougou Est, Rue 14, porte 334, Bamako 

Mauritania—B.P. 372, Nouakchott 

Morocco—7 Zankat Madnine, 10000 Rabat 

Mozambique—Rua Damião de Góis 506, Maputo 

Namibia—Sanlam Center, 6th Floor, Independence 

Ave., Windhoek 

Niger—71 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, Niamey 

Nigeria—3323 Barada Close, off Amazon Street, 

Maitama, Abuja 

Rwanda—8 Rue de Bugarama, Kigali 

Senegal (with Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau)— 

20, Avenue Pasteur, Angle Rue Mermoz, Dakar 

Sierra Leone—3 Middle Hill Station, Freetown 

South Africa (with Lesotho, Swaziland)— 

180 Blackwood Street, Arcadia, 

Pretoria, 0083 

Sudan—53 Baladia Street, Block No. 8 D, Plot No. 2, 

Khartum 

Tanzania—Umoja House, Mirambo Street/Garden 

Ave., 2nd Floor, Daressalam 

Togo—Boulevard de la République, Lomé 

Tschad—Avenue Félix Eboué, N’Djamena 

Tunesia—1 Rue el Hamra, Mutuelleville, Tunis 

(Belvédère) 

Uganda—15 Philip Road, Kololo, Kampala 

Zambia—United Nations Avenue, 

Stand No. 5209, Lusaka 

Zimbabwe—30 Ceres Road, Avondale, Harare 

AMERICAS 

Argentina—Calle Villanueva 1055, 

C1426BMC Buenos Aires 

Bolivia—Avenida Arce 2395, La Paz 

Brazil—Avenida das Nações, Lote 25, Quadra 807, 

70415-900 Brasilia DF 

Canada—1 Waverly Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0T8 

Chile—Las Hualtatas 5677, 

Las Condes-Santiago de Chile 

Columbia—Carrera 69 No. 43 B - 44, piso 7, 

Edifico World Business Port, Bogotá 

Costa Rica—Edifico Torre La Sabana, 8° piso, 

300 mts oeste del ICE, Sabana Norte, San José 


Cuba—Calle13, No. 652, Esquina á B, Vedado, La Habana 

Dominican Republic—Edificio Torre Piantini Piso 

16, Calle Gustavo Mejia Ricart, esq, 

Ave. Abraham Lincoln, Santo Domingo 

Ecuador—Avenida Naciones Unidas y República de 

El Salvador, Edificio Citiplaza, piso 14, 

Casilla 17-17-536, Quito 

El Salvador—77a Av. Norte, esqu. 7a Calle Poniente 

3972, Colonia Escalón, San Salvador 

Guatemala—20 Calle 6-20, Edificio Plaza Maritima, 

Zona 10, Ciudad de Guatemala 

Haiti—2 Impasse Claudinette, Bois Moquette, 

Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince 

Honduras—Contiguo al Edificio Los Jarros, 

Boulevard Morazán, Tegucigalpa 

Jamaica (with Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, 

Turks and Caicos Islands)—10 Waterloo Road, 

Kingston 10 

Mexico—Calle Lord Byron No. 737, Col. Polanco 

Chapultepec, 11560 México 

Nicaragua—Bolonia, de la Rotondo El Güegüense 1 

1/2c. al lago (contiguo a la Optica 

Nicaragüense), Managua 

Panama—Calle 53E, Urbanizacion Marbella, Edificio World 

Trade Center No. 20, Panama 

Paraguay—Avenida Venezuela 241, Asunción 

Peru—Avenida Arequipa 4202-4210, Lima 18 (Miraflores) 

Trinidad and Tobago (with Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, 

Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guyana, St. Kitts 

and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Surinam)— 

7-9 Marli St., Port-of-Spain 

United States of America (with American Samoa, 

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)—4645 Reservoir Rd. 

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007-1998 

Uruguay—La Cumparsita 1417/1435 Plaza Alemania, 

11200 Montevideo 

Venezuela—Avenida Eugenio Mendoza y Avenida 

José Angel Lamas, Edif. La Castellana, 10th 

Floor, La Castellana, Caracas 

ASIA 

Bahrain—Alhasan Building, Sh. Hamad Causeway, 

Building No. 668, Diplomatic Area 317, Manama 

Bangladesh—Gulshan Avenue 178, Dhaka 1212 

Brunei—Complex Bangunan Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal 

Bolkaih, Jalan Pretty, Bandar Seri Begawan 8711 

Cambodia—76-78 Rue Yougoslavie (ex Street 214), 

Phnom Penh 

China—17 Dong Zhi Men Wai Da Jie, Choyang 

District, Beijing 100600 

India (with Bhutan)—No. 6/50, Shanti Path, 

Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 

Indonesia—Jalan M.H. Thamrin No. 1, Jakarta 10310 

Iran—Ferdowsi Avenue, No. 320-324, Teheran 

Iraq—Mahála 609, Street 3, House No. 53, Baghdad- 

Hay Al-Mansour 

Israel—3, Daniel Frisch Street, 19th Floor, 

64731 Tel Aviv 

Japan—4-5-10, Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, 

Tokyo 106-0047 

Jordan—Benghasi Street 25, Jabal Amman 

Korea (North)—Munsudong District, Pyongyang 

Korea (South)—308-5 Tongbingo-Dong, Yongsan-Gu, 

Seoul 140-816 

Kuwait—Abdullah Al-Salem, Area 1, Avenue 14, Branch of 

Nusf Al-Yousef Street, Villa 13, Kuwait 

Laos—Rue Sokpalouang 26 (Sisattanek), Vientiane 

Lebanon—Maghzal Building (near Jesus and Mary 

High School), Rabieh/Mtaileb 

Malaysia—26th Floor, Menara Tan & Tan, 207 Jalan 

Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur 

Mongolia—United Nations Street, 210613 Ulan-Bator 

Myanmar—9 Bogyoke Aung San Museum Road, 

Bahan Township, Rangoon 11201 

Nepal—Gyaneshwar, Katmandu 

Oman—Near Al-Nahda Hospital, Ruwi, Maskat 

Pakistan—Ramna 5, Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad 

Philippines (with Marshall Islands, Micronesia, 

Palau)—25/F Tower II, RCBC Plaza, 6819 Ayala Ave. 

0707 Makati City, Metro Manila 

Qatar—No. 6 Al-Jazira Al-Arabiya Street, Fareej 

Kholaib Area, Doha 

Saudi Arabia—Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh 

Singapore—50 Raffles Place, 12-00 Singapore Land 

Tower, Singapore 048623 

Sri Lanka (with Maledives)—40 Alfred House 

Avenue, Colombo 3 

Syria—Abdulmunem Al-Riad Street, Corner Ebla 

Street, Malki, Damaskus 

Thailand—9 South Sathorn Road, Bangkok 10120 

United Arab Emirates—The Towers at the 

Trade Center, West Tower, 14th Floor, Abu Dhabi 

Vietnam—29 Tran Phu, Hanoi 

Yemen (Djibouti)—Near Hadda Road/Outer Ring 

Road, Sanaa 

AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA 

Australia (with Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon 

Islands, Vanuatu)—119 Empire Circuit, 

Yarralumla, A.C.T. 2600 

New Zealand (with American Samoa, Cook Islands, 

Fiji, Kiribati, Papeeta, Pitcairn, Samoa, Tonga, 

Tuvalu)—90-92 Hobson Street, Thorndon, 

Wellington 

EUROPE 

Albania—Rruga Skènderbeu No. 8, Tirana 

Armenia—Tscharenzstr. 29, 375025 Eriwan 

Austria—Metternichgasse 3, 1030 Vienna 

Azerbaijan—ISR Plaza, 340 Nizami Str., 1000 Baku 

Belarus—Uliza Sacharowa, 26, Minsk 220034 

Belgium—Avenue de Tervuren 190, 1150 Brussels 

Bosnia and Herzegovina—ul. Buka bb, 71000 Sarajewo 

Bulgaria—Ulica Frederic-Joliot-Curie 25, 1113 Sofia 

Croatia—Ulica grada Vukovara 64, 10000 Zagreb 

Cyprus—10 Nikitaras St., 1080 Nicosia 

Czech Republic—Vlasská 19, Malá Strana, 

11801 Prag 

Denmark—Stockholmsgade 57, 2100 Copenhagen 

Estonia—Toom-Kuninga 11, 15048 Tallinn 

Finland—Krogiuksentie 4b, 00340 Helsinki 

France (with Fortuna, French Guyana, French 

Polynesia, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Miquelon, 

New Caladonia, Réunion, St. Pierre, Wallis)— 

13/15, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008 Paris 

Georgia—Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel, Telawi 

Str. 20, 0103 Tbilissi (Tiflis) 

Greece—Karaoli & Dimitriou 3, 

10675 Athens-Kolonaki 

Great Britain (with Anguilla, British Channel 

Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of 

Man, Isle of Wight, North Ireland)—23, 

Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PZ 

Hungary—Úri utca 64-66, 1041 Budapest 

Iceland—Laufásvegur 31, 101 Reykjavik 

Ireland—31, Trimleston Ave., Booterstown, 

Blackrock/Co., Dublin 

Italy (with San Marino)—Via San Martino delle 

Battaglia 4, 00185 Rome 

Kazakstan—Ulitza Furmanova 173, 050000 Almaty 

Kirghistan—Ulitza Razzakowa 28, Bischkek 

Latvia—Raina Bulvaris13, 1050 Riga 

Lithuania—Sierakausko Gatve 24/8, 03105 Vilnius 

Luxemburg—20-22 Avenue Emile Reuter, 

2420 Luxembourg 

Macedonia—59, Ul. Lerinska, Skopje 

Malta—Il Piazzetta, Tower Road, Sliema/SLM 16 

Moldavia—Str, Maria Cibotari 35, 2012 Chisinau 

Netherlands (with Antilles, Aruba, Curacao)— 

Groot Hertoginnelaan 18-20, 2517 Den Haag 

Norway—Oscarsgate 45, 0244 Oslo 

Poland—Ul. Dabrowiecka 30, 03-932 Warsaw 

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Portugal—Campos dos Mártires da Pátria, 38, 

1169-043 Lisbon 

Romania—Strada Av. Cpt. Gheorghe Demetriade 

6-8, 011849 Bucarest 

Russian Federation—Mosfilmowskaja 56, 

119285 Moscow 

Slovakia—Hviezdoslavovo nám. 10, 81303 Bratislava 

Slovenia—Presernova 27, 1000 Ljubljana 

Spain (with Andorra)—Calle de Fortuny, 8, 

28010 Madrid 

Sweden—Skarpögatan 9, 11527 Stockholm 

Switzerland (with Liechtenstein)—Willadingweg 83, 

3006 Bern 

Tadzhikistan—Warsobskaja 16, 734017 Duschanbe 

Turkey—114 Atatürk Bulvari, 06540 Kavaklidere-Ankara 

Turkmenistan—Hotel Sheraton Four Points, 

Magtumguli Street, Pobedy Park, Hydyr 

Derjajew Street, 744000 Aschgabat 

Ukraine—Wul. B. Chmelnyzkoho 25, 01901 Kiew 

Usbekistan—Scharaf-Raschidow-Kutschassi 15, 

Taschkent 

Vatican—Via di Villa Sacchetti 4-6, 00197 Rome 

Contacts for Firms 

Wishing to do Business 

In Germany 

Federal Ministery of Economics 

Scharnhornstraße 34-37, 10115 Berlin 

Tel: +49-(0)30-2014-9 

Fax: +49-(0)30-2014-7010 

Internet: http://www.bmwi.de 

Invest in Germany GmbH 

Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2, 10178 Berlin 

Tel: +49-(0)30-20657-0 

Fax: +49-(0)30-20657-111 

e-mail: office@invest-in-germany.com 

IIC—The New German Länder Industrial 

Investment Council GmbH 

Friedrichstrasse 60, 10117 Berlin 

Tel: +49-(0)30-200-099-0 

Fax: +49-(0)30-200-099-111 

e-mail: info@iic.de 

Internet: http://www.iic.de 

Federal Office of Foreign Trade Information 

Agrippastrasse 87-93, 50676 Cologne 

Tel: +49-(0)221-2057-0 

Fax: +49-(0)221-2057-212 

Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag 

Breite Strasse 29, 10178 Berlin 

Tel: +49-(0)30-20308-0 

Fax: +49-(0)30-20308-1000 

Deutsche Ausgleichsbank 

Ludwig-Erhard-Platz 1-3, 53170 Bonn 

Tel: +49-(0)228-831-0 

Fax: +49-(0)228-831-2255 

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau 

Palmengartenstrasse 5-9, 60325 Frankfurt 

Tel: +49-(0)69-7431-0 

Fax: +49-(0)69-7431-2944 

Land der Ideen FC Deutschland GmbH 

Unter den Linden 74, 10117 Berlin 

Tel: +49-(0)30206459-0 

Fax: +49-(0)30206459-40 

e-mail: info@land-der-ideen.de 

Internet: http://www.land-der-ideen.de 

GERMAN CHAMBERS OF 

COMMERCE ABROAD 

Algeria—47b, Rue Poirson El Biar, Alger 

Argentina—Av. Corrientes 327, 1043 Buenos Aires 

Australia—Level 10, 39-41 York Street, Sydney, 

NSW 2000 

Austria—Wiedner Hauptstrasse 142, 1050 Vienna 

Belarus—Prospekt Gazety Prawda 11, 220116 Minsk 

Belgium-Luxembourg—Manhattan Office Tower, 

Bolwerklaan 21, Avenue de Boulevard, 

1210 Brussels 

Bolivia—Casilla, Calle 15 de Calacoto, 2722 La Pas 

Bosnia-Herzegowina—Strossmayerova 1, 

71000 Sarajevo 

Brazil 

Rua Dr. Florêncio Ygartua 70, 90430-010Porto 

Alegre 

Ave. Graça Aranha 1-6°, 20030-002 Rio de Janeiro 

Rua Verbo Divino 1488, 04719-904 São Paulo 

Bulgaria—Frederic-Joliot Curie Str. 25A, 1113 Sofia 

Canada—480 University Ave., Suite 1410, Toronto, 

ON M5G 1V2 

Central America (with Caribbean)—Edificio Centro 

Ejecutivo, Oficina 403, 15 Calle 3-20, Zona 10, 

Guatamala City 

Chile—Av. El Bosque Norte 0440 of. 601, Las Condes, 

Santiago de Chile 

China (People’s Republic of) Landmark Tower 2, 

Unit 0811, 8 North Dongsanhuan Road, 

100004 Beijing 

2915 Metro Plaza, 510075 Guangzhou 

29F POS Plaza, 1600 Century Avenue, Pudong, 

200122 Shanghai 

Colombia—Carrera 13 No. 93-40, Piso 4, Bogotá 

Costa Rica— Edificio Arona, Piso 3, Barrio Amón, 

San José 

Croatia—Zamenhoffova 2, 10000 Zagreb 

Czech Republic—Václavské námestí 40, 

11000 Prague 

Denmark—Børsen, 1217 Copenhagen 

Dominican Republic—Centro Dominico Alemán, 

2 do. Piso, Calle Isabel la Católica No. 212, 

Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo 

Ecuador—Edif. Millenium Plaza, Piso 4, Of. 401, Av. 

Eloy Al faro 2921 y Portugal, Quito 

Egypt—Tower 21, Soliman Abaza St., Mohandessin- 

Giza, Cairo 

El Salvador—Blvd. La Sultana No. 245, Antiguo 

Cuscatlán, San Salvador 

Estonia—Suurtüki 4B, 10133 Tallinn 

Finland—Annankatu 25, 00100 Helsinki 

France—18, Rue Balard, 75015 Paris 

Greece—Dorilaiou 10-12/IV, 11521 Athens 

Great Britain—16 Buckingham Gate, 

London SW1E 6LB 

Guatamala—Edif. Plaza Marítima, 3rd Floor, 6 

Avenida 20-25, Zona 10, 01010Guatemala 

Honduras—Edificio Plaza del Sol, Avenue La Paz No. 

2326, Teguciagalpa 

Hong Kong (with South China, Vietnam)— 

3601 Tower One, Lippo Center, 89 Queensway, 

Hong Kong 

Hungary—Lövõház u. 30, 1024 Budapest 

Iceland—Houce of Commerce, Kringlan 7, 

103 Reykjavik 

India—Maker Towers E, 1st Floor, Cuffe Parade, 

Bombay 400005 

Indonesia—Jl. Haji Agus Salim No. 115, 

Jakarta 10310 

Iran—Navak Bldg., 1st and 2nd Floors, Ave. Africa 

No. 244, Tehran 15138 

Ireland—46 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2 

Israel—Twin Towers 2, 3rd Floor, 35, Jabotinsky Rd., 

52511 Ramat Gan 

Italy—Via Napo Torriani 29, 20124 Milan 

Japan—Sanbancho KS Building 5F, 2-4 Sanbancho, 

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075 

Kasachstan—Kurmangasi St. 84A, 480072 Almaty 

Korea—28-2 Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, 

Seoul 140-210 

Latvia—Vilandes iela 1, 1010 Riga 

Lebanon— Stephan Building, 3rd Floor, 

Riad el-Solh St., Solidere Area, Beirut 

Lithuania—Vinco Kudirkos g. 6, 03105 Vilnius 

Macedonia—Apostol Guslarot 40, 1000 Skopia 

Malaysia—Menara AmBank, Suite 47.01, No. 8 Jalan 

Yap Kwan Seng, 50450 Kuala Lumpur 

Mexico—Av. Santa Fe 170, Piso 1, Oficina 4-10, Col. 

Lomas de Santa Fe, Del Alvaro Obregón, 

01210 México 

Morocco—8 Blvd. de Khouribga, 20000 Casablanca 

Netherlands—Nassauplein 30, 2585 Den Haag 

New Zealand— University of Otago House, Level 4, 

385 Queens Street, Auckland 

Nicaragua—Edificio La Merced, de donde fue el 

Cine Cabrera, 2 c. al Este, 20 v. al Sur, 

Local No. 6, Managua 

Nigeria—6F, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria 

Island, Lagos 

Norway—Drammensveien 111B, 0273 Oslo 

Palestine Region—Cairo Amman Bank Building, 

5th Floor, Al-Kulia Al-Ahlia Street, Ramallah 

Panama—Edificio Magna Corp., Piso 6, Officina 602, 

Calle 51 y Manuel María Icaza, Area Bancaria, 

Ciudad de Panamá 

Paraguay—Edificio El Productor, Piso 9, 

Independencia Nacional 811, 1321 Asunción 

Peru—Camino Real 348, Of. 1502, 

Lima 27 - San Isidro 

Philippines—Phil. AXA Life Center, 19th Floor, Sen. 

Gil J. Puyat Ave. cor. Tindalo St., Mikati City, 

Metro Manila 

Poland—ul. Miodowa 14, 00246 Warsaw 

Portugal—Ave. da Liberdade, 38-2°, 1269-039 Lisbon 

Romania—Str. Clucerului 35, 011363 Bucarest 

Russia—Kasatschi per. 7, 109017 Moscow 

Saudi Arabia—Meezan Tower, 6th Floor, cor. Olaya 

Main Street and Makkah Rd., 11575 Riyadh 

Serbia-Montenegro—ul. Kralja Petra 61, 

11000 Belgrad 

Singapore—03-105 German Center, 25 International 

Business Park, Singapore 609916 

Slovakia—námestie SNP 13, 81645 Bratislava 

Slovenia—Tomsiceva 3, 1000 Ljubljana 

South Africa—47 Oxford Road (entrance Waltham 

Rd.), 2193 Forest Town-Johannesburg 

Spain—Avenida Pio XII, 26-28, 28016 Madrid 

Sweden—Narvavägen 12, 11522 Stockholm 

Switzerland—Tödisstrasse 60, 8002 Zurich 

Taiwan—4 F No. 4 Sec. 3, Min-Sheng E. Road, 

104 Taipei 

Thailand—Empire Tower 3, 25th Floor, 

195 S. Sathorn Road, Yannawa, Sathorn, 

10120 Bangkok 

Tunesia—Immeuble Le Dôme, Rue du Lac Léman, 

1053 Les Berges du Lac 

Turkey—Muallim Naci Cad. 40, 34347 Ortaköy-Istanbul 

Ukraine—ul. Puschkinska, 34, 01004 Kiew 

Uruguay—Plaza Independencia 831, Piso 2, Of. 201, 

11100 Montevideo 

United Arab Emirates—Dubai Islamic Bank Bldg., 

Khalid Ibn Al Waleed Road, Bur Dubai 

United States of America 

530 Means Street, Suite 120, Atlanta, GA 30318 

401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3330, Chicago, 

IL 60611-4212 

75 Broad Street, 21st Floor, New York, 

NY 10004-2489 

1627 I Street, NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20006 

Venezuela—Edificio Coinasa, Piso 4, Av. San Felipe, 

1060 La Castellana/Caracas 

Vietnam 

1303 Vietcombank Tower, 198 Tran Quang Khai 

Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi 

257 Hoang Van Thu, Ho Chi Minh City 

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C A P S U L E S 

LOCATION: Study by Association 

of German Cities and 

Towns finds companies in 

Langen (German state Hessen) 

are more satisfied with their 

location than counterparts in 

other cities. Langen excels for 

business support, city/traffic 

development, child care, social 

services, purchasing opportunities, 

and leisure time activities. 

EXPORTS: Last year, value of 

exported goods made in 

Germany rose by 7.5% to 

¤786.1 billion—a record. Export 

successes were vehicles, 

machinery, plants, and chemical 

products. Most important 

buyers were France, Great 

Britain, and U.S. Oil-exporting 

countries increasingly invest in 

German machinery and plants. 

WORLD CUP: Next football 

World Cup is in Capetown, 

South Africa in 2010. Creating 

the infrastructure (stadiums, 

security and electrical technology, 

catering services, access 

roads, entertainment program) 

could profit from the experience 

of companies involved 

in World Cup events in Germany 

this year. 

TALL SHIPS: Sail—Europe’s 

biggest tall ships festival—held 

every five years since 1985, will 

be replicated in Bremerhaven 

July 23 to 27, 2008. Event is supported 

by the Federal Foreign 

Office. Last year, 5,000 sailors 

sailed 315 ships from all over 

the world to Bremerhaven to 

celebrate with 1.7 million visitors. 

HAVENWELTEN: Tourist attraction, 

Havenwelten, is being 

built in Bremerhaven. It will introduce 

people to maritime 

themes, house the German 

Emigration Center and the glass 

Bremerhaven 8 East Climate 

House (weather focus), offer a 

four-star hotel in the shape of 

a ship, and provide a shopping 

center. 


HAMBURG PORT: Last year, 

more than 8 million containers 

were transhipped in Port of 

Hamburg. That’s a growth rate 

of over 15%. Traffic with China, 

Hamburg’s most important 

trading partner, rose by 29%. 

Hamburg has well-developed 

truck, rail, and inland shipping 

links with central Europe. 

AIRPORT: Egelsbach Airport 

relieves traffic at Frankfurt 

Airport. Every business jet 

using Egelsbach opens a valuable 

slot for an Airbus or 

Boeing. Business people and 

show stars step out of the plane 

and into a taxi on the field— 

assuring security, anonymity, 

and speedy transfer. 

DIHK: Association of German 

Chambers of Industry and 

Commerce (DIHK) represents 

German business interests. 3.5 

million companies have forced 

membership in 81 Chambers in 

Germany. 120 Foreign Chambers 

of Commerce (AHK) abroad 

promote foreign-trade relations. 

MILLIONAIRES: Number of 

millionaires in the world rose to 

8.7 million last year. 146,000 

are in Australia, 109,000 Brazil, 

232,000 Canada, 320,000 China, 

83,000 India, 767,000 Germany, 

300,000 Middle East, 103,000 

Russia, 448,000 U.K., and 

2,669,000 U.S. 

TECHNOLOGY 

PRODUCTS, AND 

SERVICES 

COMPANIES FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE 

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BFAI 37 

BP Solar 10-11, 17 

Ceramtec 1, 28 

City Solar 10-11 

Conergy 12-13, 17 

Dorma 32 

EPCOS 36 

ESA 23 

Fraport 2, 20-21, 24 

Funke & Will 26 

Goldbeck Solar 11 

Harting 31 

Hütig Jehle Rehm 37 

Inchron 36 

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Lufthansa Cargo 24 

Lufthansa Technik 19, 22 

Munich Airport 18 

Pace 24 

Phönix Sonnenstrom 10, 17 

Reuss 37 

RSA 33 

RWE Schott Solar 11 

Schott Glas 15 

Schuler 36 

Shell Solar 10-11 

Siemens A&D 30 

Siemens Solar 10-11 

Siemens VDO 27 

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