2 million DEUTZ engines from Cologne-Porz

•  Engine production started up in Porz in 1993
  
• From 2010, parts will be supplied from the JIS assembly centre
  
  

Following an excellent start to the year and a constantly growing order book, DEUTZ AG
has now passed a further milestone. Yesterday afternoon the 2 millionth engine since the
plant was commissioned in 1993 came off the assembly line in Cologne-Porz. The engine
in question was a model 1013 engine, just one of the numerous DEUTZ engines manufactured
in Porz which are used in a wide variety of applications such as construction equipment,
power-generation plant, agricultural machinery, commercial vehicles, rail vehicles
and ships.

As early as 1967, the Cologne-based engine manufacturer established a new research and
development plant in the Porz district of the city. 26 years later, in June 1993, a new engine
plant went into production there and it remains one of the most sophisticated of its kind in
the world. The Porz plant currently employs a workforce of around 400.

Since 2010, the assembly line in Porz has been even more closely linked to its logistic supply
chain because components are now received directly from the JIS assembly centre located
in the immediate vicinity of the plant. This has allowed a significant reduction in the
large number of separate components which the Tier 4 emissions standard in particular had
obliged the assembly line to hold, and it has speeded up logistic procedures.

In December 2006, DEUTZ also moved its headquarters into a purpose-built office building
in Cologne-Porz. The company's headquarters, the assembly plant and the main research
and development work for DEUTZ compact engines are now all concentrated at this site.

Altogether, 1,600 of DEUTZ's total workforce of around 3,800 are now employed at the Cologne-
Porz site.

For further information on this DEUTZ press release please contact:

Janina Decker
Tel.: +49 (0)221 822-2493
Fax: +49 (0)221 822-15-2493
E-Mail: decker.j@deutz.com

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