Dr. Gerald Eifler This is Me

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1. 1. ElringKlinger

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   Published on: 3/14/2003   Last Visited: 8/1/2005

   An interview with Dr. Gerald Eifler (left), general manager of ElringKlinger Motortechnik GmbH
   
   It was during 1994 that ElringKlinger, already well known as a manufacturer of gaskets and sealing systems for the automotive industry, began to reorganise its production and R&D facilities. This process, together with an identification of changing customer needs, led to the company's laboratories and test cells, located at Idstein, north west of Frankfurt, being consolidated into a specialist operation, culminating, in 1997, with the formation of a stand alone company, ElringKlinger Motortechnik GmbH. The focus of this new company was to offer its services and know-how in the field of engine testing to the wider market, specifically vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers.
   
   Dr. Gerald Eifler
   
   Once this decision was taken the man selected and charged with getting the embryo project off the ground, by the ElringKlinger management, was Dr. Gerald Eifler. Eifler came to the new company with impeccable credentials in the field of engine research and development, particularly in the specialist areas of combustion process development and engine management application. He gained his doctorate in 1990 for his investigatory work in the reduction of exhaust gas emissions in direct injection diesel engines by exhaust gas recirculation. Just why ElringKlinger took the decision to diversify is explained by Eifler.
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   Currently its business is split 50/50 between these two activities, a ratio that Eifler expects to change as the company's reputation and its portfolio of testing services grows. Another possible change Eifler envisages is in the balance between work for manufacturers and supplier organizations. "The car manufacturers are delegating more and more testing work to their suppliers which means that our customers include both the manufacturers and supplier companies. As a result we have an expanding market for engine development and testing."
   
   Although still in its formative year, Eifler has ambitious plans for the company's future direction.