Allison Transmission inaugurates the new Centre of Experiences and Proofs for Customers
3 July 2012
For Joel Andersson, director of Ragn-Sells, that has a fleet of 1.400 vehicles in Sweden, this was not his first contact with Allison. “Always I have known that the automatic boxes Allison are products of very good quality” affirmed. “After visiting the plant and the new CEA in Szentgotthárd, understand the reason. I have gone out very impressesed”. These comments underline the importance to realise visits of this type and how turn into an important part in the process of decision of purchase.
“When situating these two new installations at the side of our plant, allow to our customers know to our team and learn more on Allison, our company, our products and technology, experiencing personally the advantages that offer our totally automatic transmissions”, affirms Lawrence Love, international director of Marketing of Allison Transmission. “Szentgotthárd Converts like this in our location for testar ours transmissions in his distinct applications, inside and out of road. It allows that customers of all the world evaluate the functions and know the advantages of the automatic Allison in distinct conditions and directly from the seat of the driver".
During the inauguration, Gábor Huszár, mayor of Szentgotthárd, affirmed: “Allison Transmission is a global company, and thanks to his investment the industry in the zone is prosperous. Each effort heads to to provide the highest level of service, and are loved to know that we will be able to receive prompt to visitors of all the world”.
Allison explains also with a centre of similar proofs in his central headquarters in the EE UU, where thousands of customers have tested a wide range of vehicles chosen of an inventory that includes vehicles for the construction, like tippers, trucks or hormigoneras, vehicles of distribution, heavy transport, trucks of firemen and buses.
First Spanish visit
One of the first groups of customers that visited the Centre of Experiences Allison for Customers came of Spain. Managers of three Spanish companies: Disfrimur, Colebega and Aucar-Trailer visited the CEA and his track of proofs. All they expressesed his satisfaction with the event and remained impressesed by the ease of the processes of Allison that ensure a maximum quality of the product.
The Spanish group Disfrimur, is devoted to the logistics, the transport and the distribution. His main activity is the transport of commodities by road, for what has a wide and modern fleet. By part of Disfrimur attended to Hungary, Miguel Ángel Sánchez, director of Maintenance and Power, and Tomás Pérez, boss of Maintenance and Shopping. When experiencing with Allison, Tomás Pérez commented: “Accustomed to the abruptness in the changes of the boxes automated, has surprised me the big softness of the changes Allison”. By his part, Miguel Ángel Sánchez signalled: “it would like Me that the manufacturers of trucks promocionaran more actively the alternative Allison, when they can offer this option”.
Colebega Is a skilled company in the manufacture of all type of gaseous beverages, including Coca Tail, for all the zone of Raise. It has his headquarters in Valencia and his Agent of Fleets, Ramón Espinar, described the event eat: “Very very organised, measured and controlled”. About the plant stood out: “the surveillance of the system of quality and the control and follow-up of the chain of production. His transparency shows that there is a very good control of quality”.
Aucar Trailer is a company carrocera with headquarters in Premià of Sea (Barcelona). It specialises in the design, manufacturing and dealers of vehicles for schools of drivers, civil and military. One of his innovative patents is Policar, the trailer capilar, directed to the sector of the distribution. Policar Is a versatile logistical tool and only in the market. It treats a trailer that, by means of a simple operation with a control to distance, turns into a rigid truck. The two boxes that form the semirremolque are mobile and can join up to the tractor trucks, what allows to transport commodities for two zones of different distribution, in separate boxes and even distinct temperatures in an alone an alone trip.
Fernando Stolen, director manager of Aucar-Trailer, gave his opinion after realising the proofs in the track of proofs: “they had said Me that the automatic do not retain. Now I have been able to check that yes they do it. The boxes Allison allow a maximum control of the vehicle at all times and without wear of brakes”. Maria Stolen, export manager of Aucar-Trailer added:”In the vehicles that realise stopped and continuous starts, is clear that the automatic boxes offer a better consumption of fuel because of the softness of the changes”.