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18th volume | Issue 41 | June 2013 18 th volume | Issue 41 June 2013 K›MOBIL THE KIRCHHOFF GROUP MAGAZINE We wish you a great summer season. Customer and supplier at the same time: FAUN is the first bodybuilder for the ANTOS of Mercedes-Benz. KIRCHHOFF Automotive supplies www.kirchhoff-group.com significant frame components for this vehicle. K›MOBIL 41 // KIRCHHOFF Group KIRCHHOFF Group // 41 K›MOBIL K›MOBIL LIST OF CONTENTS AUTOMOTIVE MOBILITY SCREWDRIVING TOOLS ECOTEC 12-57 58-63 64-71 72-103 2 3 KIRCHHOFF Group 32 Two anniversaries—one 52 Popular employer FAUN Group 91 Well equipped success story for the Universiade 04 The key to prosperity 53 Turning an idea into reality 74 Reliably progressive Imprint 34 A project of superlatives 92 Something new K›MOBIL the KIRCHHOFF Group magazine 06 Series: From research 54 Accelerating with success 76 In tune with the times in the State of Denmark and development 37 First order from BMW Publisher: KIRCHHOFF Group, Dr.-Ing. Jochen F. Kirchhoff for Van-Rob Manchester 56 Promoting young people 78 Think BIG 93 Love Recycling Stefanstraße 2, D-58638 Iserlohn Postfach 26 26, D-58634 Iserlohn KIRCHHOFF Automotive 38 New Corvette Stingray 80 The New VARIOPRESS 94 60 counts Tel. +49 2371 820 - 261 Fax +49 2371 820 - 264 sets standards KIRCHHOFF Mobility 14 Innovation and flexibility 82 We’re revving 95 One Stop Shop Responsible for the content: Dr.-Ing. Jochen F. Kirchhoff against volatility and 40 New facilities 60 More room for more service up Germany Editorial team: Sabine Boehle, uncertainty for a new product 96 New order for HGMS Oliver Fries, Andreas Heine, 62 Better together 83 Simply enormous components Claudia Schaue 16 Ready for growth 41 Customized CNC bending Pictures: 84 Happy Birthday 97 Engaging with the US Military Adam Opel, Changan Mazda Automobile, Porsche, Volkswagen, 20 Audi is breaking new ground 42 One of the best Škoda WITTE Tools Audi, Ford, BMW, Škoda, suppliers of the world 85 Workshop 3.0 General Motors, Chevrolet, KIRCHHOFF Gruppe, Privat, 22 HYLIGHT: German Federal 66 New product for ZOELLER Group Deutsche Post, Shutterstock, Ministry funds research and 44 First hot forming line special work 86 Patent in hand FAUN, Johannes Ginsberg development project in Hungary successfully 100 A new figure in Translation: starts series production 67 High standard—constantly 87 A new broom in the team international marketing Target Languages, Dossenheim 24 The country needs maintained thetranslationpeople, Glasgow new products 46 For the good of 88 Goodbye Germany. 101 Markets and Makers Design, Typesetting: the environment 68 Screwdriving tools—for Hello Netherlands. FETTE-BEUTE.com, Dortmund, Attendorn 26 China and Auto Shanghai professionals and discerning 102 Europe meets Africa continue to expand 48 A cut above the competition home improvers 90 Go Green Printing: becker druck, Arnsberg K›MOBIL 41 // KIRCHHOFF Group KIRCHHOFF Group // 41 K›MOBIL The key to prosperity Industrial value creation ensures jobs and prosperity Dear customers and friends of our group of companies, Dear employees, 4 5 This industry term, which previously re- which started in 2008, have signifi- cation system) as a prerequisite for tion systems lead, as can be seen in economical and innovative ferred to the production of goods, has cantly reinforced the value of industry. competitive jobs. Furthermore, it is some European countries, to deindus- lightweight construction. now become considerably broader. It While Asia, in particular China, is ex- important to have a corporate culture trialisation and therefore a decline in In addition to technology describes the organisation of value periencing an unprecedented upturn that promotes the sustainable invest- jobs and prosperity. and innovation manage- chains for optimised customer/prob- with the expansion of industry and ment of profits in new machinery and ment, the range of services lem solutions and increasingly adopts infrastructure, but also countries such processes. In Germany, 95 per cent of With the initiative of EU Commission- provided will also include the process perspective. This means as Mexico, Brazil, and most recently companies are family-owned compa- er and Vice-President Antonio Tajani, qualification and knowl- the responsible use of raw materials as America, are making industry the nies that are not interested in short- an industrial revolution should make edge transfer. Our contribu- well as environmentally and resource- focus of their development, we are term success, but in long-term market industry in Europe competitive once tion to ensure the industrial friendly production technologies. experiencing a divided pattern in Eu- survival. It is therefore only possible to again. value creation of tomorrow. rope. On the one hand, Germany and innovate and use resources economi- Strong industry leads to above-aver- its central East European neighbours cally if there is a combination of well- The first few months of the year A cordial good luck! age income because industrial value have consistently supported the crea- trained people and modern machinery 2013 indicated stable development in creation generates more than twice tion of industrial jobs. On the other and workstations. Finally, policies with America and Asia and were marked Yours, as much value as other sectors. With hand, large parts of West and South framework conditions for the job mar- by weak demand in western Europe 90 per cent industry supports research Europe have not carried out important ket, the educational system, the finan- only. As well as the global economy and development and is therefore a structural reforms and have allocated cial system, the promotion of foreign grows by 3.4 per cent, the automo- key driver of innovation; industry is also more money than they earned. It is trade, and the tax system can have a tive industry will also grow to a record responsible for 90 per cent of exports. now crucial that participative, and not positive or negative effect on industri- 83 million units. To take part in this, distributive justice from policymak- al development and therefore directly we must increase the rate at which we Arndt G. Kirchhoff The two financial crises of the last dec- ers, forms the basis for the frame- on jobs and prosperity. innovate. To this end, we are opening ade, firstly the bursting of the “new work conditions in the countries. the ACS (Automotive Center Südwest- economy bubble” in 2000, and then Tax increases and other levies, unreli- falen), which is intended to become the real property, financial and, in This starts with participation in edu- able budget management, overregu- the leading development partner for some countries, sovereign debt crisis, cation (in Germany: the dual edu- lated financial, job market, and educa- K›MOBIL 41 // KIRCHHOFF Group KIRCHHOFF Group // 41 K›MOBIL Plastic Steel pipe Wire frame Series: From research without plastic and development Wires can be welded to the pipe Thread for screwing on the steering column mounting Innovations from the KIRCHHOFF group Fig. 2 provides better performance with less be joined to a steel pipe of the cross designed for urban travel. The ambi- B processing than with a straightfor- car beam to form the steering wheel tious team around Professor Achim ward steel plate solution. On the other mounting. Kampker has succeeded in attracting hand the geometry of the longitudinal the interest of the postal service for member (B) made of steel means it is The compact parts can be packed in- this concept. From July 2013 a fleet 6 better able to meet the above objec- dividually and delivered just in time to of StreetScooters will be introduced 7 tives in the face of the requirements any KIRCHHOFF Automotive site for for the delivery of letters and parcels A in this part of the component. The assembly. In a third project request, to customers in the city and the close B connection between the steel and the KIRCHHOFF Automotive is researching environs. It is still an urgent priority casting in this case is made by screw interlocking plastic and metal connec- however to hand over the further mar- fastenings. tions. See special report on page 22. keting and large series manufacture of the StreetScooters to one of our major In a second design project we are ap- Our Automotive product division is customers. plying our existing expertise in an in- also involved in the now well-advanced Fig. 1: Design of a subframe in a terdisciplinary company setting. For development of the body structure for combination of steel and ion of steel decades the WITTE tools screwdriver the all-electric StreetScooter; a vehicle and cast aluminium division has been working with us on the extrusion-coating of plastic around the wire screwdriver mandrels. Valuable expertise which has led in the Automotive product division to the first joint pre-development pro- ject based on a steel and plastic hy- Fig. 3: brid Cross Car Beam (CCB). Figure 2 StreetScooter for The current focus of F&E activi- the selection of the material and the jected to other loads exerted on the shows one such possible arrangement. the postal service ties in the KIRCHHOFF Automotive production process. Overall, the com- component. Figure 1 shows the design The aim is the integration of function product division is on hybrid de- ponent weight is kept low due to the of a subframe made of a combination in plastic components. This will reduce sign, wherein two or more dif- low stress design of the component of steel and cast aluminium. components, reduce complexity and ferent materials and manufactur- geometry to correspond to the pro- therefore transport volume and trans- ing processes, for example cast duction process and above all is cost- Cast nodes made of aluminium can port costs and guarantee higher part aluminium and sheet forming, are effective.