Success Factors
The need for innovative solutions for the transport sector is growing all the time. This means that the commercial vehicle manufacturers always have to provide the maximum loading space utilisation, in terms of both volume and payload, combined with low costs. This requires technical progress and innovations, and also new ideas and brands, which bring technical and economic advantages for the makers – and even more so for the transport companies.
The German manufacturers of trailers and bodies have made a name for themselves as leaders in quality and innovation in Europe with their consistent research and development work. The main focus is on the following goals: lifecycle costs, safety, weight reduction and new products. The results from research and development are consistently fed into production. The customers therefore benefit from innovative technology and can tap new potentials in the transport business.
At the same time the environmental requirements are also becoming more stringent. It should be noted that in recent years no other means of transport has undergone such radical ecological development as commercial vehicles, and with them bodies and trailers, too. Their traditional image as workhorses that are powerful but not ecologically or technically advanced has nothing whatsoever to do with today’s vehicles. A huge amount of technological input ensures the vehicles comply with the strictest environmental and safety standards – and so they have become economical, clean, quiet and safe.
Ultimately the aim is that transport companies earn money with their vehicles and trailers. Innovative and practical vehicle solutions using mature technology are combined with functional service right across Europe. Good customer retention and an extensive package of services associated with vehicles considerably reduce the lifecycle costs. Here it is evident that the German manufacturers offer the best products at the lowest costs per kilometre – which are simultaneously responsible for their success.
