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Issue One 2015 7 Considerably more freight thefts Uwe Kotz has retired from his management position after 46 suc- cessful years of working for the BPW Group and turning it into a globally operating company with more than 50 trading and manufacturing subsidiaries. The Board of Management will now be headed by Michael Pfeiffer, General Manager at BPW. The other general managers are Uwe Frielingsdorf, Achim Kotz, and Markus Schell. Together with the extended management board consisting of Dr Bert Brauers, Barbara Höfel, and Carlo Lazzarini, they will continue leading BPW Bergische Achsen KG as a haulage industry partner for transport and system solutions. Preliminary data by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) shows that 255 cases of freight theft were reported in Germany over the past year. This is 27.5 per cent more than in 2013, when TAPA reported 200 thefts – back then, the figure was 61 per cent above the one from 2012. Around one-third of the thefts last year (80) occurred in North Rhine- Westphalia, followed by Baden-Wurttemberg (30), Hesse (28), Bavaria (24), and Saxony (17). The TAPA figures are based on data collected from members, prosecution agencies, insurance companies, and the media. TAPA, however, says that there is a high number of thefts that simply are not reported. The things that are stolen include anything which can be sold later: electronic devices, vehicle parts, metals or pharmaceutical products, but also cos- metics, clothes, cigarettes, and food. As of recently, the companies and brands of the BPW Group can also be found on www.wethinktransport.de. The website shows why BPW and its subsidiaries from around the globe are the go-to partner for innovative products and services to safely transport and load goods, as well as efficiently manage logistical processes. "We would like our customers to have even better access to the products and comprehensive services offered by the BPW Group," Carlo Lazzarini, Member of the Board of Management at BPW, explains. www.wethinktransport.de provides information on the companies and brands of the BPW Group, on product devel- opment and manufacturing, as well as on the global BPW ser- vice network. It also shows current company news and videos. Product details, such as technical data, will still be available only on the firms' own websites. M. Busch GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidi- ary of BPW Bergische Achsen KG, was presented with the ZF Supplier Award by ZF Friedrichshafen AG for the best supplier in the Production Materials category. "The award honours and motivates us at the same time. We are proud to have been able to collaborate with ZF for several decades," Wolfgang Krappe, Managing Director of M. Busch GmbH & Co. KG, said, gratified about the praise and recognition by the awarding company. A jury consisting of ZF Friedrichshafen AG employees from Purchase, Logistics and Quality Management decided who ranked among the top suppliers of 2014. Besides its on-time delivery, M. Busch GmbH & Co. KG impressed the jury particularly with its flexibility and consistently high quality. How good the collaboration between the two companies ZF Friedrichshafen and M. Busch really is could be seen in the joint development of new products, such as the cPower gearbox and the installation of a new production line for the piston project of the multiplate brake. This high-performance brake is often used in construction vehicles and shows almost no wear and tear. BPW Group website Changes in the BPW management team M. Busch GmbH & Co. KG receives ZF Supplier Award WolfgangKrappe(left)acceptstheZFSupplierAwardduringthe ZFMaterialsManagementCongress,whichtakesplaceregularly.