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Germany • SMM Preview

Voith to Exhibit VWT Baut at SIMM

At this year's SMM in Hamburg, Voith

Turbo (Hall 5, Stand 212) will highlight the new Voith Water Tractor (VWT)

Baut (pictured right) which has been put in service by Bukser og Berging A/S in

Oslo. It is the fifth VWT of the Bukser fleet, but the first fitted with optimized blades. In addition to Baut, the largest ferry currently in service on Lake

Constance will be shown, attracting attention by its unusual design.

The company's R&D team will intro- duce the latest developments of the

German Shipyards

Propose Merger

On May 16, 2004 ThyssenKrupp and

One Equity Partners (OEP) signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine

ThyssenKrupp Werften and

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in a new group under the con- trol of ThyssenKrupp Werften GmbH.

The alliance will create a systems house with strong positions in the naval shipbuilding sector. "Under the new structure all existing locations will be retained," says Dr.

Olaf Berlien, Chairman of the

Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp

Technologies AG. Based on the exist- ing key activities of the individual shipyards, the new group will concen- trate on four product areas: sub- marines, naval ships, civilian ships and repairs. The locations Hamburg,

Emden and Kiel will each be devel- oped into centers of excellence with clearly defined product responsibility.

This will safeguard the locations long- term and create a balanced develop- ment perspective. The Hamburg loca- tion will concentrate on naval surface ships and mega yachts as well as the repair business. Emden will be the location for naval and merchant sur- face ships, while the submarine activi- ties will be concentrated in Kiel.

It is envisioned that the new struc- ture offers decisive advantages for project management compared with the current common practice of work sharing for submarines and naval ships. In addition, the concentration of each activity at one main location will reduce logistics expense in the future.

The merger agreements are to be signed until the end of September.

Subject to the approval of the relevant supervisory bodies of both partners and the competent authorities, the merger is expected to be completed until the end of December.

September 2004

Voith Schneider Propeller. The new, modified blades and optimized kinemat- ics improve the overall performance of the propeller. A new Voith Schneider

Propeller generation has been created.

From its Power Transmission

Division, Voith Turbo will present its range of constant-fill and fill-controlled

Voith Turbo couplings. They are designed to provide better sailing com- fort and easier handling, while protect- ing against overloads and failures. Areas of application are main marine and aux- iliary drive systems, for example on transport and cargo vessels, tug boats, administration-owned ships and special monitoring and measurement solutions

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