Vehicles tailored to clients’ needs Gniotpol Trailers

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Gniotpol Trailers, a company based in Kurznie, Poland, is an experienced manufacturer of trailers and truck bodies. Next year, the company will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. Dariusz Balcerzyk reports.

SPOLKAR

The family-owned SPoJKAR company has over 27 years of experience in the production of sleeper cabins, spoilers, aerodynamic packages and various elements made from laminate and ABS.

our expertise allows us to achieve high quality production standards. With a large fleet of machines, we are able to implement new projects from the initial concept, through design, testing in a virtual wind tunnel to the production of models, prototypes and finally the end product. The production of sleeper cabins is a priority for us, and our products are becoming more and more popular among drivers and owners of transport companies. one such product is the SPoJTRAK / DeePSleePeR sleeping module designed for 3.5-tonne vehicles. In addition to a sleeping cab behind drivers’ seats, the cab has many additional options that make the driver’s life more enjoyable (including a TV set) and help to improve the aerodynamics (e.g. additional spoilers, wide side fairing).

The streamlined shape and attractive appearance of SPoJTRAK caught the attention of the GNIoTPol TRAIleRS company. For GNIoTPol we have been working on one of our most interesting projects based on the external appearance of the SPoJTRAK cabin. The chassis of the m.ATeGo and mAN TGl became the basis for the end result of this collaboration: the eFFIeCeNCY CAB eC 25. The creation of this cabin was driven by the need for increased aerodynamics, reduced fuel consumption and, of course, increased driver comfort. This project was enthusiastically welcomed due to the achievement of the goals set. As a result, more projects were completed with the GNIoTPol company, including fully-equipping the mAN TGl lX and meRCeDeS ATeGo. our company works in accordance with the ISo 9001 quality management system, but we are constantly striving to achieve new certifications to confirm our quality. As a manufacturer of new brands, we have the TuV (mangement System as per German and International Road Traffic laws) certificate, which confirms the high quality of our products and adapts our services to international standards.

Today, we are dynamically developing our export activities, especially in europe.

Gniotpol Trailers is a family company run with 100 per cent Polish capital, founded in 1989 by Mr and Mrs Gniot. Its first factory was in Kurznie, a small village in south-western Poland. In 2005 the company purchased another production facility, in Malnia, situated in the same part of Poland and some 70km away from Kurznie. A great advantage of the factory’s location is the fact that it lies very near to the A4 motorway that leads straight to Germany. In 2016, both factories were merged into one organisation named Gniotpol Trailers limited liability company.

“The connection was made to optimise the production process, to standardise solutions and to meet the growing challenges of the market,” explains Mr Kazimierz Gniot, the company’s president and co-owner.

Today, Gniotpol Trailers makes more than 1000 individual transport units a year and employs more than 200 people. Its annual sales are estimated at PLN 100 million (approx. €24 million), but the company’s turnover and its production volumes could still be increased considerably. The plan is to grow the annual production to 1500 units in 2019, and to 2000 by 2020.

Exports make up about 20–25 per cent of the company’s total sales, with Germany its main foreign market. Gniotpol’s products are sold in this country through the German company ORTEN Fahrzeugbau GmbH.

BOZAMET

Bozamet and Gniotpol Trailers have cooperated successfully for almost 20 years. During that time, we have seen continuous growth in the Polish commercial vehicle market. our cooperation is very wide-ranging – from components for truck bodies (sliding roofs and pillars) to tarpaulin fittings. We are also open to new projects in collaboration with Gniotpol Trailers. Among other things, these have included innovative products for the system 2504, which has gained europe-wide recognition, and special toolboxes.

Titgemeyer

With over 500 employees, TITGemeYeR Group now counts among europe‘s leading suppliers of fastening technology and vehicle components. We find solutions to complex requirements by combining professional advice with high-quality products and personalised service. At our production facilities in Germany, the uK and the Czech Republic, we manufacture superior quality fastening systems, tools and vehicle components. TITGemeYeR offers complete solutions for numerous branches of industry, especially the automotive, vehicle manufacturing or aviation and aerospace industries. In the process, our worldwide leading brands are put to use in a highly diverse range of applications.

TITGemeYeR was founded in 1901 and rapidly became the leading manufacturer and dealer for commercial vehicle components. our extensive experience and expertise benefit customers opting for a custom construction solution and customers selecting a system from our series production alike. The first body kit was invented by TITGemeYeR Group as far back as the middle of the last century. Today, the vehicle component range comprises kit systems, chassis technology, bodywork components and bodywork systems.

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“Although we are currently exporting our products mostly to Germany, we do not limit our foreign activities only to this particular country. We are also entering markets from the southern part of Europe such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. I would like to point out that we have all the necessary certificates – DEKRA, domestic certificates for a safe load (ITS) – and the EU homologations. Each vehicle delivered by us is manufactured to individual order with great attention given to perfect and precise execution based on the latest standards and regulations. We have also been certified according to the Allied Quality Assurance Publications, which are standards developed by NATO for the quality assurance systems of defence products,” says Mr Gniot.

Gniotpol Trailers’ R&D department operates using the latest 3D SolidWorks systems. “We cooperate with scientific centres, first and foremost with the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, on the development and implementation of modern technologies for our manufacturing. This way, we implement the idea of combining science with business. To produce our vehicles, we use our own profiles and unique solutions that are protected by patents and registered designs. Moreover, we can offer both traditional steel frames and aluminium frames, which are designed for more demanding customers,” says Mr Gniot.

ASPÖCK Automotive

The ASPÖCK company was founded in 1977, currently employs approximately 1.350 employees. The headquarters are located in Peuerbach (upper Austria) and production sites are placed in Portugal, Poland and Brazil. In addition, sales subsidiaries are distributed all around the globe. Individual and innovative lighting solutions for the classifications Trucks & trailers, Automotive, motorbikes, Caravans, Agricultural machines and Special vehicles are manufactured in the subsidiaries. State of the art leD lighting, but also cable and connector systems of the highest quality standard are part of the company’s standard range of offers. Gniotpol trailers are equipped with complete Aspöck lighting systems. Additional protection of the trailer against damage is provided by the Aspöck RDC Premium system, which in cooperation with eBS, despite of the gentle depression of the accelerator pedal, causes that the reversing trailer automatically slows down just before the ramp is reached, until it stops completely. After about two seconds, the brake is released and the driver is free to finally dock the vehicle at the ramp.

Gniotpol Trailers cooperates only with trustworthy partners, both local and international. This approach translates into successes and business opportunities for all parties. Among many valued partners, it is worth mentioning: TITGEMEYER, one of the leading fastening technology and vehicle component companies around the world; Aspöck Systems Polska Sp. z o.o, which provides innovative solutions for vehicle lighting; Spojkar, a leading Polish manufacturer of sleeping cabins and spoilers; STALSERWIS, a provider of high quality steel products; JURO Tech, a Polish company offering metal laser cutting services and precise bending of cut or stamped elements; Bozamet, known for making tarpaulin elements and utility vehicle covers; and Trans-Technik Group, a respected supplier of drive belts and conveyor belts for handling light materials with accessories.

Furthermore, Gniotpol’s aluminium profiles come from the Spanish company Exlabesa, which is a standard setter in the world market

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of aluminium extrusion and PVC. The Knorr-Bremse Group, based in Munich, is the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles and is Gniotpol’s top supplier in this respect. Gniotpol also cooperates with the hot dip galvanising company Ocynkownia Slask, well known for its state-of-the-art galvanising technologies. In its trailers, the company assembles top-class suspensions from such well-known, global manufacturers as SAF, BPW and GIGANT. Vast range of products

Gniotpol’s offer includes trailers, semi-trailers, truck bodies and sets. The high-volume combination curtain bodies and BDF swap body systems are, apart from professional and highly specialised trailers and semitrailers, a key segment of Gniotpol’s production and can be fit to any type of truck chassis.

Gniotpol Trailers was also the first company in Europe to make innovative covers with the unique inside width of up to 2504mm

instead of 2480mm, while maintaining the outer width of 2550mm. Combined with aluminium floors and the latest cargo fixation systems, its bodies offer new possibilities for transportation, especially for such type of products as: styrofoam, foam, can and all others, the packaging of which takes place on the pallets with dimensions of 250 mm up to 2500 mm. ‘System 2500 – 2504’ is a registered solution, and it is the most popular of Gniotpol’s products sold on the German market. By using frames, floors and aluminium components, the company offers the lightest transport sets on the market within a full range of GVW configurations and dimensions.

Now, Gniotpol is working on a great project that will provide a unique swap body system equipped in ‘System 2500 – 2504’ in the light range of vehicles up to 12 tons GVW. It will be tested and patented this year and hopefully launched on the market in 2019. The above-mentioned system is Gniotpol’s response to the market demand for products that companies focused on mass production of repeatable units are unable to implement. n

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