trailer world issue One 2008

Dear readers, Steel not only heats up the world‘s blast furnaces, roll stands and presses but is also ﬁring up the tempers of dealers, trans- porters and manufacturers. This material is the basis for growth in developing countries such as China or India just as much as in Europe. The trans- port industry is proﬁting from this, expanding its capacity and continuing to demand high-quality axles and suspension systems “made by BPW”. We have coped well with increasing demand for axles and suspension systems. It is understandable that our customers place very high expectations on us as the European market leader. Investments running at 33 m Euros have been princi- pally directed towards expanding capacity. In 2008 and 2009, this investment volume will be supplemented by another 70 m Euros. The objective: Building 560,000 heavy axles for our customers in 2008. We‘re observing the markets and we‘re there where our cus- tomers are. The service network in Europe has been expand- ed with additional subsidiaries. Since 1 January, BPW France SAS has been responsible for the French market, while BPW Benelux Sprl has been looking after the Belgian and Dutch markets. The transport and logistics industry is one of the in- dustrial sectors enjoying the most dynamic growth all across Europe. We are going to keep you informed about this and other top- ics. And remember the IAA Commercial Vehicles Exhibition is coming up in September. We‘ll see you soon. Contents Dr. Bert Brauers Member of the Management Bord / Sales Editorial 06 Title story A really big blast Logistics in a steelworks: Salzgitter shows that you not only have to be able to run the blast furnaces well, your service oﬀering has got to be right also. 13 Interview Don’t just to carry steel from A to B Manfred Hunold, CEO of Lehnkering, knows what its customers want: Tailor-made logistics and service concepts. 16 Campaign The driver factor 160 haulage companies came to the 8th Wiehl Forum to address the topic of “Human Beings as the Key Factor” in logistics. 18 International Red Gold The whole world is longing to get its hands on Aus- tralia‘s ore-rich soil. But, it has got to be extracted from the outback and transported to the steelworks. 22 Portait Clever little chap “Rolling Volcanoes” is a nickname for the slag trans- porters developed by engineer Thomas Rieger‘s team of designers at Kirow. 26 Analysis Awakened! For some time now, India has been regarded as a serious player in the steel industry and the global economy in general. However, things have only really started rolling with the expansion of the country‘s infrastructure. 30 Technology Cast all in one The Busch foundry is a BPW supplier that enjoys ex- ceeding the axle manufacturer‘s quality expectations. 04 Panorama 34 Dialogue 35 Imprint

trailer world issue One 2008

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