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ZF Malaysia Reveals Future Plans at Meet and Gre
From left: Chee Kok Siew, Managing Director, ZF Sales & Service ( Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Glenn Todd, General Man- ager, ZF Chassis Systems Sdn Bhd,and Cheah Chee Luen, General Manager, ZF Sales & Service (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
In the recent Meet and Greet Session with the media, ZF Malaysia revealed its operations, business developments and future plans in the country.
As one of the world’s largest automobile suppliers, ZF Malaysia had been present in Malaysia since 1981 and currently has 3 entities in the country – ZF Sales and Ser- vice (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, ZF Steering (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and ZF Chassis System Sdn Bhd.
According to Siew Chee Kok, Managing Director of ZF Sales and Service (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the company operated from a 14,000-sq ft office located at the Nouvelle In- dustrial Park in Kota Damansara. It provided a complete range of aftersales services, supported by its own comprehensive service network and extensive web of networks across the country.
“Today, ZF is a key player in the Malaysian public transport network with more than 1,000 RapidKL, RapidKuantan and RapidPenang city buses fitted with ZF’s EcoLife 6-speed automatic transmission system. This revolutionary powerful automatic trans- mission is a compelling solution that ZF offers the public transport to face the many challenges in the shape of growing competitive pressure, rising fuel prices, larger vehicles and environmental protection.”
With the fully automatic gearchanges without tractive force interruption, Siew said, EcoLife offered torque of up to 2,100Nm and ensured driving comfort at the highest level. The bus ran quietly, gearchanges were hardly noticed and powerful accelera- tion increased the average vehicle speed. The integrated primary retarder preserved the service brakes and boosted braking performance by up to 40 per cent. Transport operators could benefit from the ideal combination of lower fuel consumption (re- duced approximately by 5 per cent) and improved performance. The savings effect was increased further with the gearshift strategy of the TopoDyn Life that optimised fuel economy. These benefits could be felt, especially on roads with varied topogra- phy.
In addition, EcoLife increased the resale value of the bus since the durable universal genius slotted in perfectly with the intended application in the bus‘s new life, irrespec-
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马来西亚ZF见面会
马来西亚ZF在最近的见面会 中介绍了它在国内的营 运、业务发展及未来发展
计划。
作为全球最大汽车供应商之一，马来 西亚ZF早在1981年就已经成立于马 来西亚，并在国内拥有3家独立的公 司—ZF销售及服务(马)私人有限公 司、ZF转向盘(马)私人有限公司及 ZF底盘系统私人有限公司。
据ZF销售及服务( 马)私人有限公司 董事经理萧资果表示，他们在哥打甘 文宁Nouvelle工业园拥有一栋面积为 14，000平方米的办事处。该公司为 其国内的全面服务和代理网络，提供 完整的售后服务。
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有超过1，000辆的 吉隆坡快捷通、关丹 快捷通及槟城快捷通安 装上了ZF的EcoLife 6 速自动传输系 统。该革新，威力强大的自动传输系 统是ZF为不断面对许多竞争压力，如 高涨的燃油价格、较大的车子及环保 的公共交通，所提供的一个无与伦比 的解决方案。”
萧资果说EcoLife可提供高达2，100 牛米的扭矩，不受牵引力干扰的全自 动换档，确保在高速驾驶的舒适性。 巴士能够安静地行驶、几乎完全没有 察觉的换档及强大的加速，提高了车 子的平均行驶速度。这个主要的一
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