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Daniel Grunditz, CTO, Chris-Marine oices “

We invest a lot of money in becoming a learning organization. We have an impressive R&D department, and impressive sales organization which actually acts more as advisors, staying close to our customers.

Daniel Grunditz

Chief Technology Of? cer, Chris-Marine

Chris Marine is an innovative engineered solutions company, a company which works closely with its customers to identify problems and craft new solutions. Best known for its core business of cylinder honing, Chris

Marine has expanded its product and service offering rapidly in recent years, but all roads lead still to its core tenent of providing reliable en- gine care. We met with Daniel Grunditz, Chief Technology Of? cer, in his

Malmö, Sweden of? ce to discuss the path ahead.

BY GREG TRAUTHWEIN

When you decided to join Chris Marine nearly washing machines intended for workshop. Over- six years ago, what was the attraction to the all our offering to workshops and power plants company, the position of CTO? has developed quite rapidly. Traditionally we I knew Chris Marine from my former job were supplying onboard equipment to ships, and working in the piston ring business, and Chris that was it. We moved to serving workshops and

Marine was well known for cylinder liner main- power plants too.

tenance. Chris Marine informed me of its plans to extend its business into new areas and product When you look at the company, what is the core segments, and also into the power plant segment. competency and the breadth that you offer?

This was interesting to me. We supply equipment for engine care in an ef? cient, economical way. That means being able

When you look back at the Chris Marine you to detect when you have to do maintenance, and joined compared to the Chris Marine today doing the maintenance with consistent quality and how is it most different? as quickly as possible. That is our offering, that is We have two new products segments that our core know-how. We are mainly directed to- have grown strong since then: the condition an- ward the engines, and especially the fuel injection dperformance monitoring segment, especially system, the fuel pumps and all of the hot parts in now with the Lemag acquisition in October of last the engine: cylinder covers, cylinder heads and year, and the cleaning segment with the ultrasonic cylinder liners.

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