New Sales Manager at the Scheider company

To whom it may concern,

I would like to introduce myself to you in this way.

My name is Markus Kramp, I am 35 years old, unmarried and I live in Freiburg im Breisgau/Germany.

I started my career with an apprenticeship as a mechanic with the manufacturing company Zahoransky. I worked there for several years in the handling and robot equipment department. Herewith I could gain a lot of experiences in manufacturing, assembly and also placing into operation at the customer's company.

My next milestone in my career was the further education as a technical engineer which took two years. Afterwards I worked several months in the USA as a Project Manager with the Oral-B company. There I implemented production lines for the manufacturing of toothbrushes.

After my return home from the USA I worked as a Sales Manager in the headquarter by the Zahoransky company. There I were responsible for the USA, Malaysia and Thailand market. During this time I studied further in the commercial field. Through the daily contact with the customers world wide, I gained some new experiences and also some new perceptions.

Now I am looking forward to my new job as a Sales Manager at the Schneider Leichtbau GmbH. Exceptionally I am pleased to be your contact person about the complete range of the Schneider products.

Faithfully

Markus Kramp

New improved quality high-speed hydraulic lift

Since April 2004, all manual ROBUSTO lifting devices have featured a new mechanically and ergonomically improved high-speed hydraulic lift. This new design eliminates friction loss caused by "slide", as the newly developed articulating axle now presses with a totally positive locking action onto the spherical head of the pressure cylinder.

All that is now required to raise the lifting device is application of a manual force of 180 N. The mechanism switches over from high-speed to normal lift at a weight of 350 kg (by comparison: Previously the required manual force was 280 N, and the switchover point was between 250 kg and 270 kg.)

While aluminium has been used since the beginning of the last century - and from the start has been associated with high-tech sectors such as aeronautical engineering - on the other hand aluminium has suffered over the years from something of a poor man's image. During World War One, the production of gold coins was discontinued and replaced by token coins made of materials such as iron and also aluminium - which were low in weight, worth little, and had a matt, dull finish.

Then during the Bauhaus period, aluminium was hailed as the material of the future by artists and designers: A material which could conveniently replace wood, for instance, due to its substantially lower weight and greater durability, and also its suitability for knock-down design. These factors all served to simplify production and shipment of items such as chairs or tables.

Despite this, aluminium continued to be viewed as a modest, sensible material with associations which were purely practical and of low value throughout the fifties and sixties (for instance camping pans).

But due to marked improvements to technical processing methods over the years, the image of aluminium is definitely on an upward spiral. Today, a more appealing look (lacquered and anodized surface finishes etc.) and also its improved technical properties have turned aluminium into a material which is considered unique and irreplaceable.