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June/July 2018

Truck and Track

11

BUSINESS NEWS

Krone at the Nürburgring supports the ADAC Truck Grand Prix

Meeting with the Driver’s Club and fan community at the Krone stand

Once again this year, Krone was an

official sponsor of the FIA European

Truck Racing Championship (FIA ETRC)

and is participating as an exhibitor at

the Truck Grand Prix, which took place at

the Nürburgring in the Eifel for the 33rd

time.

With 115,000 visitors, the Truck Grand

Prix is a major event of the ADAC

Mittelrhein e.V. It unites motorists, long-

distance drivers, truck fans and country

fans from the logistics sector. As a semi-

trailer manufacturer, Krone exhibited

its Profi Liner Ultra and also offered fan

merchandise for drivers and motor sport fans in a swap body

converted into a shop box. The practical travel trolley by Krone was

particularly popular with long-distance drivers.

The expert audience took advantage of the cooperation between

Krone and the Czech game producer SCS Software to simulate a

drive with the Euro Truck Simulator on various tractor units and

semitrailers from Krone. Commenting on the event, Ingo Lübs,

Krone Commercial Vehicle Group’s Head of Marketing, said: “We

were delighted to be back partnering the FIA European Truck Racing

Championship once again in 2018. Truck Racing is more than just

driving around in circles. It takes determination to be on top. It is

about speed and mastering techniques and tactics. At Krone we

never slow down when it comes to best performance in transport

logistics.”

KRONE Commercial Vehicle Group

The Krone Group is among the market leaders in commercial

transport manufacturing with its Commercial Vehicles division

producing flatbed and semi-trailers, container chassis, swap

systems, trailers and motor vehicle superstructures as well as CEP

vehicles for parcel services.

Customer requirements go far beyond the vehicle. Krone offers

a comprehensive service that includes telematics, spare parts,

maintenance contracts, pan-European service partners and

financing solutions. Furthermore, trailers and general transport

equipment can be rented through Krone Fleet and used vehicles are

available via Krone Used.

In-house components such as the Krone Trailer Axle and the ‘All-In-

Krone Trailer’ ensure that customers can rely on just one contact

person to handle all enquiries.

The annual turnover of the Krone Commercial Vehicle Group

(Fahrzeugwerk Krone and subsidiaries) is 1.3 billion euros. While

Krone manufactured around 52,000 vehicle units (around 41,000

semi-trailers plus almost 11,000 interchangeable systems) in the

past fiscal year.

With 27.2 percent, Germany was the

strongest sales market by country while

the Western European countries are

43.8 percent and the Eastern European

countries 21.6 percent respectively.

The Krone Commercial Vehicle Group

employs approx. 2,500 personnel in the

design and production of commercial

vehicles and related trailer services in

Werlte, Herzlake (both in Emsland/Lower

Saxony), Dinklage (inOsnabruck), Lübtheen

(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), and Tire in

Turkey.