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The customer magazine of BPW Issue Two 2010 Logistics in the future Sustainable visions for the transportation of tomorrow RubrikEditorial Dear Readers, Contents You’re sure to know the word “sustainability”, that meanwhile 06 Future I Transport vision 2025 much overtaxed catchword of our industry? Sustainability How does the future appear for the Commercial Vehicle not only stands for doing business in a way that conserves industry and will goods continue to be carried by road? resources: it can also be interpreted along the lines of future Leading industry figure outline their vision of the future. viability. Sustainable success therefore needs to have an objec- tive, an idea of the future. 11 Future II Porsche’s first invention What are the chances for in-wheel motors in commercial The ideas of the commercial vehicles industry and the logis- vehicles? tics industry, together with the way in which the political sec- tor shapes the framework conditions, promise no more than 14 Future III Water as the fuel of the future? small steps on a path with many stumbling blocks. While the What will keep trucks on the move in future if electric recent IAA Commercial Vehicles trade-fair presented more drives are still not powerful enough? innovations than ever before with 272 world premieres, all consisting of further developments and improvements, on the 17 Future IV Dealing with traffic congestion other hand there are no real signs of fundamental changes in Logistics concepts that avoid traffic should eliminate the transport and traffic business. congestion in the mega cities. 20 Industry » Trade fair came at just the right And so this issue of trailer world takes a daring look at vari- moment in time« The industry shows cautious sat- ous possible visions of utopia. After all, we need to know what isfaction at the IAA Commercial Vehicle exhibition in we have to expect over the next 10 to 20 years. Year One after the crisis. It is reassuring therefore to see that for this period at least 24 Innovation Constantly reinventing the wheel there will still be a demand for axles; however, in future it will Together with Otto Fuchs, BPW has developed an alu- be increasingly important to take a holistic approach. BPW’s minium wheel for heavy commercial vehicles that pays off development into a cross-interface system provider gives the in next-to-no time. company the necessary future viability. 27 Portrait Solar power station on two axles Let us tackle the next decades together by working at the on- The Belgian company Jan Creacar has launched a mobile going development of the transport industry along sustain- solar power station. able, viable lines. 28 International Sochi: one giant building site Accordingly, I remain, Russia is investing billions in the infrastructure for the Winter Olympics on the Black Sea. Yours 32 Portrait » Shaping the future as a joint project« BPW’s Paderborn subsidiary sees itself as a trustworthy partner for chassis systems in the car and special vehicle sector. 04 Panorama Dr. Bert Brauers, Member of the Management Board/Sales 35 Dialogue/preview E-Mail: [email protected] 35 Imprint Graphic on titel: Hoffmann 2 Ausgabe Eins 2010 Photos: Willms, Behler, Jans, Fünf6 06 24 27 20 Issue Two 2010 3 Panorama RECOMMENDATION: Yesterday’s Tomorrows Automechanika Author Tommy Laeng com- bines dream visions from the past with the fascinating il- lustrations of the graphic designer Klaus Bürgle (which have also been used as the basis for the il- lustrations in this trailer world) in a unique shared view (unfortu- nately only available in German. Following a difficult year in 2009, the contacts in countries such as Azerbaijan, Turk- “Zukunftsträume von gestern, Automechanika 2010 as the world’s largest menistan and Uzbekistan. heute, übermorgen” trade-fair for the automotive aftermarket of- “Together with general aftermarket topics, the can be purchased for €19.90 fered BPW an outstanding opportunity to show talks also focused on our proprietary ECO Disc from LKIT Verlag, presence and cultivate contacts in new target brake for trailers. The swift, successful launch ISBN: 978-3-643-10675-9 markets. With around 155,000 visitors from of this product received a most positive echo 180 countries, the trade-fair set a new record from our customers”, says Stefan Oelhafen, for the visiting countries. BPW thus made new Aftermarket Manager at BPW. ‘Busch-Hungária’ siderable progress in safeguard- structures.” This is the conclu- foundry joins the ing production capability and sion reached by the interna- BPW Group delivery reliability for spheroi- tional series of studies “Trans- As an English alternative, we dal graphite products. In future, portation & Logistics 2030” by recommend: BPW and the foundry M. Busch ‘Busch-Hungária’ will therefore PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) “Yesterday’s Tommorows: Past which belongs to the BWP Group become an important support and the Supply Chain Manage- Visions of the American Future” have proceeded with a complete facility within the BPW Group. ment Institute (SMI) of the by Joseph J Corn and Brian takeover of the spheroidal graph- EBS Business School. This was Horrigan, The Johns Hopkins ite foundry run hitherto as a joint part of a presentation entitled University Press which can be venture with the Hungarian com- “Emerging Markets - New hubs, purchased for € 25,99 through pany Rába. new spokes, new industry lead- Amazon.com amongst others. The company in Györ in the ers?” which was presented at the North West of the company BVL Logistics Congress. is only approx. 100 km from As far as the logistics global »The days of ‘BPW-Hungária’ in Szombathely. players are concerned, these A workforce of 300 employees changes entail both chances and trench warfare produces amongst other things The site in Györ is responsible risks, as access to the new mar- wheel hubs, brake callipers and for casting components for the kets is often highly restricted are definitely a axle housings on a production ECO Disc. and they will also be confront- site covering around 30,000 m². ed with new and in some cases thing of the past.« Alongside BPW and Rába, the Logistics world 2030 locally specialized competitors. customer base also includes other VDA President Matthias Wissmann at the IAA on companies in the car and HGV “The dynamic economic de- The study series “Transporta- cooperation between VDA and industry. velopment of the emerging tion & Logistics 2030” is avail- Deutsche Bahn with regard to For the BPW Group, the takeover countries will bring about fun- able free of charge at networking different modes of of ‘Busch-Hungária’ brings con- damentally changed logistics http://www.pwc.com/transport transport 4 Issue Two 2010 Panorama QUALIty MANAgemeNT AT BPW At BPW, every single blank that starts the production process sists the measuring room with precision know-how. Similarly, and every single finished part that is sent to the customer goes initial sample inspection is carried out promptly with extensive through the quality assurance process. BPW gives quality top laboratory and measuring room activities. Material flows in the priority. measuring room have been optimised to ensure that the chal- lenges and tasks presented by new products such as the ECO Disc BPW has recently erected a new building at company head- trailer disc brake can be implemented quickly and successfully. quarters in Wiehl for the extensive tasks involved in quality The quality department has set up a “branch” at the new ECO Disc management. The two-storey state-of-the-art building complex production facility. At the centre of the production building with accommodates amongst others the laboratories, testing and about 10,000 m² of floor space, the quality department supports measuring divisions together with gauge construction. The close cutting-edge production and assembly of the ECO Disc with state- proximity of all areas now of-the-art measuring technology. A large number of new measur- optimises organisational ing methods and precision machines can be found here that are workflows and communication otherwise only featured in calibration laboratories. Function test procedures in BPW’s qual- rigs for example are used for final function testing with air gap ity department. For example, controls and map tests so that any irregularities in the fully auto- compliance with high-preci- mated assembly of the trailer disc brake can be detected immedi- sion drawing requirements has ately and corresponding measures taken straightaway. to be safeguarded by complex BPW technicians are very strict measuring system analysis. Just one more reason why the company’s motto is “BPW – The about quality assurance. Here gauge construction as- Quality Factor”. Logistics and HGV industry are growing again “For 2010 and 2011 we expect ployment figures are now improv- turnover to increase by 4 to 5 ing again. percent”, predicted BVL Chair- The commercial vehicle industry man Professor Raimund Klinkn- is also seeing renewed growth. 1,000 er at the German Logistics Con- MAN for example recorded a gress in Berlin. After an extremely 20% increase in turnover in the brake callipers for BPW’s ECO Disc trailer disc brake are manufac- difficult year with an 8% decline in first nine months of this year, tured on the average per day. turnover, both turnover and em- compared to last year. Issue Two 2010 5 Future I Transport Vision 2025 The finite nature of oil reserves, climate change and traffic growth reaching capacity point demand great ideas for transport in the future. trailer world has taken a closer look at Utopia for road freight transport and enquired about solutions for the short and medium-term future. isions take a courageous look at the future, they are great dreams no denying the similarity to the legendary “Rumpler Tropfenwagen” V to be achieved.