Dr. Can Abay

Commercial Vehicles / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Axle Production

Brownfieldplanning / Restructuring of axle production unit in Munich. Production of gears and assembly of axles for whole company. Doubling of output. Implementation of full-automated hardening process. Investment about 30 Mio. €

Truck Assembly

Definition of component interfaces to the truck assembly line. JIT/JIS delivery of the axles in Munich to the main line. Automated SCM.

Automation

Connection of component production to the main assembly line in Munich. Capacity enhancement in axle production. Introduction of MSE. A million dollar project.

Coach-Assembly

Capacity enhancement at the Turkey location. Expansion/development of production. Gradual build-up of the design priority.

Body In White

Plant and resource planning. One of the largest EC plants for buses is in Ankara. A €20 million project.

Neoplan M&A

Neoplan Ltd. was overtaken by MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG. Main production location is Ankara. Following and advising M&A decisions.

Krone Dogus AG

JV between Krone Fahrzeugbau GmbH and Dogus Holding in Tire/Izmir. Construction of the largest EC system for trailers with the Eisenmann company. A €50 million project.

Building a Facility

Greenfield planning and implementation. Variant flexible, fully automated assembly line and man-less EC and powder coating system.

In Terms Of Crisis

An example for perfect handling of the political situation. A case for Krone Company.

Strategical Planning

Management of the bus division. Strategic direction. Purchase of the company by Qatar. A project worth billions.

Modular Light Bus

Technical Start-Up basing on a modular Bus-Production concept in Izmir/Turkey. R&D Project - from the idea to the running prototype.

WAS GmbH Ambulance

Strategic alignment. Greenfield factory planning including production planning for automated assembly lines.

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