2 8 F o c u s Joint Venture with SET Power Systems In Wangen, Allgäu (Germany), AVL has acquired the majority stake in the joint venture of SET Power Systems GmbH. This will provide synergies in the areas power electronics, embedded systems and electric motor models. AVL CEO Helmut List: “By combining their profound experience and capabilities, the teams of both AVL and SET Power Systems put us in a position to drive forward advanced technology solutions for customers all over the world.” Horst Hammerer, CEO of SET Power Systems GmbH: “Where electric motor emulation is concerned, we have managed to achieve a clear developmental edge. By teaming up with AVL, it will become possible to extend this lead even further. We are delighted to be part of the AVL Group.” < > A great honor for AVL Racing: at the ADAC Formel Masters race at the Lausitzring in Germany, AVL engineer Georg Knoll (right in picture) received the winner’s trophy on behalf of the Motopark team. Georg Knoll has been driver Jeffrey Schmidt’s race engineer in 2012. > Joint venture in Allgäu: AVL CEO Helmut List with Horst Hammerer, CEO of SET Power Systems GmbH. First International Exhaust Gas and Particulate Emisions Forum in China The ever more stringent global emissions legislation presents huge challenges for the automotive industry. Many conferences currently focus on this topic – as does the well-established Exhaust Gas and Particulate Emissions Forum. “Up to now, all the good conferences for professionals have been held in Europe. China, however, the world’s largest selling market for cars, was never included. But, obviously, who else was to close this gap if not AVL?,” Zhang Hong, Business Manager at AVL China, told Focus with a chuckle. And that is how the idea was conceived to bring the AVL Emissions Forum from Germany to China. “It takes a powerful partner to be successful right from the start with an event like that. A short while ago, AVL signed an agreement on strategic cooperation with CATARC, China’s leading automotive technology and > Experts from all over the world came to the first AVL Particulate Emissions Forum in Shanghai where they exhibited great interest in the presented papers and the testing equipment showcased by AVL. research center. So we had the partner we needed,” Mario Walenta, Managing Director, explained. As a result, an extraordinary conference program with speakers from state authorities, as well as international experts, drew almost 300 participants to Shanghai on October 18 and 19, 2012.“ < chronicle Photo: AVL
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