The “Festhalle” of Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre will be the hotspot for innovations at this year’s Automechanika Frankfurt with the subject of “Tomorrow’s Service & Mobility.” One of the highlights will be the world’s first fully electric ORTEN E 75 AT, a truck with a lightweight box body that, despite a 100-percent electrical powertrain, has a payload more than 30 percent greater than the standard, diesel-powered box-bodied vehicle. The new ORTEN ELECTRIC TRUCKS Business Unit is one of the start-ups that will make a presentation in the “Festhalle.” The company, which has its roots in traditional vehicle manufacturing, is cooperating with EFA-S Elektrofahrzeuge Stuttgart.
Other future-oriented products and solutions on display will include ZF Friedrichshafen with the Advanced Urban Vehicle, a concept car that demonstrates the potential inherent in intelligently linking individual chassis, drive and driver-assistance systems and represents an exemplary solution for individual urban transport in the small and compact segment. The Advanced Urban Vehicle is an example of the innovative potential of the joint ZF TRW company: electric steering – the steering wheel, sensors and rear camera come from the development department of the world’s leading safety specialists.
A market leader for spare-parts information and data-based services, Eucon, is taking part in Automechanika for the first time and presenting its Aftermarket Intelligence Suite, a fully-integrated analysis tool for spare-parts prices. Eucon has been supporting its customers since 1997 with the digitization and automation of business processes and revealing the huge potential of key technologies, such as big data and business analytics, for improved competitiveness and profitability.
Visitors also can look forward to new products from a variety of companies including Autop Maschinenbau, AVL DiTest, Bosch Car Multimedia Hildesheim, Conceito, Continental / ContiTech, Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst, Jaguar & Land Rover (Car to Car Communication) and Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket from Germany, as well as Brembo, Texa and Star Gas from Italy, IDLP Groupe, Lumileds France SAS (Philips) and OOCAR Sas from France, BVBA Federal-Mogul from Belgium, Elci Elektronik Kima San. Tic. Ltd from Turkey, OOO Pandora Trade from Russia, Hanyang Information & Communication from South Korea and Reduce Carbon Energy from Taiwan. In addition, visitors will have the chance to take a look at the “Workshop of the Future.”
For the first time, innovative products from all segments that have been selected for the Automechanika Innovation Award will be on display at a special exhibition in the “Festhalle.” The Automechanika Innovation Award is given in eight categories by an independent jury of experts and is a coveted distinction that has been presented at Automechanika Frankfurt since 1996. Exhibitors still have until the end of May to enter at innovation-award.automechanika.com.
The ‘Festhalle’ is also a presentation platform for young trailblazers and pioneers where creative start-ups and young innovative companies from Germany can show their promising ideas, products and solutions in a pavilion sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie – BMWi). Applications can be made at http://goo.gl/iCfqrO until 8 July.
For high potentials and young professionals looking for new challenges, Job & Career is the ideal platform for contacting and getting to know prospective employers.
Visitors wanting to experience the tomorrow’s mobility will have the opportunity to test-drive a variety of electric vehicles on a special track on the adjoining outdoor area.
Further information can be found at automechanika.com.
