trailer world issue Two 2010

4 Issue Two 2010 Panorama ‘Busch-Hungária’ foundry joins the BPW Group  BPW and the foundry M. Busch which belongs to the BWP Group have proceeded with a complete takeover of the spheroidal graph- ite foundry run hitherto as a joint venture with the Hungarian com- pany Rába. The company in Györ in the North West of the company is only approx. 100 km from ‘BPW-Hungária’ in Szombathely. A workforce of 300 employees produces amongst other things wheel hubs, brake callipers and axle housings on a production site covering around 30,000 m². Alongside BPW and Rába, the customer base also includes other companies in the car and HGV industry. For the BPW Group, the takeover of ‘Busch-Hungária’ brings con- siderable progress in safeguard- ing production capability and delivery reliability for spheroi- dal graphite products. In future, ‘Busch-Hungária’ will therefore become an important support facility within the BPW Group. Logistics world 2030  “The dynamic economic de- velopment of the emerging countries will bring about fun- damentally changed logistics structures.” This is the conclu- sion reached by the interna- tional series of studies “Trans- portation & Logistics 2030” by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Supply Chain Manage- ment Institute (SMI) of the EBS Business School. This was part of a presentation entitled “Emerging Markets - New hubs, new spokes, new industry lead- ers?” which was presented at the BVL Logistics Congress. As far as the logistics global players are concerned, these changes entail both chances and risks, as access to the new mar- kets is often highly restricted and they will also be confront- ed with new and in some cases locally specialized competitors. The study series “Transporta- tion & Logistics 2030” is avail- able free of charge at http://www.pwc.com/transport  Following a difficult year in 2009, the Automechanika 2010 as the world’s largest trade-fair for the automotive aftermarket of- fered BPW an outstanding opportunity to show presence and cultivate contacts in new target markets. With around 155,000 visitors from 180 countries, the trade-fair set a new record for the visiting countries. BPW thus made new contacts in countries such as Azerbaijan, Turk- menistan and Uzbekistan. “Together with general aftermarket topics, the talks also focused on our proprietary ECO Disc brake for trailers. The swift, successful launch of this product received a most positive echo from our customers”, says Stefan Oelhafen, Aftermarket Manager at BPW. Automechanika Recommendation: Yesterday’s Tomorrows  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. “Zukunftsträume von gestern, heute, übermorgen” can be purchased for €19.90 from LKIT Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-643-10675-9 As an English alternative, we recommend: “Yesterday’s Tommorows: Past Visions of the American Future” by Joseph J Corn and Brian Horrigan, The Johns Hopkins University Press which can be purchased for € 25,99 through Amazon.com amongst others. The site in Györ is responsible for casting components for the ECO Disc. »The days of trench warfare are definitely a thing of the past.« VDA President Matthias Wissmann at the IAA on cooperation between VDA and Deutsche Bahn with regard to networking different modes of transport

trailer world issue Two 2010

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