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NEWS

Krone wins Trailer

Innovation Award 2023

Werlte, in September 2022. Krone has been awarded the Trailer Innovation Award in the “Chassis”
category for the Box Liner eLTU 50 Traction Automatic. The international jury of 15 European trade
magazines thus honoured the technology carrier, which will be presented for the first time at the IAA
Transportation.

The key feature of the innovative Box Li- Compared to the standard procedure,
ner Automatic is the automated pre-set- the new Box Liner Automatic technology
tings option. The driver can convenient- from Krone represents a quantum leap.
All of the previously required manual ac-
ly initiate the setting of the container tivities performed by the driver to adjust
chassis for the container transported by the container chassis are now a thing of
pressing a button on the remote control the past. For the driver, this not only rep-
resents reduced physical strain, but also
from the truck cab. The Krone Box Liner significant safety improvements.
eLTU 50 Automatic is the first multifun-
ctional gooseneck chassis to feature au- Trailer Innovation Award for
tomated operation at this level. It opens the Krone eTrailer
up a new dimension of user-friendliness,
combined with improved process times In the “Concept” category of Trailer Inno-
in the terminal as well as in the depot. vation 2023, the Krone eTrailer takes 2nd
place. The Krone eTrailer reduces diesel
It also saves a considerable amount of consumption and CO2 emissions of the
time for each container lift operation, tractor unit by 20 to 40 percent.
which in turn significantly lowers costs
for the operator. For the port drayage, The two award-winning innovations are
part of Krone’s overall “Mission Beyond
the efficiency is expected to increase by Zero” concept, a new generation of trai-
about ten percent. This makes it possible ler transport solutions that combine digi-
to replace six trailers with conventional talization, automation, sustainability and
electrification to significantly reduce the
container chassis with five trailers with CO2 emissions of semitrailers.
the Box Liner Automatic.

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