For commercial vehicles, a simple equation applies: less weight means a useful load gain and less diesel consumption. For this reason the market increasingly demands weight reductions, which in the end presents ever greater challenges to the component suppliers in the industry.

Less weight means increased transport efficiency and thus enjoys top priority with vehicle makers and transport companies.

The former Georg Fischer Verkehrstechnik company in Singen has been operating for a year under its new name SAF-HOLLAND Verkehrstechnik. What has not changed however is the company’s credo, which is to remain one of the leading development partners and OEMs for the reputable truck manufacturers. CEO Svend Koch is therefore systematically pressing ahead with the integration of his company into the globally operating SAF-HOLLAND group.