TÜV SÜD: Think differently. Develop the future. A full range of services from a single source: Truck Services Life Cycle Getting fuel costs and carbon emissions under control: Innovative Logico system

Munich/Hanover (ots) - TÜV SÜD debuts at IAA Commercial Vehicles

TÜV SÜD will present its complete portfolio of services for the
transport and logistics sectors for the first time at the 2012 IAA
Commercial Vehicles, held from 20 to 27 September in Hanover. TÜV
SÜD's appearance at the trade show, under the motto of "Think
differently. Develop the future.", is part of the company's
internationalization strategy for the commercial vehicle sector. Its
experts have brought all services related to the industry together in
the Truck Services Life Cycle, which will be launched this Wednesday.
Other top themes include a current industry survey examining the
degree of acceptance of energy efficiency and Logico, an integrated
system which measures and documents diesel consumption - and thus
carbon emissions - and also trains drivers in methods of saving fuel.

Bernhard Kerscher, CEO of TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH, comments, "By
designing a portfolio of services tailored to the needs of the
logistics industry, we are consolidating our status as a leading
independent service provider in this field and will launch these
services on an international platform for the first time at the IAA."
To achieve this, in recent years TÜV SÜD's commercial-vehicle experts
have restructured their business areas and focused all services
related to commercial vehicles, from vehicle registration to damage
assessment, load restraint and driver training, in TÜV SÜD Truck
Services Life Cycle. This portfolio includes roadworthiness
inspections and other inspection services which TÜV SÜD Auto Partner
has successfully offered throughout Germany for the past two years,
in addition to the full range of free market services, such as
vehicle reconditioning and valuation, which are gathered centrally
under the umbrella of TÜV SÜD Auto Plus GmbH.

TÜV SÜD's fleet management operations also offer a one-stop
portfolio of services throughout Europe. The company's FleetCompany
and FleetLogistics brands, which take care of 100,000 vehicles in
Europe, make TÜV SÜD the largest provider of independent fleet
management services in the region. Kerscher notes, "Fleet management
is a key element that complements the Truck Services Life Cycle
package.

All in all, our activities prove that we are ready to act as an
industry partner with a wide array of services that span the entire
truck life cycle - from leasing to valuation."

Efficiency and carbon emissions under control

Under its IAA motto, "Think differently. Develop the future." TÜV
SÜD provides support for companies facing steadily rising fuel prices
and increasingly rigorous environmental requirements such as carbon
emission limits. The industry partner regards these areas as offering
enormous potential for cost savings, given that diesel costs can
account for up to 45 per cent of the total cost of ownership for a
truck. Dieter Roth, Senior Project Manager Truck Services at TÜV SÜD,
explains, "Saving fuel also means saving carbon, and drivers have an
ever-growing role to play in this process. They can easily save up to
two litres of fuel over 100 kilometres, which amounts to savings of a
quarter of a million euros per year for a fleet of 50 trucks each
with annual mileage of 150,000 kilometres. This benefits the
company's finances, the environment and, not least, the company's
image." The topic of energy efficiency is therefore also gaining in
importance in the logistics industry: a recent representative study
commissioned by TÜV SÜD showed that 76 per cent of stakeholders in
the industry now consider energy efficiency to be one of the main
criteria when purchasing new vehicles. The topic is also in the
limelight in legal terms, given that all carbon emissions
calculations are based on the European standard EN 16258 due to come
into effect this year (publication date 4 December). The new standard
will be the first to provide basic formulae and conversion values for
energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (well-to-wheel,
tank-to-wheel) for pure transport processes, including allocation
rules (vehicle, tonne- kilometre, pallet, person-kilometre) and
recommendations for data sources.

Driving behaviour provides the greatest potential for savings

Logico already takes these new measurement requirements into
consideration in its operations. The innovative system provides fleet
operators with an online overview of all route parameters at all
times. It enhances the digital vehicle file by adding the criteria of
driving behaviour, consumption and carbon emissions and offers
further benefits including recording all transport interfaces.
Furthermore, Logico actually trains drivers while they are on the
road, in a comprehensive and ongoing process which, as Kerscher
explains, "extends far beyond other types of driver training and is
significantly more effective because the lessons learnt become part
of the driver's daily routine."

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clients' processes, offering comprehensive industry expertise
throughout the entire value chain. They focus their services on their
core competencies of consulting, testing, certification and training.
Over 17,000 employees are committed to optimizing technology, systems
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Vincenzo Lucá
Corporate Communications
TÜV SÜD AG
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