International Transmission Experts Gather in China for the First Time! September 10 to 12, 2012, Shanghai http://bit.ly/cti_china

Shanghai/Düsseldorf (ots) - 1st International CTI Symposium and
Exhibition "Innovative Automotive Transmissions and Hybrid & Electric
Drives China"

The 1st International CTI Symposium and Exhibition China will take
place in Shanghai from 10 to 12 September 2012.
http://bit.ly/cti_china The event will be held by the Car Training
Institute (CTI) , as a spin-off of the world´s largest annually held
automotive transmission meeting in Berlin (Germany). International
experts will discuss the latest developments and issues dealing with
automotive transmissions and drives. "The 1st CTI Symposium China
will offer the perfect opportunity for international transmission and
power train experts to exchange experience and opinions. This update
on global automotive engineering will not only support the local
automotive industry but will also allow it to prove its ambitions to
reach environmental protection goals, which are set by the Chinese
government in the 12th Five-Year Plan," explains Dr. Ferit Küçükay,
Director of the Institute of Automotive Engineering of Technical
University Braunschweig in Germany.

High Potential in Growing Chinese Automotive Market The Chinese
automotive market has been the largest in the world since 2009; the
Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is expecting
over 200 million registered vehicles in the country by 2020. As a
central part of the power train and a key factor for efficient
drives, the transmission industry has a high potential in the growing
Chinese automotive market. According to statistics presented by the
China Gear Manufacturer Association (CGMA), the automotive
transmission market has grown gradually and the demand is expected to
account for more than 100 billion RMB in 2015.

Meanwhile, Chinese customers' expectations of technological
quality are getting higher and higher. Stricter regulations for
carbon dioxide emissions and energy conservation make it essential to
develop and manufacture energy-saving transmissions and drive
equipments with high efficiency. CTI decided to bring the
International CTI Symposium to China in order to provide a platform
for both Chinese and international companies and experts to exchange
their knowledge and find appropriate business partners.

From the Organizer of the World´s Largest Automotive Transmission
Meeting Place The CTI Symposium in Berlin (Germany) has been held for
10 years with around 1,000 attendees annually. It is the world's most
visited annual conference on automotive transmissions and drives and
became THE European gathering point for experts of this industry. In
2007, the forum was transferred to Michigan/USA and has established
itself as the only international exchange platform about automotive
transmissions and drives in North America.

"It has developed into one of the leading meeting points in the
field of drive train technology and provides a broad platform for
exchange of experiences and opinions between experts," said Bernd
Eckl, COO, GETRAG Corporate Group. Participants from China were also
satisfied with the CTI Symposium: "The CTI Symposium in Berlin
provides a good platform for the Chinese auto industry to know the
state-in-art technology in power train and drive line," said Prof.
Xiangyang Xu, Deputy Dean of School of Transportation Science &
Engineering and Director of SimulationX Training Center of Beihang
University in China.

1st International Automotive Transmission Symposium in China CTI
has invited nine high level experts of the Chinese automotive market
to deliver key note speeches at the 1st international symposium of
automotive transmission held in China. To include newcomers and those
who want to refresh their knowledge, the first day will be an
introductory day held by the Institute of Automotive Engineering
(IAE) of Technical University Braunschweig in Germany, one of the
most reknown institutes for automotive transmission engineering. In
the following two days, there will be more than 50 technical
presentations discussing latest technologies and strategies on
automotive transmissions and HEV & EV drive for passenger cars and
commercial vehicles held by most experienced representatives of
automobile manufacturers, system and component suppliers and
engineering consultants.

The symposium will focus on the following questions:
- What improvements to customer-relevant vehicle
characteristics can be achieved using new or improved
concepts for drives, transmissions and components?
- What are the challenges and opportunities of conventional
and electrified drives?
- What are the tools for efficient transmission and power
train development?

In addition to the symposium days, the accompanying trade
exhibition "Transmission Expo" will present 40 exhibitors. The
organizer expects 300 international participants from the automotive
industry and diverse industry sectors.

Further information is available at:
http://www.transmissioncongress.com

and http://bit.ly/cti_china

Pressekontakt:
Contact:
Lily Li
Account Director
Storymaker Public Relations (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Tel: 010-65900962
E-Mail: l.li@storymaker.de

Dr. Nadja Thomas
Senior Press Spokesperson
CTI Car Training Institute - a division of EUROFORUM Deutschland SE
Prinzenallee 3
D-40549 Duesseldorf
Germany
E-mail: nadja.thomas@car-training-institute.com
Internet: www.car-training-institute.com and
www.getriebe-symposium.de