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trailer world issue Two 2011

Issue Two 2011 3KRWRV5DLQHU.UHWVFKPHU%3:*LEH,,,+\GURHOHFWULF3URMHFW) In Ethiopia, Salini Costruttori is the contrac- tor for the construction of the five dams in the Gibe Project. :HOhjgna\]kljYafaf_ja_`l gfkal] Rainer Kretschmer is a technician in the Customer Service department at BPW and is in charge of the technical training at the construction site in Ethiopia. He recently went there for the first time in order to show the employees at the site what they needed to know for maintaining, servicing and re- pairing the vehicles. “As a rule, repairs are performed on site. I demonstrate the rel- evant manipulations and give them some handy tips,” Kretschmer explains. The construction site is busy 24 hours a day. The workers have hardly any free time when they are at the camp. There is a lot of pressure, as everything has to run on sched- ule. “These are conditions that we Euro- peans are not familiar with,” Rainer Kret- schmer adds. Accordingly, vehicles have to be low-maintenance and very durable. BPW was included in the planning early on: “Together with our customers Mammut and Gorica we decided how the vehicles should be configurated,” so Kretschmer. Along with other vehicles, flatbed trailers from Mammut with 12-ton BPW axles and VB units are being used in the Ethiopia project. Cement tanker semi-trailers from Gorica, equipped with BPW running gears, are also put to work there. =mjgh]Yfk`Yn]Y[gehd]l]dq ojgf_aeY_]g^=l`aghaY For Rainer Kretschmer, it is also some- thing special to see how the vehicles equipped with running gear systems from Wiehl are actually utilised: He has already made business trips to several countries and conducted training courses at many con- struction sites. Ethiopia fascinates him: “I think that Europe has a completely wrong image of this country.” Rainer Kretschmer discovered that Ethio- pia is a green, fertile country. One that unde- niably has to fight against an array of prob- lems such as hunger and poverty, but which has many impressive, beautiful and inter- esting sides to it. Kretschmer says his heart started pounding the minute he stepped out of the aeroplane – not from excitement, but because of the climate. Addis Ababa is 2,500 meters above sea level. “The air is thin, and your circulatory system immediately notices the contrast.” That also takes its toll on the interna- tional team working at the dam. You have to get used to the climate first. Aside from this, there is a high rate of turnover among the workers: “Due to problems with visas or if they find more attractive jobs, work- ers sometimes do not show up at the con- L`]Zja\_]Y[jgkkl`]GegJan]joYkZmadl kh][a^a[Yddq^gjl`][gfkljm[lagfkal]ljY^^a[& ;gfkljm[lagfdgjja]k^jgeEYeemloYallg Z]hmllgmk]& L`]^gmf\Ylagf^gjl`]\YeakZ]af_]j][l]\ Yll`]Zgllgeg^l`]_gj_]& L`akaddmkljYlagfk`gokl`]\ae]fkagfg^l`] \Yehjgb][l& x7RJHWKHU ZLWK RXU FXVWRPHUV 0DPPXW DQG *RULFD ZH GHFLGHG KRZ WKH YHKLFOHV VKRXOG EH FRQILJXUDWHGl 5DLQHU .UHWVFKPHU %3: &XVWRPHU 6HUYLFH 'DP 6XUJH 6KDIW 3RZHU +RXVH 6SLOOZD\ $URXQG WKH :RUOG

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