The Lloyd Dynamowerke GmbH & Co KG located in Bremen, Germany, develops, constructs and produces electrical machines and drive systems for industrial applications. Our products are special designs for applications with ex......The Lloyd Dynamowerke GmbH & Co KG located in Bremen, Germany, develops, constructs and produces electrical machines and drive systems for industrial applications. Our products are special designs for applications with extraordinary requirements. Furthermore we repair old machines or rebuild them. Our services are willingly called upon, too. It is our ambition to support you with the best solution for your individual demands. This is made possible by the the connection of over 90 years experience with the innovation of a modern positioned company and the research capacities of our partners in the field of science. In our personnel policy we emphasise on a mix of "young" and "old": We offer above-average apprenticeships and also cooperate with a local school. But we also have a lot of senior employees who have a valuable expert knowledge.

The LUKAS History 1945 Consolidation of several parts of the company Frieseke and Hoepfner GmbH in Erlangen. 1948Start of the development work on the hydraulic products which form the basis of today’s product range. 1955......The LUKAS History 1945 Consolidation of several parts of the company Frieseke and Hoepfner GmbH in Erlangen. 1948Start of the development work on the hydraulic products which form the basis of today’s product range. 1955Frieseke and Hoepfner GmbH is taken over by shareholders of the FAG group in Schweinfurt. 1962LUKAS rerailing equipment launched for rail vehicles of all types. 1972LUKAS rescue technology launched. 1981Incorporation into the FAG group. 1990Factory moves to the new premises in Erlangen, close to Nuremberg. 1993Management takeover. Company is renamed LUKAS Hydraulik GmbH. 1995Takeover through IDEX Corporation. Quality Assurance LUKAS places particularly high demands on its products, which is why LUKAS hydraulic equipment undergoes a number of quality tests. It exceeds internationally recognized standards in terms of quality as well as performance. We can therefore offer our customers safety when deciding for LUKAS qualitytested products. The LUKAS Quality Management System is certified in accordance with ISO 9001. This management system forms a comprehensive framework of rules for all procedures in our company. In order to maintain a consistently high level of product quality, all materials and production steps are tested ? when materials and parts are delivered ? during production and assembly ? during the final inspection of the equipment. Continuous product innovation is one of the cornerstones of the LUKAS corporate philosophy. A high percentage of today’s turnover is achieved with products that have been developed or considerably improved in the recent past. ”LUKAS Concept Innovation” is geared towards manufacturing equipment which is more than capable of meeting the challenges of today’s fire services, railway companies and modern industry. Therefore, LUKAS tools are lightweight and compact, offering unsurpassed ease of operation while at the same time meeting the highest demands in terms of performance and durability. Developement Over 50% of the standard equipment currently being produced has either been newly developed or considerably improved within the last 5 years. Progressive technology and the most modern and durable materials have contributed to the worldwide success of LUKAS products. The simple and safe handling, the favourable power-to-weight ratio and their proverbial reliability have made the LUKAS tradename synonymous with quality worldwide. Production LUKAS hydraulic equipment is manufactured using the latest technology at the factory in Erlangen, which we moved into in 1990. High-performance numerically controlled metal working machines, rotating-shelves for a rationalized small parts inventory and an optimized computer-controlled material flow all combine to create a rational form of production. The production and assembly workers are experienced and highly motivated.

The Lutz brand stands for fluid handling using drum and container pumps. In the year 1954 the company founder Karl Lutz started making electrical drum and container pumps in Wertheim. In recent years, the brand has develo......The Lutz brand stands for fluid handling using drum and container pumps. In the year 1954 the company founder Karl Lutz started making electrical drum and container pumps in Wertheim. In recent years, the brand has developed into a synonym for complete systems designed to handle any fluid filling and transfer job. The Lutz group today includes highly capable medium-size companies operating in various industries and located both in Germany and abroad. The fusion of selected enterprises considerably enlarges the product range. Additionally, the synergies resulting from the inter-company co-operation between Lutz Pumpen GmbH and MTE with Lutz-Jesco GmbH offer the customers interesting perspectives, too. Technopool GmbH joined the group in 2003, adding water treatment equipment for pools to the product line.

The machine construction company TRACTO-TECHNIK based in Lennestadt-Saalhausen develops and builds machines for the underground installation and trenchless renewal of pipelines. The customers of this steadily growing mark......The machine construction company TRACTO-TECHNIK based in Lennestadt-Saalhausen develops and builds machines for the underground installation and trenchless renewal of pipelines. The customers of this steadily growing market come from all supply areas like gas, water, electricity and telecommunication as well as the sewage disposal sector. A further main pillar of TT are machines, production systems and software solutions for pipe forming and pipe/tube processing. Companies from all over the world and a vast variety of branches, from locksmith’s shops to the “global players” of the automobile, ship and plant engineering industry, ensure their success with products from TRACTO-TECHNIK. Satisfied customers, good products, professional quality and qualified and motivated employees guarantee the company’s past and present success. Key figures Legal form: GmbH & Co. KG Managing directors: Wolfgang Schmidt, Frank-Volker Theile Founding year: 1962 Employees: approx. 500 worldwide (2007) Apprentices: 11 in the year 2008 Turnover: three digit million range Export share: 60% Export countries: Sales partners in more than 50 countries Objectives TT strives for innovative products and services with clear benefit and superior quality at a high ecological standard. Experience by continuity The TT story begins at the end of the fifites with the the engineering office Paul Schmidt - noted for the “Luchs” bell hose for petrol stations. Further products followed in rapid succession, for instance the Tractodrill for recovering drill rods which could be re-used after blasting the rocks in stone pits and the Tractomat for pulling out sheet piles. With Krupp as sales partner, business went very well. Then, in November 1962 Tracto Technik was founded. The design and construction of the hydraulic ramming rig for sheet piles was also the hour of birth for the pipe forming technique. At that time, no machine existed for processing and installing hydraulic tubes. Paul Schmidt invented it and named it Tubomat. It was suitable for sawing, inside and outside deburring, cold bending and preassembling pipes from 6 - 42 mm diameter. Initially this machine was intended for internal use but meanwhile it has turned into a very successful business sector, incorporating fully automatic pipe bending machines (Tubotron), machines for reshaping pipe ends (Tuboform), pipe measurement systems (Tuboscan) and software products in addition to the legendary Tubomat. In the early 1970ies, the first German right-on-target soil displacement hammer Grundomat was designed. The air-driven hammer allows installing pipes and cables with diameters up to 200 mm underneneath streets, railway tracks etc. without breaking up the surface. Meanwhile, the Grundomat soil displacement hammer is the No. 1 worldwide. Responding to the growing needs for a trenchless installation method which would tackle larger pipe diameters, TT developed the extremely robust pneumatic Grundoram pipe ramming machine for ramming open steel pipes with diameters up to 4 m. The dream of steerable drilling is as old as the soil displacement hammer. In 1987, it came true at last. Over the years the fluid-assisted horizontal drill rig Grundodrill developed from rather simple machines. Today the Grundodrill is available with up to 200 kN pulling force, it installs pipes with diameters up to 600 mm over lengths up to 500 m in any soil. The pipe bursting method with Grundoburst is suitable for the renewal of pipes up to 1000 mm Ø. The old pipe is cracked or cut and a new pipe of equal or larger diameter is pulled into the existing path. Living Innovation Innovations rank highly with TRACTO-TECHNIK. New products can only be designed if the employees have an awa-reness for changes and are willing to go along with them. 50 engineers at TT turn ideas into products that are ready for the market. Current developments are a drill rig for installing geo-thermal heat sondes and special measurement and software developments in the pipe bending sector. Already in 1994, in his book “Hidden Champions“, Prof. Hermann Simon cerifies TRACTO-TECHNIK’s above-average sustainable innovative power which has its origin in the innovative spirit of company founder Paul Schmidt. He was motivated by simple, but wise guiding principles like „If you want to achieve the possible, you must dare the impossible“ or „The enemy of good is better“. 350 existing patents and numerous awards, for instance the TOP 100, the OEMmie Award and many others are the proof. If the customer is satisfied, so are we With its claim, “The only choice for perfect pipe installations” TRACTO- TECHNIK expresses a special demand: the best for the best. Finally all de-pends on customers satisfaction which is characterized by the product quality with the attributes “efficiency - dura- bility - reliability” of the product quality. Thus as a market leader TT makes no compromises when it comes to quality. The latest production tech-niques, high-precision CNC-controlled processing centres turn, bore, mill and grind the work pieces into shape. Parts like bore heads or pistons, which are exposed to great stress, undergo an elaborate hardening process. Other parts are corrosion-protected or galvanised. With the final inspection everything possible has been done to assure an efficient and long-lasting pro-duct. But quality also has a ot to do with people, especially with virtues like conscientiousness, thoroughness and precision which are related to the term “Made in Germany“. Thus TTs train of machinery is equipped for an almost complete in-house production. Powerful as a team TT has more than 500 employees all over the world. They are highly motivated, down-to-earth people with many positive characteristics. Their reliability is particularly appreciated by our custo-mers. More than 50 % of the employees have been working for the company for more than 10 years – many of them even since the beginning of their professional training. At least ten young people find a job with TT every year. After their final exams, most of them grasp the opportunity to make a start in their carrier at TT. Professional networking For TT global networking means being linked with relevant market operators. The superior concern is to create added value for customers, organisers, suppliers and operators incorporating into the network. The central factor is communication, for only those who are well informed - have profound knowledge - can lead the race. TT responds in all directions and communicates on a multimedial and global level. Approximately 20 international fairs ans exhibitions are attended each year. Our "Hands on Days", taking place on the TT test site, belong to the favourites always being well attended. The customer magazine Tractuell keeps our customers posted. The trade portals nodig-bau.de and nodig-construction.com, which are prometed by TT, provide valuable information to the market participants. The proof: an export share of around 55 %, created with the aid of TT’s subsidiaries in the United States, France, England and Australia and around 70 sales partners in more than 50 countries. Well known animals The Tracto-Technik trade marks have a strong symbolic power. The mole stands for the drilling technology, the snake represents the pipe bending and forming technology. Both have an exceptionally good recognition value and are associated with high quality which has helped to obtain widespread global acceptance.

The machine construction company TRACTO-TECHNIK based in Lennestadt-Saalhausen develops and builds machines for the underground installation and trenchless renewal of pipelines. The customers of this steadily growing mark......The machine construction company TRACTO-TECHNIK based in Lennestadt-Saalhausen develops and builds machines for the underground installation and trenchless renewal of pipelines. The customers of this steadily growing market come from all supply areas like gas, water, electricity and telecommunication as well as the sewage disposal sector. A further main pillar of TT are machines, production systems and software solutions for pipe forming and pipe/tube processing. Companies from all over the world and a vast variety of branches, from locksmith’s shops to the “global players” of the automobile, ship and plant engineering industry, ensure their success with products from TRACTO-TECHNIK. Satisfied customers, good products, professional quality and qualified and motivated employees guarantee the company’s past and present success.

The MAFAC company was founded in 1968 by Ernst Schwarz in Alpirsbach in the Black Forest. At the beginning, the focus of production was on belt grinding machines for the metal working industry, with soil steaming equipmen......The MAFAC company was founded in 1968 by Ernst Schwarz in Alpirsbach in the Black Forest. At the beginning, the focus of production was on belt grinding machines for the metal working industry, with soil steaming equipment for the pasteurising of nursery soil also being manufactured. In response to changes in the market, the development and production of the first cleaning systems commenced in 1974, and development continues to this day. This resulted in new process technologies being introduced in 1991 for use in aqueous parts cleaning systems which meet the latest requirements of the German Water Resources Act. Today MAFAC is considered to be an expert in the field of "aqueous parts cleaning" and supplies international markets with cleaning systems for the most demanding of requirements.

The MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group, with its head office in Munich, is the largest subsidiary of the MAN Group and one of the leading international suppliers of commercial vehicles and transport solutions. The MAN Nutzfahrzeuge ......The MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group, with its head office in Munich, is the largest subsidiary of the MAN Group and one of the leading international suppliers of commercial vehicles and transport solutions. The MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group includes MAN trucks and buses and NEOPLAN buses. We have four production locations in Germany: Munich, Nuremberg, Salzgitter and Plauen. We also have production plants in Vienna and Steyr (Austria), in Poznan, Starachowice and Cracow (Poland), and in Ankara (Turkey). Outside Europe MAN Nutzfahrzeuge maintains production locations in Olifantsfontein and Pinetown (South Africa), in Pune (India), and in Querétaro (Mexico). There was further growth at the beginning of 2009: in January a truck assembly plant was opened in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After a successful financial year in 2008 the company is solidly set up for the difficult year ahead. 2008 was once again a successful year for the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group: in spite of the marked drop in demand in the second half of the year, again over 100,000 trucks and buses were sold worldwide. MAN Nutzfahrzeuge - living in partnership Record truck sales Record sales were again achieved in this sector in 2008. This success can mostly be attributed to the introduction of the TGS and TGX in 2007. Because of the impact of the economic crisis, the European truck market shrank in 2008 from around 421,000 to 412,000 units (- 2 %). In spite of this, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge was able to record an increase of 3 % in truck sales and thereby increase its market share in trucks over 6 tons by 0.4 of a percentage point to 16.6 %. In spite of the difficult conditions, MAN has thus taken a significant step closer to its medium-term objective an 18.0 % market share in Europe. MAN is therefore the truck brand which has been able to consolidate its market position in Europe to most sustained effect. In addition to the core European market, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has been able to strengthen and further consolidate its place in global truck markets such as those in Eastern Europe, Russia/CIS and the Middle East. Thanks to its international growth strategy 2008 saw MAN generate 38 % of truck sales in the markets outside Europe a considerable improvement of the 26 % achieved in 2005. Increased turnover in the bus sector There has already been a positive impact seen from the restructuring that was initiated in the bus division in 2007.. Turnover in 2008 rose by almost 10 % to € 1,522 million (2007: € 1,387 million), the operating profit improving after a loss of € 13 million in 2007 by € 32 million to € 19 million. Within the framework of its restructuring of the German NEOPLAN locations, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has taken a significant step towards securing the sustained profit-yielding future of its bus operations. The Plauen site in Saxony has been expanded and is now producing complete NEOPLAN buses. The bus plant in Pilsting has been taken over by the newly founded VISEON Bus GmbH. MAN Nutzfahrzeuge investing in the future At € 528 million investment was up by 48 % from previous years levels. One example of how these funds were channelled is the 50% increase in shares in the Indian company MAN FORCE Trucks. This demonstarates how MAN Nutzfahrzeuge is taking on more responsibility in this particular joint venture and is looking to step up the sales of trucks produced in India and in the growth markets in Asia and Africa. # In the production sector a sum of € 64 million has been invested in the Nuremberg plant over all machining centres for special engine components. As one of the worlds leading manufacturers, the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group believes it has a responsibility to make a significant contribution to improving transport efficiency. That is why in 2008 MAN Nutzfahrzeuge invested € 257 million (2007: € 234 million) in research and development. Outlook for 2009 This year MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will be venturing into important future sectors. In order to continuously improve the proximity to customers, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge is further expanding its service network, especially in the growth markets of Eastern Europe. This summer will witness the opening of the new MAN Forum at the Munich site this will be a modern world of experience dedicated to everything related to commercial vehicles. Situated directly next to the MAN Forum is the NEOPLAN Forum, which will open around at the turn of the year 2009/2010.

The Mark-O-Print GmbH has been operating successfully as a manufacturer of efficient marking equipment for product- and packaging identification in the German market since 1964. In 2005 the company received the innovation......The Mark-O-Print GmbH has been operating successfully as a manufacturer of efficient marking equipment for product- and packaging identification in the German market since 1964. In 2005 the company received the innovation award in the logistics category for the Compactline. Besides manufacturing cost-effective mechanical coding systems, we also began developing inkjet marking equipment in the mid-eighties, which has since proved itself in numerous areas of application. The German branch in Lübeck is currently responsible for development, manufacture and distribution. Well-trained employees provide application support, distribution and service. As our valued customer, you receive one-stop service. The equipment is supplied with tailor-made handling facilities and mountings. We provide professional installation, of course, which includes thorough instruction of your operating staff.

The marvellous, romantic city of Herrenberg was founded by the Duke of Wirtemberg in the Swabian mountains of southern Germany. 1983, our firm was founded by Mr. Michael Grom and established in the small city of Herrenber......The marvellous, romantic city of Herrenberg was founded by the Duke of Wirtemberg in the Swabian mountains of southern Germany. 1983, our firm was founded by Mr. Michael Grom and established in the small city of Herrenberg. Then, in the summer of 1994, this enterprise was transformed into a corporation. goal of our enterprise is to provide products of the highest quality in order to support all of our customers in solving the problems they confront daily in their research and routine. Our intention, therefore, is always to offer you the newest, most innovative products. The scientific development of such products in our firm has been and still remains closely bound to university research. international network of qualified and competent dealers makes it possible for us to distribute our products worldwide. To ensure the effectiveness of our firms pursuit of the highest quality standards, we have introduced two quality control systems: laboratory consistently follows the recommendations of the "GLP" (Good Laboratory Practis) in all the analyses it does by contracts certified in1993 by the Environmental Minister of Baden Württemberg. our entire enterprise, i.e., from production, sales, and service to research and development, was certified in 1994 as being in conformity with the regulations set forth in the DIN-ISO-9001, respectively EN 29 001.

The Maximator JET Company is a young and highly motivated team devoting its services to its customers. The focus of our work is your specific requirements on us and on waterjet cutting technology. Of course, while concent......The Maximator JET Company is a young and highly motivated team devoting its services to its customers. The focus of our work is your specific requirements on us and on waterjet cutting technology. Of course, while concentrating on your projects we too are inspired by the multifarious opportunities and applications areas of this innovative technology. Everything started with the yearlong work done by the Fraunhofer-Society, high pressure waterjet technology department in Stuttgart and the collaboration with a sophisticated company from the high pressure technology field - the company Schmidt, Kranz & Co. GmbH, Maximator Division. Nowadays we cooperate with several firms complementing one another, culminating in mutual strength for their customers. Our goal is your success! Along with standard systems, you can also obtain special solutions and specific expertise as well as components and resources from us, a waterjet cutting systems supplier. Naturally, we are also ready to support you when you need a concept and construction of a solution for a specific requirement in your company. We are members of the waterjet technology working-group AWT.