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Panorama Issue One 2008 5 Uwe Kotz: 40th jubilee On 1 March, Uwe Kotz, per- sonally liable partner of BPW, celebrated his 40th jubilee. Nu- merous colleagues and com- panions took up the invitation to come to Wiehl to offer Uwe Kotz their congratulations. In his speech, Christian Peter Kotz honoured his brother’s achieve- ments and successes, thanking him for the trustworthy basis of their cooperation. The con- tinued positive development of the company illustrates just how 40 trees with photos from 40 years: Uwe Kotz’s present. Hans Friedrich Karl (called Fritz) Kotz was born on 3 May 1908 at Wiehl. He was involved in an early stage in investigations into suitable axle material and conical roller bearings in the SKF laboratories, cooperation partner of BPW already since 1923. Fritz Kotz generated his first BPW order as field worker in 1932 and officially joined the company twelve months later. On the death of his father, Fritz Kotz took over the management of the company in 1948. Together with reconstruction and modernization of the company, he also continued with his father’s social measures, such as the con- struction of worker housing. In 1968, Kotz donated a memorial fund for re- wardingoutstandingachievementsin the balance of nature and technology. Fritz Kotz died on 21 January 1980. 100th birthday of Fritz Kotz »There is steel flowing in his veins.« “Business India” about Lakshmi Mittal Smooth journeys Sassenberg in Münsterland/ Germany is where caravans and motor homes by LMC and TEC are made; the brands also belong to the HYMER Group, which we featured in the last issue of trailer world. This year LMC is launching its special model pro- gramme “Relax Edition” with two new caravans and motor homes offering even more ex- tensive standard features. Radioing stackers Foundry M. Busch now uses vehicle computers for a smooth- er materials flow. The stackers from the BPW sub- sidiary have a barcode scanner and an RFID reader to reduce the downtimes of production machinery. “This makes our stocks transparent and provides real-time data for production planning”, says Robert Schöne, Head of Corporate Organiza- tion/IT at M. Busch. Exhibition Calender 2008 01.–03.04. Carrosserie Vakdagen 2008 NL – Hardenberg 15. –17.04. Commercial Vehicle Exhibition GB – NEC/ Birmingham 22.–26.04. COMTRANS Rus – Moscow 28.–29.04. BTF Kongress S – Strömstad 01.–03.05. Ag-Fest Rural Aus – Launceston 08.–10.05. International Trailer Truck & Equipment Show Aus – Melbourne, VIC 04.–08.06. AUTOTEC CZ – Brno 17.–21.06. Buildings Technics and Technology Rus – Moscow 09.08. Power Truck Show Fin – Alahärma 19.–21.08. AgQuip Agricultural Exhibition Aus – Gunnedah, NSW 20.–23.08. Elmia Lastbil S – Jönköping 27.–28.08.Dowerin GWN Machinery Field Days Aus – Dowerin, WA 28.–30.08. FinnMetko 2008 Fin – Jämsänkoski 29.08.–07.09. Caravan Salon D – Düsseldorf 02.09.–04.09. Heritage AG Show Aus – Toowoomba, QLD 03.–04.09. Newdegate Machinery Field Days Aus – Newdegate, WA 11.–14.09. Elmia Husvagn S –Jönköping 16.–21.09. automechanica D – Frankfort 23.09.-25.09. Henty Machinery Aus – Henty, NSW 24.09.-02.10. IAA Nutzfahrzeuge D – Hanover Playing with logistics Hamburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts is using the free PC game “Logistics Master” (www.logis- tik-lernen-hamburg.de) to at- tract the younger generation. The task involved in the game is to coordinate incoming goods for on-going transport. Time, destination, storage area and energy are given as defaults. On a transhipment yard, the play- ers steer the goods to ships, air- planes, trains or trucks. successful this has been, right up to the present day. The trailer- world editorial team congratu- lates Uwe Kotz for his success- ful, responsible involvement in 40 years of BPW and would like to take this opportunity to wish him every future success and al- ways the right instinct in all en- trepreneurial decisions.