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July 2012
The company has done a training programme with
its management in India and is currently following up
projects and improving awareness among customers. It
is currently working on its first few orders to potential
customers. The company is bullish on its roofing solu-
tions and plans a special delivery program for the Indian
market. At present, it is extensively testing projects un-
der the challenging local conditions in order to ensure
that it is ready with the best material to suit the customer
requirements.
Advent of sliding roofs
In Europe, the advent of such trailer solutions came
with the rise in demand for increased payload on the
same trailer. It opened up possibilities of providing
an additional payload of close to two-and-a-half tonne
which is an increase of around 15 per cent from a tradi-
tional container. The birth of the sliding roof system and
foldable quick solutions dates back to 1969 in Germany.
The then owner of Edscha had a perfectly organised and
fully automatized factory to produced hinges. The need
applications
Edscha Trailer Systems, part of the VBG Group, is keen on providing its
solutions to customers in the Indian market. Edscha Trailer Systems is the
inventor of the sliding roof for trucks and a byword for technological lead-
ership worldwide. The sales and marketing of Edscha Trailer Systems is
handled by Ringfeder Power Transmission (India) Private Ltd., another VBG
Group company. Ringfeder India handles the sales and service of Edscha
Trailer Roofing Systems and Ringfeder Trailer couplings.
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