Renk

Renk AG is a publicly traded subsidiary of MAN SE and global manufacturer of gearboxes and drive engineering. MAN keeps doing 75% of the company capital. The company was founded in 1873 and belongs since 1923 to the MAN Group.

Divisions

Renk is divided into four independent business units: vehicle transmission, drive elements ( bearings and couplings ), special propulsion systems (industrial and marine gear ) and general drive applications ( industrial and marine gearboxes, couplings ). In addition, test systems are manufactured since 1960, are used in the fields of development, production and quality assurance mainly used in automotive, railway and aerospace industries. 2004, the business unit RENK Control and Test Systems has been operating as an independent corporation and has since called RENK Test System GmbH. It is a 100 percent subsidiary of RENK AG.

Renk has production plants in Augsburg ( vehicle transmission, industrial and marine gear, test systems ), Rheine ( industrial and marine gearboxes, couplings ) and Hanover ( plain bearings, clutches ) and has offices in USA, Brazil, Turkey, UAE and Romania as well as licensee in Taiwan and South Korea.

Renk is a world leader in transmissions for tracked vehicles (for example, for the battle tank Leopard 2, Merkava and Leclerc Tropicalisé and the 2000 tank ) and electrical machinery bearings. Also in marine and industrial transmissions Renk takes leading positions.

Figures

The company employed at year-end 2009 1.903 employees, 138 fewer than in the previous year, which was mainly realized through the reduction of the 100 previously 135 contract workers. Sales fell by 527 million euros in 2008 to 474 million euros, the result of 80 million euros to 66 million euros. The sharp decline in the recession year 2009 order intake of € 294 million ( - 34 %), which was attributable primarily to declines in extruder and grinder gears and drives for merchant shipping, the management is cause for concern. Besides the hope of economic recovery but you can see especially in the area of ​​transmission for offshore wind farm development potential.

Criticism

In a bribery scandal involving a French-German tank deal, the French Justice has confirmed in March 2007 suspended sentences against two managers of Renk AG. Renk CEO shepherd and his former deputy Schulze received the judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal 18 months probation and fines of 100,000 euros. The main accused, former MEP Jean -Charles Marchiani, was sentenced to three years in prison, he should have received 2.6 million euros bribes from Renk. In return, the French had helped convinced the judge of Augsburg company in 1993 to a 100 million -euro contract for gearbox for 436 Leclerc tanks.

Credentials

48.35265610.8842Koordinaten: 48 ° 21 '10 " N, 10 ° 53 ' 3" O

  • Engineering company
  • Armaments manufacturer ( Germany )
  • Companies ( Augsburg)
  • MAN
  • Augsburg- Antonsviertel
  • Established in 1863
Types of business entity Panzerhaubitze 2000 Bernd Venohr
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