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Tel. +49 (0)7151 26-1402
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ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG
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| German Chancellor opens new STIHL engineering center in Waiblingen |
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| German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder opened the new engineering center of the international STIHL Group in Waiblingen on June 23 at a ceremony attended by 600 invited guests. A staff of about 400 will work in the new 30,000 square meter building complex. The €40 million investment strengthens the company's competitiveness and is further evidence of STIHL's commitment to Germany as a business location. |
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Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is welcomed on his arrival in Waiblingen by Hans Peter Stihl, Chairman of the Advisory Board (right), Dr. Bertram Kandziora, Spokesman of the Board of Management (left) and Wolfgang Zahn, Senior Vice President Product Research and Development.
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Chancellor Schröder officially hands over the key to the new engineering center to Wolfgang Zahn, Senior Vice President Product Research and Development (right). Also in the picture: Hans Peter Stihl (center).
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Wolfgang Zahn, Senior Vice President Product Research and Development, shows the Chancellor how a catalytic converter for a high-performance two-stroke engine works, using a chainsaw as an example. This environment-friendly STIHL innovation was launched by the company back in 1989.
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STIHL's engineering department has the world’s most modern facility for developing low-emission power tools. Hans Peter Stihl explains to Chancellor Schröder a test procedure on the new STIHL 4-Mix brushcutter, which has particularly low emissions.
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