EANS-News: Rosenbauer International AG / The new PANTHER / The next generation of Rosenbauer's premium fire truck (with photo)

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New Products

* Optimized handling and extinguishing performance
* Enhanced safety and comfort
* High-end ARFF with an exciting design

With some 1,400 vehicles in operation in around 90 countries, the
PANTHER represents one of the world's most successful ARFFs. This
achievement is simply explained by the PANTHER's inherent qualities
of power, speed and performance, which are underlined at first glance
by the striking design of the new, fourth generation. Moreover, the
latest version of the vehicle has been further optimized,
particularly with regard to occupant safety, extinguishing
performance and operating comfort. Indeed, as the first ARFF to meet
the environment-friendly Euro 6 standard, the Rosenbauer flagship
again sets new benchmarks in aircraft fire protection.

Safety first

Crew safety was the no.1 priority during the design of the newest
PANTHER and above all the cabin now offers its occupants even greater
protection. The new X- frame forms a solid brace around the driver's
cab, while the slim line A-column and the removal of the C-column
guarantee excellent all-round visibility. Once in the vehicle, one
has the feeling that one is sitting in a helicopter cockpit.
Furthermore, the new PANTHER cab has been crash tested and fulfills
the European ECE R29-3 standard with regard to the protection of
cabin occupants in head-on collisions.

The entire lighting in the vehicle employs modern LED technology and
has been matched to the truck's design, while new daylight driving
lights make it more visible in bad weather. In addition, the improved
cabin entrance in combination with the new lighting concept ensures
that entering and leaving the vehicle is extremely safe.

New assistance systems

The very latest assistance systems are available to aid the drivers
of the new PANTHER. These include tire pressure monitoring, an
electronic roll stability control and a radar system (anti-collision
guard), which depending on the preset route provides a warning of
collisions with any type of object. A Birdview system can also be
installed, which furnishes a bird's eye perspective of the area
surrounding the vehicle on the cockpit display.

Moreover, the PANTHER can be equipped with EMEREC DEVS (Driver
Enhanced Vision System). This is a locational and navigation system
designed especially for airport operations, which even in darkness or
poor visibility supplies the driver with precise information
regarding the route to the emergency scene.

The very latest in comfort

The new PANTHER also offers comfort of a standard previously unseen
in a fire truck. Electrically operated windows and electrically
folding additional displays, an automatic rain sensor, automatic air
conditioning and an electrically darkened roof window are just some
of the comfort features that the vehicle has to offer along with a
separate document storage space for the co- drivers and cup holders,
etc.

The overview in the cockpit has become clearer as the central console
can be folded backwards. The crew also has greater freedom of
movement and a subjective sensation of increased space has been
created. The extinguishing technology is controlled from a central
display in the middle of the cockpit and ergonomically improved
backlit joysticks or handles guide the monitors.

New extinguishing technology

The kinematics of the monitor controls have been optimized in order
to make the fingertip steering even more precise and simpler. The
handles and joysticks now all share the same operational logic and
functional scope.

Two new, integrated pumps (the N80 and N65) have been developed for
the PANTHER along with matching, high-precision monitors (RM80 und
RM35) and an electronically controlled foam proportioning system
(FIXMIX 2.0 E). A new rotatable front extinguishing boom is available
for the RM35 and the entire extinguishing technology in the PANTHER
forms a fully coordinated system that has been trimmed to offer
maximum extinguishing performance and precision.

Design that shows strength

The show model of the new PANTHER at the Interschutz will be as black
as the big cat that shares its name. Everything about the vehicle is
redolent of power and elegance, from its main contours to the V-shape
of the striking, daytime driving lights, which are reminiscent of the
eyes of the truck's feline namesake. The accentuation of the rear
section shows that this is the source of the vehicle's power, while
the forward thrust of the silhouette and the lowered cab furnish the
truck with a silhouette that indicates its readiness about to pounce
in any emergency.

The clear and eye-catching design is based on Rosenbauer's visual
product language and was systematically further developed for the new
PANTHER generation.

Initial customers

4x4 and 6x6 versions of the latest PANTHER generation will be on
display at the Interschutz and the new 8x8 will come onto the market
in 2017. The first vehicles have already been sold with the PANTHER
6x6 going to Singapore and the PANTHER 4x4 to Qatar.

The new PANTHER is manufactured according to industrial standards in
Leonding, Austria in the fire industry's most modern plant. This
ensures production efficiency and product quality. Moreover,
everything from the chassis to the monitors comes from a single
provider and therefore, as in the past two decades, Rosenbauer
continues to set the standard for airport fire fighting vehicles.

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Further inquiry note:
Rosenbauer International AG
Mag. Gerda Königstorfer
Tel.: 0732/6794-568
gerda.koenigstorfer@rosenbauer.com

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company: Rosenbauer International AG
Paschingerstrasse 90
A-4060 Leonding
phone: +43(0)732 6794 568
FAX: +43(0)732 6794 89
mail: ir@rosenbauer.com
WWW: www.rosenbauer.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000922554
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, official market: Wien
language: English