DEKRA Solutions Issue 2 2014

Customer Magazine ISSUE 2.2014
Sol utions
Portrait of Maria das Graças Silva Foster
Fuelled by optimism
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Material testing
for long-span
roofs
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Harmful substance analyses
for bags and
Accessories
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DEKRA: p. 3, p. 5–7, p. 11, p. 32–33, cover; Küppers: p. 2, p. 8–15,
p. 20–21, p. 31–34, cover; Augustin: p. 4; Rösler: p. 2, p. 26, p. 28–29;
Wiciok: p. 2, p. 22–25; Agência O Globo: p. 18 (Leo Pinheiro/Valor),
p. 19 (Simone Marinho); Agência Petrobras: p. 2, p. 16, p. 18 (Paulo
Negreiros), p. 18, p. 19, cover; Imago: p. 27 (AFLO), p. 30 (Marca)
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ISSUE 2.2014
Editorial
SOLUTIONS, THE MAGAZINE
PRODUCED FOR DEKRA’S CUSTOMERS
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Imprint3
Portrait of Maria das Graças Silva Foster
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DEKRA SE
Editorial3
News4
DEKRA staff in portrait
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DEKRA Automotive
Development and approval of electrically powered cars
Harmful substance analyses for bags and accessories
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Stefan Kölbl,
Chairman of the Board of Management DEKRA e. V. and DEKRA SE.
DEKRA Industrial
Furniture testing
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City portrait of Rio de Janeiro
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Material testing for long-span roofs
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DEKRA PERSONNEL
Mobile driving simulator training courses
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Article Number: 83230, Solutions 2.2014
W
e feel sure many of you can’t wait for
the World Cup in Brazil to start. The roof of what
is probably the most famous World Cup stadium,
the Estadio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, is at
least ready to take the strain. DEKRA experts
have given the high-tech membrane structure the
“green light”.
In keeping with the focus on Brazil, this
issue naturally includes a portrait of Rio de
Janeiro, which shows the city from a side that you
may not know. In addition, in our personal portrait you can discover Maria das Graças Silva Foster’s fascinating journey from the slums to become
the head of the largest energy provider in Brazil.
Equally interesting to read is the broad
range of the remaining articles – all of them solutions that we have offered customers: Training on
the truck driving simulator for the fire fighters
at Henkel, type testing of a novel electric vehicle
for the German post office, product tests for the
luxury executive chair from Walter Knoll and for
Reisenthel’s renowned bags and accessories.
So, you can see, the diversity of topics is
virtually limitless. I hope you enjoy reading and
exploring them. ‹
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DEKRA Used Car report 2014
Top marks
German car manufacturers fared very well in the
fault evaluation. These are the findings of the DEKRA Used
Car Report 2014 which the technical services organisation
presented to the public at a press conference at its head office
in Stuttgart on 19th February.
In the annual DEKRA evaluation, German makes
achieved the best ranking in six out of nine vehicle classes.
In conducting the evaluations, the DEKRA experts filter
through the results of 15 million main inspections that have
taken place over the past two years, looking for information
that is relevant in evaluating used cars.
The DEKRA Used Car Report does not take into
account typical problems resulting from maintenance,
which have more to do with the vehicle’s owner than the
car itself, such as worn tyres and wiper blades or defective
wing mirrors.
The DEKRA Fault Index (DFI) is a key figure of the
overall evaluation. It calculates the percentage of vehicles
without relevant faults as well as the percentage of vehicles
with significant faults.
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DEKRA Used Car Report 2014
Winners in the individual vehicle classes
Vehicles with the best DEKRA Fault Index (DFI)
■ Mini | small cars: Audi A1 (DFI: 96.4)
■ Compact class: BMW 1 Series (96.8)
■ Medium class: Volvo S60 | V60 (98.7)
■ Upper medium class | upper class: Mercedes-Benz E-Class (97.4)
■ Sports cars: BMW Z4 (97.2)
■SUVs: Mercedes-Benz GLK (95.0)
■MPVs: Mercedes-Benz B-Class (99.2)
■ Small vans: Škoda Roomster (83.1)
■Vans: Renault Master (83.1)
The results of the DEKRA Used Car Report 2014 are
available online at www.used-car-report.com. A free app for
iPhone, iPad and Android mobile phones is also available. A
special issue of the German car magazine “auto motor und
sport” based on the data of the DEKRA Used Car Report 2014
appeared on 20th February. ❮
Dr Gerd Neumann, Member of the Management Board of DEKRA Automobil GmbH, presented the winning cars in the class “Car of
the Year” and “Best of All Classes” at a press conference held at the Group’s head office in Stuttgart.
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Dual training in Greece
An experimental collaboration
During their official state visit
to Greece, Germany’s Federal President
Joachim Gauck and his partner Daniela
Schadt were able to gather an impression
of a pilot project called “Mentoring Dual
International”. The aim of the concept
is to introduce elements of the German
dual education model into the Greek
tourist industry. Last November a total
of 90 trainees embarked on training as
cook, hotelier or restaurateur in Athens
and in Heraklion. The experiment is due
to last three years and is being run as part
of a close collaboration between DEKRA
Academy and the Greek agency for work
(OAED) as well as the German-Greek
Chamber of Export Trade. ❮
Federal President Joachim Gauck and Daniela Schadt (centre) photographed in Athens
with participants of the pilot project “Mentoring Dual International”.
Vehicle emission testing in California
Important acquisition
California has always been the
pioneer in the USA regarding environmental protection and the reduction of
vehicle emissions. For DEKRA, California is an important market for growth in
the vehicle emission testing business. In
March, the expert organisation acquired
its first two centres in the San Diego area,
each STAR certified by the state of California to perform “smog test” inspections. The centres, one with one and the
other with two testing lines, are located
in La Mesa, a city with a population of
around 60,000. DEKRA plans to expand
the centre net further in “The Golden
State”. The company also provides similar vehicle emission testing services in
Georgia, Texas and North Carolina. ❮
The “Smog Test Center” in La Mesa was previously owner-managed and with six
employees generated a market share of about 45%.
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DEKRA Temporary Employment Report 2014
DEKRA Arbeit Gruppe
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British Acquisition
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Maximum limits for Europe
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Wicked toys
DEKRA has acquired the British company TTL
Automotive Ltd. Based in Stokenchurch near
London, the company is active in the field of
business improvement services for OEM dealerships. It provides its customers, mostly based in
the UK, with individually tailored services in the
fields of process optimisation and performance
management.
The EU Commission has finalised its first binding
maximum limits for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in consumer products. PAHs are
considered to be potentially carcinogenic. The
change comes into effect on 27th December 2015.
DEKRA advises manufacturers and importers to
prepare for the regulation by adjusting production methods as necessary and realigning the supply chain based on the limitations.
Increased costs
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oughly three-quarters of all companies are paying the hotly
debated industry-wide allowances for temporary employees in Germany. This is the finding of the “DEKRA Temporary Employment
Report 2014”, presented to government and industry representatives
by DEKRA Arbeit Group in Berlin in mid-March. Although the majority of the businesses surveyed are keeping their temporary workers
despite the increased cost, a significant number of those employees
are working “on probation”. This mainly affects low-skilled and unskilled workers. A second major topic covered by the “DEKRA Temporary Employment Report” concerns employees from EU countries:
skilled labourers from EU member states are in demand. Nearly 80
per cent of German companies employ at least one worker from another EU member state. The evaluation had taken into account more
than 300 business companies that DEKRA surveyed online. The complete “DEKRA Temporary Employment Report 2014” is available for
downloading free of charge from the website www.dekra-arbeit.de of
the DEKRA Arbeit Group. ❮
Ride-on cars and excavators can have hazardous
snags, even if they satisfy the relevant ­standards.
This is the result of a product test carried out
by DEKRA for the Nuremberg Toy Fair. There
are edges and movable metal parts that can
cause injury. However, anyone that purchases a
high-quality ride-on toy can generally count on
the toy being safe and suitable for use.
DEKRA anonymously tested six standard ride-on
toys from various price classes.
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Formula 1 Sponsoring
Successful continuation
The 2014 race season will yet
again see DEKRA continuing as the personal sponsor for Formula 1 driver Nico
Hülkenberg. The 26 year-old has returned
to his previous team Sahara Force India
under the direction of the Indian industrialist Vijay Mallya. DEKRA has backed
the driving career of Hülkenberg from
the outset. Since his rookie season in
2010, it’s not just DEKRA employees
around the world who have been following Hülkenberg’s successes enthusiastically. Clemens Klinke, Member of the
DEKRA SE Management Board and in
charge of the Automotive business unit,
is also pleased to be continuing the partnership with the Formula 1 driver this
year. He is convinced that the path of
the racing driver in Formula 1 is on an
upward trajectory. ❮
Hülkenberg will be sporting the DEKRA logo on the front of his official Formula 1
­driver’s cap again for the 2014 season.
Further training period for professional drivers
Registered entry
By 10
September 2014 at the
latest, every commercial goods transport
driver in Europe will need to have completed legally prescribed further training.
The training has to be registered with
the code 95 on the driver licence. The
demand for training dates has increased
considerably. They are booked up further
and further in advance. As one of the
leading training providers in the area of
transport logistics, DEKRA offers all the
training necessary for German drivers
in individual seven-hour modules or as
a total 35-hour package. Special five-day
seminars and individual in-house seminars can also be booked on request. ❮
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The mandatory further training prescribed in the Professional Driver Qualification Act
also applies to drivers and hauliers in local transport and delivery.
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In its development work on electrically powered vans, StreetScooter
GmbH not only relies on ultramodern technology, but also on a new
partnership concept. DEKRA is lending an advisory helping hand.
Bringing together the wide range of
skills and expertise to be found in vehicle development, breaking up existing manufacturing
structures and combining them afresh to create
a form of mobility which the market has never
seen before – this is the brainchild of StreetScooter GmbH based in Aachen. It has collaborated with 80 mid-sized companies from all areas
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of the automotive industry, as well as various
research institutes, such as the Technical University of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia, and
has been working on the development of special
electro vehicles since 2009. At the moment such
an extensive cooperation is unique in its field.
“When I share knowledge, I won’t do it by halves.
Quite the opposite,” stresses Prof. Achim Kamp-
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Development and approval of electrically powered cars
Driven by the
pioneering spirit
ker, Managing Director of StreetScooter, citing
the company’s mission statement. Although electromobility is currently on everybody’s lips, far
from everybody is sure that it is set to succeed.
“We are still at the pioneering stage and, as far
as the absolute and transparent integration of all
those involved is concerned, in more ways than
one – and potential partners need to buy into this
approach. This is why it is not just the service they
would be providing that is important at the end of
the development stage, but rather we are searching for somebody prepared to inject their knowledge into our project from the outset. In DEKRA
we have found such a partner.” ❯
“We feel that the DEKRA experts really
want to bring the project on with us!”
Prof. Dr Achim Kampker, Managing Director,
StreetScooter GmbH.
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develop and manufacture 50 pre-series vehicles
that the German postal service DHL would then
employ in its fleet and subject to a six month
practical test. The electrically driven vans, which
go by the name of StreetScooter Work, have been
especially adapted to the needs of the letter and
parcel delivery service and are operating across
the country, although mainly in the Bonn region.
“We are taking a completely targeted approach
to last-mile logistics and in doing so are considering especially those users who take virtually
identical routes every day. Scheduled short distance routes where no great range is required but
which are very interesting from a cost accounting perspective,” explains Kampker. Electromobility is still expensive for an individual end user
to procure. Nevertheless, this does not apply to
fleet operators working in B2B who can write off
the total operating costs over the service life of
the vehicle. The StreetScooter vans are, therefore,
aimed at and limited to a specific set of customer
requirements. In the test phase the postal service
has taken box vans of lightweight construction
with ranges of between 40 and 120 kilometres,
depending on batteries and charging capacity.
However, one area where no expense has been
spared is in the absolute safety of the electrically
powered vehicles.
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Just like every other conventional vehicle,
the electric van also needs to pass a braking and evasive manoeuvre test on the wet
test track in Klettwitz.
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At the former Bombardier works in Aachen
these vans are just waiting to be energised.
In its initial small-series production run
StreetScooter is also training new workers
in electric drives.
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DEKRA employee Thomas Lidzba checks
the electrical circuits. He possesses a special additional qualification enabling him
to work on high voltage vehicles.
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The correct installation of the LED lights is
one of the many registration criteria that
DEKRA expert Thomas Plutta verifies.
This is where the DEKRA experts come
into play. They were involved back at the development stage and imparted their technical expertise
on prototypes in the course of various workshops.
Apart from extensive tests on electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) carried out at the laboratories of DEKRA Testing & Certification based in
Arnhem in the Netherlands, the completely new
concept in vehicle technology first had to be put
through the stringent approval procedure before
being allowed out on public roads. Thomas Plutta,
the support engineer at the DEKRA Technology
Center in Klettwitz in Brandenburg, is the officially certified expert and technical specialist for
type approval procedures. He submitted the corresponding documentation to the Federal Motor
Transport Authority and is one of those responsible for homologation of production vehicles or,
as in the case of the StreetScooter, for individual
approvals of test phases. Plutta tests vehicles in
compliance with the stipulations of the directive
2007/46/EC. “Here, there is no difference from
conventional cars. I test aspects like steering,
lights, visibility and take the vehicle out onto our
special test tracks where I naturally check and
measure all the driving systems,” he says, describing his remit.
In addition, Plutta’s colleague, Thomas
Lidzba, examines whether the StreetScooter meets
ECE regulation 100. This involves user safety and
the protective mechanisms for the high voltage
system in the vehicle. “This is where the early
exchange of opinions with DEKRA experts pays off
and we appreciate this,” stresses StreetScooter boss
Kampker. This is because the fewer complaints
there are about the finished development model,
the quicker the appraisals of the different individual directives can be made ready. The DEKRA colleagues in Aachen can then use these as a basis to
prepare the approval of further vehicles.
After the practical test and any adjustments and optimisation resulting from the feedback from the postal service, the StreetScooter
constructors will aim to achieve type approval by
June so as to go ahead with the mass production
of a projected short-journey mobility design as
soon as possible.
❮ Sandra Moser
Contact
Thomas Plutta
Project Manager
DEKRA Technology Center
Phone +49.3 57 54.73 44-5 13
Fax +45.3 57 54.73 45-5 00
E-mail thomas.plutta@dekra.com
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Furniture testing
The hot seat – bearing
up under the strain
One of the first customers of the new DEKRA furniture test laboratory in
Stuttgart is the luxury furniture manufacturer Walter Knoll. Only the
­highest standards will do for the living areas and office spaces equipped
by this company steeped in tradition.
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n the sewing shop at Walter Knoll in
Herrenberg it is leather that catches the eye. Enormous rawhides as far as the eye can see, kept supple by an air humidifier fitted in the ceiling. They
are given a multitude of finishes and colour tones
and turned into furniture upholstery. Even entire
table tops can be designed with leather. And the
Leadchair, a very exclusive swivel chair. Costing
between 2,000 and 3,000 euros it is an executive
chair that would cost many a non-executive a
month’s salary.
It has been five years in development. Five
years for a single chair, may surprise you, but:
“A swivel chair is the supreme challenge,” says
Markus Benz, the 52-year-old company partner and chairman, “we are talking here about
high-end machine construction combined with
the highest aesthetics.” The process in which
design and technology mature into a perfect unit
requires time. And what’s more, at the end of the
day as little of the technology as possible should
be visible. Internationally renowned architects
and designers such as Sir Norman Foster and Ben
van Berkel design furniture that bears the Walter
Knoll logo. The Leadchair comes from the Viennese team EOOS. Manufacture takes place in the
company’s own workshops in Herrenberg and
in nearby Mötzingen, as well as at sub-suppliers
based in Southern Germany and Northern Italy.
Walter Knoll AG & Co. KG has equipped
both chambers of the German Parliament in Berlin, the Hearst Tower in New York, luxury hotels
throughout the world, airports, banks – even the
furniture for the new European Central Bank in
Frankfurt will come from Herrenberg. Walter
Knoll makes 60 per cent of his sales totalling 80
million euros from products for the office systems
market, the remainder from household furniture.
Tables, chairs, sofas, armchairs, even complete
conference facilities are despatched all over the
world to discerning customers.
Walter Knoll design aspires to convey
a refined ease. But, even the most finely crafted
piece of furniture has to meet the demands of
everyday use. “Chairs are therefore always a critical item,” says the company boss, “we try to tease
out the limits of the technically possible; and we
frequently come up against the limits of the materials in the process.” In order to ensure that the
limits are not pushed too far, a chair undergoes a
myriad of tests in the company’s own test laboratories during the course of its development. “New
types of constructions may need to pass through
the laboratories up to 30 times,” explains Benz. ❯
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On the caster test stand the swivel chair
has to demonstrate that it can easily cope
with travelling 36,000 times over a flooring sill bearing a corpulent passenger. The
sack weighs 110 kilograms.
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The bending fatigue stand at the DEKRA
laboratory in Stuttgart tests the strength
of seat and back even if the chair has a
comfort tilt function.
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The elegant design of Walter Knoll’s Leadchair is the result of a five year development process.
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Knoll’s CEO Markus Benz and DEKRA expert
Ralf Blum (from the right) during an inspection of the production line in Herrenberg.
Contact
Ralf Blum
Team Manager – Furniture
DEKRA Testing & Certification GmbH
Phone+49.7 11.78 61-41 03
Fax +49.7 11.78 61-34 80
E-mail ralf.blum@dekra.com
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❯ Additionally, Walter Knoll also has the
furniture tested by a neutral institution. Since the
middle of last year this has now been possible not
far from Herrenberg, at DEKRA’s new furniture
test laboratory in Stuttgart. The eight test stands
here enable tests in compliance with 26 European
standards. Core competence is the issue of the
GS symbol for tested safety or the DEKRA Seal
for Furniture. “Tested safety is an absolute must
as far as we are concerned,” says Benz. All public
invitations to tender require the GS symbol as a
prerequisite.
For example, in Stuttgart the Leadchair,
bearing 110 kilograms, travels 36,000 times over
a flooring sill. This happens on a linear test stand.
The 110 kilos represent a test person and this is
the weight a tested chair has to be able to bear
continually. The bending fatigue test stand simulates the sitting down of a similarly heavy body
in the chair 50,000 times and also puts the back
rest through its paces. The demands made on the
product in the test stand are formulated by Wer-
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Walter Knoll AG & Co. KG
In 1865 Wilhelm Knoll in Stuttgart established the “leather business”,
which manufactures seats. In 1993 the Rolf Benz family acquires the
firm now based in Herrenberg. Markus Benz, the oldest son of Rolf Benz,
has been directing the company’s fortunes and heads a workforce of
270 employees. He is the majority partner; family members hold the
other shares.
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ner Leistner, Sales Manager at DEKRA Testing &
Certification GmbH in succinct terms: “It’s good
if it doesn’t break.”
Ralf Blum is team manager for furniture
testing at the DEKRA Laboratory. The engineer
came directly from the furniture industry to the
technical services organisation. For example, he
was involved in the work done on the Blue Angel
for Upholstery by the working party of the German Association of Quality Furniture. He feels:
“Furniture testing in Germany is well ahead conceptually.” By this he means that situations are
played through which, if the truth be told, would
not even be required of normal chairs. Leaning
back on a chair, for example. Blum calls this “predictable misuse”. There is even a special lean-drop
test stand to cater for it. The laboratory’s equipment enables tests of a vast array of furniture
items and technically similar products ranging
from a baby’s cot to a shopping trolley. Sales Manager Leistner sees the target group as German and
central European manufacturers. ❮ Nicoline Hiller
“Tested safety is an absolute must
as far as we are concerned!”
Markus Benz, CEO and Associate,
Walter Knoll AG & Co. KG.
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Portrait of Maria das Graças Silva Foster
The lady with the fuel
She controls one of the biggest corporate groups in the world. Brazil’s rise to an industrial
nation is in her hands. For Maria das Graças Foster, CEO of Petrobras, this challenge is just
about big enough.
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Maria das Graças Foster, CEO of Petrobras and
Renato Casagrande, Governor of the State of Espírito
Santo, take a sample of oil on the drilling vessel
Cidade de Anchieta.
io de Janeiro, the city of samba schools and carnival. A metropolis of sandy beaches and a symbol of the rise
of a new economic power. Yet that is just one aspect. Rio de
Janeiro is also a merciless metropolis. A monster of a million
slums, the embodiment of poverty and violence.
From her city-centre office on the 29th floor, Maria das
Graças Foster looks out onto both faces of the city. And, more
importantly, she also understands it. For her life’s journey
has led her from the unbearable poverty of the favelas to the
apex of the energy multinational Petrobras. There, in 2012,
she took over the top job and, along with it, responsibility
for 82,000 employees and the most important sector of the
emerging Brazilian economy.
Maria was eight years old when her family abandoned
provincial life and moved to the coast. Rio de Janeiro was, at
the time, Brazil’s centre of prosperity. Here, life was supposed
to get better. Yet her new home consisted of a sheet metal
hut in a favela on the southern edge of the city. There was
no ­sanitation. Everyday life was determined by malnutrition,
disease and the brutal laws of the drugs mafia.
Nevertheless, today, Maria das Graças Foster recalls a
“difficult but happy childhood”. She was never afraid of work.
She collected and sold scrap metal. “That meant that I could
support my mother and earn money for my schooling.” Selfpity is an alien concept to her. “Many people believe that their
past determines their future. I do not accept this.” This statement conceals her entire ambition and the almost superhuman discipline that has determined the life and the essence of
Maria das Graças Foster to this day.
After leaving school, she studied chemical engineering and went on to complete a Master’s degree in nuclear
energy technology. With this education, only one employer
came into consideration: the energy group Petrobras. She
started there in 1981 and, with her unusual talent, she quickly
stood out. The company paid for her to study business management and she became the first woman to make a career in
an industry dominated by male bravado. However, the fact
that she finally made it to the top was due in no small part
to a chance meeting with Brazil’s current President, Dilma
Rousseff. ❯
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The friendship between Maria and the incumbent
President of Brazil has existed since 1998, when Dilma
Rousseff was still regional Secretary of Energy and
Foster was working on a pipeline project for Petrobras.
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Paulo Augusto Vivacqua, President of the Academia
Nacional de Engenharia, handing over the membership
certificate to the chemical engineer in November 2013.
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With her colourful costume Maria marches in the
parade of a Samba school in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
As CEO of Petrobras Brasileiro S.A., Maria das Graças
Foster has been responsible for this semi-national oil
company since 2012.
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In the presence of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
(left) and his successor Dilma Rousseff (centre) Foster
opened Gasduc III, the largest pipeline for gas supply
in Brazil, in February 2010.
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Judoka Sarah Menezes proudly shows the gold medal
she won at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London to
the President of Petrobras who is a sponsor.
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pipeline project and Rousseff was still an ambitious provincial
politician. As far as ambition, determination and assertiveness were concerned, the two women were very much kindred
spirits, which resulted in a close and fruitful friendship. In
2003, Rousseff was appointed Energy Minister in the Cabinet
and made Foster her State Secretary. Three years in politics
meant important international connections and experience in
dealing with capital markets. As a result, Foster soon made
herself indispensable to Petrobras. The fact that, in 2010,
she obtained a seat at the boardroom table surprised no one.
There, she was long known as the “Iron Lady of Oil”. On the
day Foster took over as CEO, Petrobras shares jumped by four
per cent, so great was investors’ trust in her.
But Petrobras is a difficult company to run – a
group with ambivalent requirements. Sixty-four per cent of
its stock is held and controlled by the government, and this
impacts on day-to-day business, where they cap petrol and
diesel prices. This may be good for the consumer, but it is
bad for the corporate balance sheet. The price of crude oil
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for the domestic market is between 20 and 30 per cent below
world market prices. At the same time, international investors expect Foster to achieve her extremely ambitious growth
objectives. By 2020, Petrobras is expected to have invested
237 billion d
­ ollars to explore new oil fields on the ocean bed
of the Atlantic. Daily production could then rise to around
4.5 million barrels, and the company could become one of
the most important oil producers in the world. Yet Petrobras
is facing huge technical challenges. The liquid gold lies more
than seven kilometres below the surface of the water. No one
has ever successfully drilled for oil at this depth.
If the job demanded less of her, Maria das Graças Foster would probably have looked for another one long ago. She
could, of course, retire to Sugar Loaf Mountain on the sunny
side of the city. But she personally measures herself against
her challenges, not her assets. That is why she lives with her
family in a modest flat and does not even possess a car. So
she is often seen on the street calling for a taxi. The taxi drivers of Copacabana know her well. They simply call Maria das
Graças Foster “the lady with the fuel”.
❮ Theodor Nagel
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Maria das Graças Silva Foster
Born:26th August 1953 in Caratinga, Brazil
Family:
Married, two children
Occupation: CEO of Petrobras Brasileiro S.A.
Hobby:
The Beatles
Career:
1975-1978 Studies in chemical engineering at the
Universidade Federal Fluminese in Niterói
1978
Trainee with Petrobras
1979-1981 Studies in nuclear technology at the
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
1981
Return to Petrobras
1998-1999 MBA studies at the Fundação Getulio
Vargas in Rio de Janeiro
2003-2006 State Secretary for Oil, Gas and Renewable
Energy
2007-2012 Petrobras Board Member with responsibility
for gas and energy
since 2012 CEO of Petrobras Brasileiro S.A.
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Harmful substance analyses for bags and accessories
Harmless helpers
DEKRA tests for harmful substances in all the materials used by ­
Reisenthel Accessoires in their products and thus ensures that
EU provisions are observed.
I
t is used in countless households
throughout the world: the robust and light-weight
Reisenthel “Carrybag”. This handy shopping basket made of high-quality polyester fabric with an
aluminium frame has been a sales hit since 2003.
It is issued twice a year in a range of new colours
and designs – together with over 60 other bags
and accessories that make up the essential range.
Established in 1971, the family-run company has the knack of re-inventing practical things
afresh. Every Reisenthel product follows the principle of “keep it simple”. A literal tour de force
is behind every new collection. Apart from the
actual development work, all components have
“What we appreciate about DEKRA
is that it thoroughly understands our
collection and has a sound approach
to the work!”
Petra Wedler, Product Manager,
Reisenthel Accessoires.
Contact
Natalie Deubler
Product Manager – Consumer Goods
DEKRA Automobil GmbH
Phone+49.7 11.78 61-35 48
Fax +49.7 11.78 61-35 34
E-mail natalie.deubler@dekra.com
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to go through rigorous testing. Now, that’s about
20 to 30 materials for every product. Depending
on the target market, certain substances are either
not permitted to be in the product at all, or may
only be present in limited quantities. In the EU,
the chemical ordinance “REACH” applies. It lists
more than 150 substances, such as plasticizers, for
example, which have to be reported on.
“We enlisted DEKRA’s help in verifying compliance of our finished products over
five years ago,” says Petra Wedler. The product
manager at Reisenthel appreciates the “thorough
understanding that DEKRA has of both its collection and its carefully thought out approach to the
work”. Reisenthel processes most of the materials
in more than one product. “This is why we also
don’t have to test every bag and every accessory
separately, and this saves time and money,” reports
Natalie Deubler, Product Manager at DEKRA in
charge of consumer goods.
Nevertheless, each new collection involves
a lot of testing. This is because apart from the
materials used in the Reisenthel collection, the
REACH candidate list is also evolving and can be
expanded about every six months. It was only in
December, for example, that another seven new
substances were added to the list. “This means we
need to obtain the new substances as quickly as
possible in order to calibrate our measuring apparatuses in the laboratory and develop suitable
testing methods,” says Deubler.
Luckily the new collections are released
around the same time as the new candidate list
appears and this enables DEKRA to carry out the
extensive tests relatively quickly.
❮ Marcus Walter
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Reisenthel’s core product range comprises
around 60 bags and accessories. The collection is revamped twice a year.
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The EU chemicals regulation contains a list
of substances that must be declared. DEKRA
develops the right testing method of each
new substance in the shortest possible time.
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A typical Reisenthel product consists of
between 20 and 30 materials. Every single
one of them is regularly tested by DEKRA in
the Group’s own laboratories.
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The truck cabin rattles and shakes; the
engine howls under the driver’s seat. Yet, it’s all pretend. An electronically and hydraulically actuated
system throws around the cabin of the DEKRA
driving simulator almost like the real thing. The
windscreen and the side windows are projection
screens and the mirrors merely an image. Inside,
fireman Patrick Tetard steers his digital fire truck
along a motorway as the virtual sunshine beams
into the cabin. Flashing blue lights and bellowing
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horn accompany Tetard on his breakneck journey. There’s a fire out there somewhere. “Careful,
traffic jam,” announces a loudspeaker. Instructor
­Thorsten Straube is seated outside in the control
station of the simulator and passes on helpful
instructions. The driver slowly brakes the heavy
vehicle, brings it to a halt in the middle of the
two-lane motorway and hopes that the traffic will
clear a space for him to pass. The cars move over
in what seems to take ages; they are slow, get stuck,
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Mobile driving simulator training courses
Trail-blazing rescue
The fire fighting unit at the Henkel works in Düsseldorf has to deal with a
specific set of challenges which call for the fire truck drivers to be totally
on the ball during an emergency. DEKRA was at the site to run training
sessions on its mobile driving simulator.
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appear confused. “It’s just like in real life,” says
Tetard, obviously impressed, and sets off down
the path that has now been cleared. The images on
the monitors change: The sun suddenly vanishes
behind the clouds, raindrops start to fall, lightning
flashes across the sky. Tetard looks in the mirrors: To his left and right there is very little space
through which to squeeze his 26-tonne truck.
“Actually, Henkel’s works fire fighting unit never
leaves the factory premises,” says the experienced
fireman from Düsseldorf. “But this training course
is an absolute must.” His turn at the wheel comes
to an end. He gets out of the cabin and climbs up
the three steps to the computer room for manoeuvre debriefing with DEKRA instructor Straube. ❯
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Although the Henkel fire fighters do not normally drive on the motorway, the training in the simulator helps the drivers to familiarise
themselves with the truck’s dimensions. The company site can be
a real maze.
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DEKRA instructor Thorsten Straube (right) immediately
exposes any driving errors and discusses them with
fireman Patrick Tetard in the debriefing session.
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Straube follows the journey from the simulator’s instructor station. He can detect, record and analyse tricky
situations on the monitors.
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DEKRA Project Manager Reinhard Buchsdrücker (2nd
from right) explains to the firemen both the theoretical
and practical components of the training.
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Ulrich Haschke (left) and Reinhard Buchsdrücker
organise the training around the duty roster so that
every Henkel fireman can take part.
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❯ The instructor station including driving
simulator and training room fit on the semi-trailer
of the DEKRA truck. It will be parked for the next
five days on the Henkel works site. “We need this
amount of time to train all the 80 firemen on the
driving simulator. Taking into account leave, shift
work or other rescheduling means a prolonged
stay,” says Ulrich Haschke, who is in charge of
training the works fire fighting unit. He is happy
to have this training opportunity. The further
training of firemen and the training of recruits is
based on the curriculum of the regional fire services school in North-Rhine Westphalia. Haschke
knows that “safe driving training is an important
component of this”. DEKRA and the works fire
fighting unit came together in 2012. “DEKRA
took the opportunity of ‘Logistics Day’ to ­present
the driving simulator, the only one of its kind for
the simulation of special service operations in
Germany,” says DEKRA Sales Coordinator Marco
Köchling. It was also tailor-made for the Henkel
works fire fighting unit, especially as the company
site is a particularly challenging one: narrow,
winding roads, railway tracks, uneven surfaces or
cobblestones. Haschke is keen to point out that
just manoeuvring quickly in this environment
represents a challenge in itself. “Unfortunately we
can’t train in these real-life conditions. The risk is
simply too great.” For example, overturning a fire
truck through a sudden manoeuvre could quickly
cause damage totalling several hundreds of thousands of euros. “Should this happen to us in the
simulator,” says Köchling and chuckles at the very
thought of it, “we simply turn the vehicle the right
way up again with the click of a mouse.“
Reinhard Buchsdrücker is visibly
impressed by the discipline shown by the participants from Düsseldorf who he is training in
the adjacent room before the simulated journey
commences. “They are professionals and realise that they need this training.” This is because
negotiating a path through the site at the wheel
of a 26-tonne truck means driving carefully, but
quickly. Especially as one stipulation is clearly laid
down: “They have to arrive at any part of the site
within three minutes,” says the DEKRA Driving
Simulation Project Manager. The firemen have to
travel across pronounced bumps or railway tracks
in the process. Although the electronic aids fitted to the modern fire trucks, mean that they can
“Our deployment area on the work’s site
is full of challenges. We can employ the
DEKRA driving simulator to simulate and
train for awkward or difficult terrain!”
Ulrich Haschke, Head of Training, Works Fire
Fighting Unit, Henkel GmbH.
be operated and driven like passenger cars, four
tonnes of cabin sitting on the front axle and 22
tonnes resting on the rear axles call for an appropriate driving style. “In addition, the man at the
wheel is not the only one on board. We emphasise
this during the supplemental theoretical training
session. We tell participants about the dimensions and weights of modern fire trucks,” says
Buchsdrücker. He was a member of a voluntary
fire fighting service himself and knows that the
vehicle driver sometimes forgets in the stress of
the moment that there is a turntable ladder travelling with him on the roof. “It is precisely in tight
areas such as on the work’s site that the risk of
getting stuck somewhere is so great!” This is why
the DEKRA experts continually send the firemen
down narrow digital roads until they have it off
pat. And should the DEKRA experts want to make
things really tricky? Well, they can always simulate a dog racing onto the road! Like in real life, all
sorts of things are “virtually” possible.
❮ Ingo Müntz
Contact
Reinhard Buchsdrücker
Project Manager – Driving Simulation
DEKRA Akademie GmbH
Phone +49.40.53 43 93-63
Fax +49.40.53 43 93-97
E-mail reinhard.buchsdruecker@dekra.com
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Carnival in Rio –
the largest party on earth
One of the main attractions of the city is the carnival, a
gigantic celebration which requires almost an entire year
to prepare for. It offers a myriad of ways to celebrate: in
fancy dress with thousands of others in the streets, dancing behind a Bloco or a Banda, visiting exclusive parties
and themed balls, or cheering the captivating parades of
the Samba schools in the Sambadrom. The tone is set by
the trance-like Samba rhythm drummed up by the percussion groups.
Costumes, masks and funny accessories can be purchased in the busy shopping district of Saara in the
city centre. The creativity typical of Brazilians knows no
bounds.
The Samba schools are truly superlative, each boasting
between 3,000 – 5,000 singing and dancing members,
beaming with happiness and sauntering through the
Avenida accompanied by decorated floats. Anyone who
buys a costume at a Samba school can take part, even
though tourists will probably be unlikely to succeed in
copying the ease with which Brazilians swing their hips.
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Rio de Janeiro – the wonderful city:
the name resounds with the infectious
joie de vivre of its inhabitants, the Cariocas, and a breathtaking topography.
90 kilometres of beaches, mountains
over 1,000 metres high and 40 km2 of
Atlantic rain forest set in the heart of a
vibrant metropolis make it a unique spot
in the world.
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City portrait of Rio de Janeiro
A welcome with open arms
At six o’clock in the morning the world-famous
beach in the district of Copacabana slowly comes to life:
fishermen push out their colourful boats into the sea from
the edge of the bay, fans of the fashionable sport of stand
up paddle surfing splash about in the water that is as
smooth as a mirror, joggers train their muscles on the about
four ­kilometre long beach, the first swimmers take to the
water. The sunbathers, families, tourists, couples and those
looking for romance are not yet there, they come later. On
New Year’s Eve more than two million people come to the
beach to enjoy the beautiful fireworks and free outdoor
­concerts taking place here; celebrating together peacefully until
dawn, throwing flowers and other offerings into the sea for
the sea goddess Yemanjá and jumping over seven waves as is
the Afro-Brazilian custom.
Envious inhabitants of São Paulo say that when the
Cariocas leave home in the morning, they look left, then right
and only then decide whether to go to work or to the beach.
Of course, this is not the case because many of Rio’s 6.5 million inhabitants work hard, especially the poor who make up
25 per cent of the population and live in the around a thousand slums, the favelas. If Greater Rio is added to the mix, the
city boasts 12 million inhabitants. Most of them work in Rio
de Janeiro and have to put up with hours of commuting. In
the evenings a fair number still go to school or university in
an attempt to improve their lot. ❯
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❯ Right next to Copacabana is the Arpoador Rock.
From here the sightseers can applaud the most beautiful sunset the city has to offer, overlooking the beaches of Ipanema,
Leblon and the “Two Brothers”, the twin mountain peaks of
“Dois Irmãos”. At the top of the higher of the two and having
passed through the poor district of Vidigal and a steep stretch
of Atlantic rain forest, you are rewarded with a panoramic
view that will take your breath away. Vidigal is one of the
favelas that has been freed from running gun battles between
rival drug gangs and the police as part of a peace policy introduced in Rio in late 2008. However, the small houses offering
the panoramic view of the ocean are increasingly the object
of the property speculation prevailing in the city since it was
declared a venue for this year’s FIFA World Cup and the 2016
Olympic Games. So, now that violence no longer clouds the
spectacular view, the original inhabitants are being persuaded
to sell up and leave. What’s more, there are no more public
funds for social security and health care so that not all Cariocas are excited about the World Cup which devours vast sums
of money.
The young and young at heart alike are drawn to the
Lapa and Santa Teresa neighbourhoods which are connected
via the Escadaria Selarón, a stairway with 215 steps leading
up to the Santa Teresa Cloister. It was here that the Chilean
Jorge Selarón had lived since 1983. From 1990 until his death
in early 2013 he set about transforming the grey steps into a
unique work of art by covering them with colourful tiles from
80 countries and sent by enthusiastic visitors. While night life
throbs below in Lapa to the sound of a vast range of live music
styles, such as Bossa Nova, Rock, Samba or Jazz, the alternative scene heads up the lofty alleyways of the Bohemian district Santa Teresa to meet in the craftwork shops, galleries, old
villas or cosy cafés.
Rio’s recorded history began on New Year’s Day 1502
when the Portuguese seafarer Gaspar de Lemos ventured past
an imposing block of granite, later to be known as Sugar Loaf,
and entered what he considered a river estuary: ­Guanabara
Bay. He described the discovery in the ship’s log as “January
River”, which translates into Portuguese as “rio de janeiro”.
However, it was not until 1565 that the city was officially
founded. From 1763 until the construction of Brasília in
1960, Rio de Janeiro was the capital city. Today it is the second
largest city in Brazil, and one of the tourist gateways to
South America.
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This is also due to the works of landscape architect
Roberto Burle Marx whose famous black-and-white wave
pattern adorns not only the beach promenade of Copacabana
but also public gardens and the Flamengo Park. Sítio Burle
Marx’s paradise garden, where the master himself lived, is the
ultimate expression of his art.
The Tijuca National Park, the largest urban jungle in
the world, provides a little shade from the tropical heat. Once
cleared for sugar cane, coffee plantation and housing, and
reforested about 150 years ago, the green lung of Rios offers
its visitors paths leading up to the peaks with panoramic
views, where it is possible to fly kites or to take a refreshing
shower under a waterfall. And over the heart of it all, looms
one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the figure of
Christ on the Corcovado Mountain, with arms welcomingly
outstretched to all and over all, whether rich or poor, Carioca
or guest, the world cup protester or the football-mad fan.
❮ Annette Runge
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The 38 metre high figure of the
Saviour looks toward Sugarloaf Mountain, another symbol
of the city.
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The colorful Escadaria Selarón
connects the bohemian Santa
Teresa quarter with Lapa.
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The statue of Christ on Corcovado Mountain keeps a
protective hand over rich and
poor inhabitants of Rio.
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Everything for the carnival is
there in the bustling business
district Saara in the city centre.
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The Cariocas enjoy a cooling
shower under the waterfall in
Tijuca National Park in the
middle of the city.
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At sunrise, the fishermen set off
from Copacabana beach to
catch lunch.
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Applause for the most beautiful
sunset, the evening program in
Arpoador.
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DEKRA SOLUTIONS
Material testing for long-span roofs
We’ve got it covered
Football events beneath Sugar Loaf Mountain, classic club and international matches involving great names such as Pélé, Zico or Ronaldo, this
is what the name Estádio do Maracanã conjures up. During the conversion work on what was once the world’s largest stadium in preparation
for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, DEKRA was responsible for the quality
assurance of the new membrane roof.
T
he Brazilian national football team
inaugurated the famous stadium following renovation with a 3:0 win over world champions Spain in
the final of the Confed Cup in the summer of 2013.
This is one of the many successes of the “Seleçao”
in this dream of a football stadium that made
­people almost forget the Maracanã’s low point in
the year of its completion in 1950. Until then the
only World Cup to have taken place in the coun-
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try, Brazil lost the final match against Uruguay 1:2,
a bitter defeat which the football-mad nation still
finds difficult to forget right up to this very day.
Although the stadium held almost 200,000
spectators in the year it was completed, the huge
oval construction now accommodates around
73,000 fans. Numerous conversion projects carried out over the years have changed the stadium
radically. ❯
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The newly renovated Maracanã Stadium
was at its best for around 73,000 spectators attending the opening ceremony of the
Confederations Cup in the summer of 2013.
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The biaxial machine used by DEKRA expert
Jochen Köhnlein to test the tensile strength
of the roof membrane is the largest of its
kind in the world.
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Workers at the membrane factory in Thailand check the 65-metre long strips before
rolling them up ready for transport.
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The correct welding of the seams of the
membrane roof calls for the experience and
skill of a specialist.
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Employees of Hightex and a local team of
specialists fit the panels on the roof of the
Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.
Contact
Jochen Köhnlein
Project Manager
DEKRA Industrial International GmbH
Phone+49.7 11.78 61-41 12
Fax +49.7 11.78 61-41 15
E-mail jochen.koehnlein@dekra.com
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❯ A particularly impressive aspect of the
latest complete renovation is the spanning of the
stadium roof with PTFE-coated glass-fibre membranes. Roughly 60 strips, measuring 65 metres
in length and between 8 and 16 metres in width,
creates a roof that offers protection against
inclement weather and the sun, and is not only
light in appearance but also allows a great deal of
it into the stadium.
One of the world’s leading companies for
the design, manufacture, construction and assembly of these impressive membrane structures is
Hightex GmbH. The company based in Bernau
am Chiemsee boasts experience stretching back
to 1972. The textile covers of the Olympic sports
and swimming complex and other buildings in the
Olympic Park in Munich were provided by Koit, the
predecessor firm. “Since then we have completed
more than 800 projects throughout the world,”
says Hightex Managing Director Frank Molter. For
example, the company was involved in building the
Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the roof construction
of the Wimbledon Centre Court, the roofing of the
stands at the Ascot race course and the membrane
sail of the Burj-al-Arab in Dubai. Name any major
football event over the past years and Hightex was
there providing the roof construction for one or
more of the stadiums. Frank Molter: “Each time
we have to go head-to-head with competitors and
land the tender. But we had really set our heart on
securing the Estádio do Maracanã.”
Hightex was not only able to offer the
best price in Rio de Janeiro, but also decades
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of expertise and a finely polished quality assurance concept backed by DEKRA. The specialists
in the material examination of membranes in
Stuttgart have extensive experience with the special material which the project manager Jochen
Köhnlein describes like this: “In its lifetime, the
membrane material goes through various loading situations caused by wind and weather conditions and always needs to maintain sufficient
pre-tension whatever happens. We make use of
our biaxial machine to simulate the loading in
a sort of time-lapse fashion. As the membrane
material undergoes permanent elongation after
completion of the examination, the section for
the roof is made correspondingly smaller.” The
biaxial machine is the largest of its kind in the
world. The experts developed it as part of an
EU research project. Over the course of ­s everal
hours seven force input points situated on all
four sides apply a force of up to 200 kN per metre
in two directions to a material sample measuring about 150 cm x 150 cm. For the quality tests
accompanying the production process, DEKRA
expert Köhnlein went to Thailand and examined
all work stages, which included cutting to shape,
welding of the seam, forming of the edging detail,
establishing the dimensions right up to rolling
up and packing. The strips rolled onto pipes
were then shipped to Rio de Janeiro and delivered to the Maracanã construction site. Hightex
always relies on its own employees on site when
it comes to the final and most important process,
i.e. assembly, stresses Frank Molter. He says:
“The DEKRA experts help us to
maintain our reputation as a
technology and quality leader!”
Frank Molter, Managing Director, Hightex GmbH.
“It is only the correct tensioning that gives the
membrane its loadable form.” And again, Köhnlein was there to monitor the fitting process on
the roof of the stadium and to assure the process
quality here, too.
Hightex and DEKRA are as surefooted in
this specialist field as the fitters working on the
stadium roof. Molter knows what his partner
is worth: “Apart from the fact that an external
inspection institute is an absolute precondition
for our customers, we prefer working with the
experts at DEKRA because they have almost as
many years of experience as we do. We want to
protect our good reputation as technology and
quality leader at all costs, and DEKRA as a partner
helps us to do this.”
In the meantime, the stadium roof has
weathered its first storms and rain showers and
also witnessed a few thrilling games. It is ready
to welcome the World Cup. And who knows?
­Perhaps the “Seleçao” will finally manage to bury
the shame of the 1950 final.
❮ Alexander Föll
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DEKRA staff in portrait
Always in the know
Curious
and eager: character
traits that make Natalie Deubler ideally
suited for her job as product manager for
consumer goods at DEKRA in Stuttgart. It
is here at the laboratory for environmental and product analysis that the qualified
industrial chemist goes about her work.
Her responsibilities include the testing of
well-known household products such as
coffee machines, model railways, toys or
cutlery. Manufacturers are quick to integrate the 27-year-old into their development process, meaning that she is always
one of the first to know about new products. Deubler joined DEKRA in 2011 after
finishing her studies and has found what
she thinks is her ideal job. Deubler, who
comes from Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, is dedicated to her work and her
great commitment for renowned international customers does not leave much time
for hobbies. Still, when the opportunity
arises she loves to go snowboarding with
après-ski along the way, naturally! ❮
Heart and soul: Natalie Deubler tests household objects like cups or shopping baskets
for dangerous substances before they are permitted to go on the market.
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