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currently experiencing a boom. Basic building materials
extracted there are processed directly within the country –
which means good opportunities for German mechanical
engineering firms to present and offer their solutions in
secondary breaking, thermal treatment, feeding and
screening technology logistics in the cement industry, as
well as in laboratory techniques.
Brazil was the German technology providers’ last stop
during this road show. More than 150 interested people
took part in the events at São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.
Local cement manufacturers and mine operators, were
keen in getting first-hand information on German
technology. They were keen to talk directly to the
German experts about their special local requirements
and challenges.
The symposia on technology held in Lima and Santiago
de Chile saw as many as 200 and 100 participants,
respectively, although neither country belongs to the top
markets. However, Peru’s and Chile’s mining industries
are currently flourishing and have to invest urgently in
modern technology in order to be better equipped to
convey more material more efficiently.
“We were hoping to convince investors with our modern
technology and the increase in efficiency and quality
this can provide – and we certainly managed this
during this journey,” Lothar asserted. “We have been
able to establish some very good new business contacts
and intensify those that were in place.” Currently, the
Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Perú (IIMP) and
the Technical University of Freiberg are discussing
co-operative possibilities. As for Chile, the German
companies are hoping that the agreement on co-
Left to right: Pascual
Veiga
, President of
the Chilean mining
suppliers’ association
Aprimin,
Juan Carlos
Olivares
, CEO of
Aprimin and
Lothar
Jungemann
, head of
the VDMA delegation.
operation with regard to raw material, which Germany
and Chile have just entered into, will have positive
effects on the market.
Apart from ThyssenKrupp, Dr Reinhold Festge of Haver
& Boecker, who is also the Chairman of the Latin
American Initiative by the German Economy (LAI),
and Prof. Dr Holger Lieberwirth of Technical University
of Freiberg, as well as representatives of Loesche,
Christian Pfeiffer, Claudius Peters, Toni Technik and
FLSmidth Pfister, took part in the road show. They all
came to the same conclusion, thinking that the road
show was a successful event all-round and hoped to
see these activities being continued in the future.
