250,000th Allison Transmission from Hungary
Allison Transmission’s plant in Hungary has recently broken new ground by finishing its 250,000th automatic transmission. The product, which marked this achievement, is the 4000 Series Torqmatic assembled at this facility at the commission of the Belgian company Van Hool, specialized in production of buses, trolleybuses, and trailers.
The Van Hool officials congratulated Allison on
this impressive success and pointed out the particular importance of Allison
products for his company. For four years, Van Hool buses (coaches) have been
supplied with Allison gear shifting solutions and the number of
Allison-equipped buses continues to increase. The bus drivers are extremely
satisfied with operational characteristics of Allison units, which ensure
comfortable driving and low-maintenance.
To mark the event, many workers came together
to honor their tremendous milestone reached after almost two decades of assembling
gear shifting units in Hungary. Peter Rezsnyak, the head of the manufacturing
facility in Hungary expressed great pride of this achievement and of the people
who every day contributed to this impressive number by their dedicated work.
Apart from North America, Allison has plants only
in India and in Hungary. The facility in Hungary provides 3000 and 4000 Series
of Allison solutions to be delivered to OEMs all over the world. The facility,
which opened 19 years ago, then part of GM, moved to its current well-equipped
place in 2011. Firstly, the facility was mainly focused on the assembly of 3000
Series units, which was later complemented with 4000 units. At the new
facility, the company had sufficient infrastructure for the “customization center”
– where experts prepare gearboxes for the practical usage.
All workers at the Hungarian facility are
sufficiently trained to comply with the highest standards of Allison to provide
European customers with top-quality products.
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Allison’s ACE center
Moreover, seven years ago, a special ACE center was opened in Hungary. This initiative allows all interested parties to become familiar with the company and its products with their own eyes. At ACE different vehicles equipped with Allison units can be driven and demonstrated, allowing customers to estimate performance capacities of these efficient transmissions.
