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Mobility. Dynamics. Innovation.
Company Overview
Foundation:
2006 (former Schaeffler Group)
Sales 2011:
300 Mio. Euro
Employees:
1,400
Plants:
2 in Germany, 1 in Bulgaria, 1 in USA, 1 in China,
1 in India (JV with DSI)
Owners:
Cognetas and Management
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Locations
Germany
Plant: Hückeswagen
Assembly: Vacuum and
Transmission Pumps
Germany
Headquarters: Bad Homburg
R&D, Administration.
Production: Chassis and
Transmission Pumps
Bulgaria
Plant: Plovdiv
Production: Steering
and Vacuum Pumps
Japan
Representative
Yokohama
China
Plant Shanghai
Assembly Vacuum Pumps
USA
Brunswick: Sales and Plant
India
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Plant: Bangalore
Assembly Vacuum Pumps
Brazil
Porto Alegre
Partnership DHB
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Product Portfolio
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Power-steering pumps
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Vacuum pumps
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Chassis pumps
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Transmission components
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Tandem pumps
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Thermomanagement E-Cars
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Market Shares 2011
Product
Region
Share
Chassis Pump
World
90 %
Vacuum Pump
World
33 %
Truck Steering
America
40 %
Europe
36 %
Transmission Pump
CVT
Europe
90 %
Transmission Pump
Europe
20 %
Europe
10 %
Basis: Medium and Heavy Trucks
Truck Steering
Basis: Medium and Heavy Trucks
All Automatic Transmissions
Car Steering
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Sales
in Mio. €
2005
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2010
2011
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Customers
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Why Bulgaria ?
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We explored Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria
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Our decision criteria were: political stability, labor cost development,
skilled workforce, tax rates, easy way to travel (for logistics and
customers).
With Bulgaria we got:
An EU member state
Excellent skilled workforce
3 Flight connections a day
 Transportation time for trucks 31 hours (1,900 km from Bad Homburg)
 Labor cost lower compared to Germany.
 Plovdiv has a technical university.
 Plovdiv is a nice place to travel.
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Our Plans in Bulgaria
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Production value in 2011 was about 65 Mio. Euro
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Number of employees will increase from 230 (March 2012) to 250
end of the year
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2013 we will expand our production site in Plovdiv by 50 %, from
10.000 m² to 15.000 m²
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End of 2013 we will have more than 350 employees
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Precision to move
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