June/July 2018
Truck and Track
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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.