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Established 18 years ago, Autek Industri A/S develops and distributes
automotive test equipment to customers all over the world. The Danish
family enterprise ensures that everything in a vehicle is at a perfect
level - comfort, security, and economy. The company´s trading partners
know that they can expect from their supplier a perfect level of service
as well.
Autek Industri A/S is a modern business by any standards. Backed by its
wealth of experience in wheel alignment systems, the company focuses
on research and development, assembly, quality control, and marketing.
Production itself is exclusively carried out by subcontractors. "Our
strenght is our knowledge, not how to make pre-fabrics", says Jens
Ove Albertsen, Managing Director elaborating on his company´s philosophy.
With 14 employees and sales volume around USD 3 million, Autek is a relative
small enterprise. Nevertheless it ranks as the strongest player in the
field of wheel alignment and sales in 40 countries around the globe.
"Flexible organisation to adapt the product to each market is our
competitive strenght", stresses Jens Ove Albertsen.
"We used to be a subcontractor to the old Danish company HPA. But
after our partner was bought up by an Italian company, we decided to develop
our own products," recalls Jens Ove Albertsen. "Having the product
and market knowledge, and the know who, we didn´t find it difficult
to stand on our own feet."
Today, Autek Industri A/S offers a complete programme of wheel aligners
complemented by testing systems for brakes, suspension, and other vehicle
components. The demand for computer-controlled alignment hardware
is met with its new generation of wheel alignment equipment represented
by the OPTO-PLUS 618-DSP. Featuring digital signal processing, the innovative
system gives the optimal accuracy, fast response and maximum user comfort,
the icon of Danish Design.
Where marketing and sales are concorned, Autek Industri maintains a close
relationship to its trading partners. " Depending on the size of
the market, we work with one or two importers in each country. When selecting
an importer, we give preference to those who have a sales staff with technical
experience and a total concept to offer the end-user", explains Jens
Ove Albertsen. "This is an excellent constallation: our partners
have the knowledge of the market, and we provide the techincal education
and support required. Now that CD-ROM, video technology and the World
Wide Web have arrived on the scene, distance education is no longer a
problem."
Export sales account for 95 percent of Autek´s turnover. Looking
ahead, the vehicle specialists from Copenhagen will continue to focus
on their traditional core competence. Controlled growth, constant product
development and further consolidation of the service organisation is their
strategy for the years to come.
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