CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
MAY 2014
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TRAILERS
fleet more universally,” says Luxen, pointing
out the high value of the CombiMAX to the
customer.
With his capital investment, the freight
forwarder can achieve a significantly higher
number of transport alternatives, increasing
the degree of utilisation and mileage of
his vehicles and allowing him to adapt
flexibly and promptly to the frequently fast-
changing order situation. “Basically he can
reduce his idle stock, since he can assemble
the transport combination needed at any
moment from the CombiMAX construction
kit. It is ideal, because it fits perfectly,” adds
Guy Fickers.
It is also important to allow the customer
greater freedom in his decision-making and
in his choice - according to the principle:
“Define your transport task - configure your
vehicle solution!”
If the buyer analyses his needs as accurately
as possible, the CombiMAX construction kit
enables him to find the optimum solution,
because that solution is individual.
The new CombiMAX series combines all
the advantages of a modular system with
the user-friendliness of a conventional
heavy load vehicle such as the MultiMAX,
MegaMAX or VarioMAX and offers the
customer an inexpensive and variable
solution for the most diverse requirements
thanks to its versatile combinability.
Reducing work procedures to a
reasonable degree
The economic background for the
development of the innovative CombiMAX
was dictated by the market, which demands
continuous optimisation of product variety
and production flexibility - in conjunction
with a reduction in costs at the same time.
Against this background there would no
longer have been any profit on the market
within a foreseeable time, since it is out
of all proportion to the technological
development costs. With the CombiMAX,
however, Faymonville is also creating new
in-house economic perspectives. “We can
reduce the internal work expenditure by
means of rigorous standardisation,” says
Luxen.
And Alain Faymonville adds, “With the
CombiMAX we will also be able to turn
around customer-specific requests faster,
more flexibly and more economically
into individual vehicle solutions”. At the
same time the CEO emphasises that “we
are not really inventing anything new”.
All the individual solutions already exist.
“With the CombiMAX, however, we are
creating a common platform with which
we can combine the advantages of the
existing series (MegaMAX, MultiMAX,
GigaMAX, VarioMAX and ModulMAX) in a
variety of ways.”
Pricing pressure forces the
market to react
Every conceivable combination can be
configured from the variable basic
principle of the CombiMAX - even more
efficiently than in the automotive industry,
where the platform concept has been a
valued and proven standard for years.
“With the CombiMAX we are practically
drawing the connecting line from the Polo
to the Bentley”.
Faymonville can produce models
‘ad
infinitum
’ from now on with a manageable
number of components. To put it briefly:
with its virtually limitless combinability
the CombiMAX is opening the door to the
market of unlimited possibilities.
The importance attached to this project
within the Faymonville company is visible
not least from the planned investment sum,
which the management puts at € 30 million
by the end of next year. But management
definitely wants to revolutionise the low
loader market and to set a further milestone
in the industry.
Further expansion of two
production locations
The development of the CombiMAX
necessitates an expansion of the production
locations. The floor area of the steelwork
factory in Goleniow/Poland has been
enlarged by a further 6 300 square metres
and the workforce has been increased.
A new assembly plant for the CombiMAX is
currently under construction in Lentzweiler/
Luxemburg. Faymonville is building a
workshop with a floor area of 10,000
square metres for assembly and surface
treatment on an area of 7.5 hectares.
A possible subsequent doubling of
capacity has been accounted for in the
planning. The conception of buildings and
