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Rail Vehicle Systems Edition 29 | April 2011 The customer magazine of Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems Cover story Knorr-Bremse in the Near and Middle East Innovation E3D and the "Intelligent" sliding step Product Innovative sand filtration system Quality Process model harmonized Edition 29 | April 2011 CONTENTS Editorial Dr. Ralf Voß, 3 Member of the Executive Board, Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH CSR Demonstrating responsibility 4 Innovation E3D and the "Intelligent" sliding step 7 News in brief Current affairs 8 Cover story Planning for tomorrow and beyond 10 Interview with Peter Karius 12 Desert metros 14 Product Innovative sand filtration system 16 Quality Process model harmonized 17 Project Brake and door systems 6 for Swiss Railways Safety certificate for EP Compact platform 18 Moscow Metro: Opening and closing 19 every 48 seconds Location Expansion in Suzhou 20 Exhibition UITP 2011 in Dubai: Global solutions 22 E-NEWS-0029-EN Imprint: Information for the worldwide customers and business partners of Knorr-Bremse This publication may be subject to alteration without prior notice. A printed copy of this Publisher: Central Editorial Office: Conception, text and design by: document may not be the latest revision. Please Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Knorr-Bremse Systeme für contact your local Knorr-Bremse representative or check our website www.knorr-bremse.com Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH for the latest update. The figurative mark "K" April 2011 Marketing and the trademarks KNORR and KNORR-BREMSE Tanja Mohme Text: Torsten Rienth are registered in the name of Knorr-Bremse AG. Copyright 2011 © Knorr-Bremse AG. All Moosacher Strasse 80 rights reserved, including industrial property 80809 Munich Design: KB Media GmbH rights applications. Knorr-Bremse AG retains Germany any power of disposal, such as for copying and Tel. +49-89-3547-0 Layout, graphics: Cathrin Huber transferring. Fax.+49-89-3547-2767 www.knorr-bremse.com Printed by: Weber-Offset GmbH 2 2010 was a successful year for Knorr-Bremse, with further growth in the Rail Vehicle Systems division driven by a significant sales increase in Asia. This was not just triggered by the current economic upturn – it was also the fruit of our long-term corporate strategy of maintaining a local presence on a global basis. We offer customers throughout the world a combination of systems competence, innovative products and comprehensive aftermarket service . We have deliberately chosen the Middle East as our focus, as many of the countries in the region have experienced unprecedented growth in rail transportation over the last ten years – whether in the form of high-speed trains in Turkey or metros on the Arabian Peninsula. While investment in public transport systems is currently subject to critical review in many parts of the world, in the Middle East Dr. Ralf Voß, planning is well underway and in many cases construction has already started. Another reason for the Member of the Executive Board, focus of this Informer is that Dubai is hosting the 59th World Congress of the International Association Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge of Public Transport (UITP) from April 10 to 14, and Knorr-Bremse will be represented at this event with GmbH an exhibition stand. Many innovative Knorr-Bremse products are already well established in the region –for example the Westinghouse platform screen doors installed in Mecca Metro, which ensure platform safety on a metro system capable of transporting 72,000 passengers per hour in each direction. You can read more about this project on pages 14 and 15, and on page 16 you will find a description of the new HVAC system with sand filter that was specially developed by Knorr-Bremse‘s Spanish subsidiary, Merak for the climatic conditions in Saudi Arabia. This edition of the Informer includes further interesting articles: we report on Knorr-Bremse's membership of the UN Global Compact and the responsibilities this brings; we describe the expansion of the Knorr-Bremse site in Suzhou, China; and we introduce the new E3D door system and intelligent sliding step from IFE. Other articles focus on safety certification of a modular electro-pneumatic braking system, important successes in North America, the TWINDEXX Swiss Express project and Moscow Metro, for which Knorr-Bremse is supplying several different systems. Further innovations will be presented at the UITP in Dubai. We would be delighted if you could join us there at Stand C200 in Hall 8. We look forward to seeing you! Kind regards Dr. Ralf Voß 3 Edition 29 | April 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Demonstrating responsibility Knorr-Bremse has signed up to the UN Global Compact, committing itself to supporting ten globally recognized basic principles in the fields of environment, labor standards, human rights and anti-corruption. The new Knorr-Bremse Group CSR strategy places corporate responsibility and sustainability at the very heart of corporate strategy. environment, labor, human rights and anti-corruption and to mainstream these in its corporate activities. More than 6,000 companies all over the world are members of the UN Global Compact, and the German Global Compact Network includes more than 140 companies as well as public and civil society organizations such as the Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs and Amnesty International. The timing of Knorr-Bremse's membership of the Global Julia Thiele-Schürhoff, Head of the Central Corporate Social Compact was carefully chosen. Following the drawing up of Responsibility (CSR) Department the company's CSR strategy (see box), social responsibility is now an integral element in its overall corporate strategy. "We want to use our CSR strategy to strengthen business Five years after Knorr-Bremse Global Care was first set up development and corporate culture and ensure that our with the aim of helping people in need to help themselves, activities contribute towards sustainable development of the decision to join the UN Global Compact marks a further the economy and society," explains Julia Thiele-Schürhoff, important milestone in the company's realization of its Head of the Central Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) corporate responsibilities. The Global Compact was set up in Department. Building on the strategy, an ambitious CSR 2000 by Kofi Annan, then UN Secretary-General, and program is to involve a number of further specific activities. participating companies commit to actively contributing Following the successful introduction of the first stage of towards making globalization a more equitable process in the ECCO2 climate strategy for improving energy efficiency, social, environmental and economic terms. other measures are to include a pilot project for carrying out CO2 audits at Knorr-Bremse sites, a review and analysis of By signing up to the Global Compact, Knorr-Bremse has suppliers' environmental and social standards, and integration undertaken to support the ten principles in the fields of of CSR aspects into Knorr Excellence processes. 4 For some time now, several major customers have expected Compact as an important, globally recognized benchmark. Knorr-Bremse to provide information about its compliance Together with the company's corporate values and the UITP with and management of environmental and social standards (International Association of Public Transport) Charter for or to sign up to an appropriate supplier's code. In so doing Sustainable Development, the ten principles enshrined in they make explicit reference to the ten principles of the Global the Global Compact provide a basis for all Knorr-Bremse's Compact. Knorr-Bremse, too, is currently developing a standard activities in the field. code of behavior for its own suppliers and is using the Global The principles and fields of action for the CSR strategy The CSR strategy contains five guidelines that lay down the company's main objectives. Activities are aimed at developing the business and strengthening corporate culture, protecting against risks, using global and local activities to contribute towards sustainable development and creating a positive public image for Knorr-Bremse. Sustainability is of particular importance for Knorr-Bremse as a family business, and this implies not only long-term business planning but also measures to secure a future based on economic, environmental and social balance – which should benefit customers as well. KNORR-bReMSe INTENDS TO FoCUS ITS aCTIVITIES ON SiX aREAS: Strategy and management Products and partners Environment and climate CSR StRategy: Employees and management a StRategiC appRoaCh to Commitment and society CoRpoRate ReSponSibility Communication and cooperation The company's newly formulated CSR strategy systematically details how the company perceives its responsibilities in Every year, the CSR program will lay down specific objectives relation to the environment, the workforce and society as and measures for these areas. With its activities in the field a whole, and what its main areas of focus are going to be of "products and partners" Knorr-Bremse helps customers in the future. Starting with Knorr-Bremse's commitment to save energy and conserve resources and works with its busi- assume day-to-day responsibility for ensuring that people ness partners to implement higher environmental and social and goods reach their destination safely, the statement standards. For 2011, for example, the program includes a "Responsibility brings safety" sums up the aim of the CSR process of dialogue and benchmarking with key customers, strategy: Knorr-Bremse is determined to live up to the trust greater promotion of energy-efficient products and a pilot that is placed in the company on a daily basis and to operate as project for auditing CO2 emissions at the company's plants. a responsible and reliable partner in times of social change. 5 Edition 29 | April 2011 project tWINDeXX Swiss express Brake and door systems for Swiss Railways Knorr-Bremse is to supply braking and door systems for 59 TWINDEXX trains ordered by Swiss Railways.