The Austrian Armed Forces are modernizing their aging vehicle fleet. Since Empl has enjoyed a successful partnership with the Austrian Armed Forces for decades, the long-established Tyrolean company is delighted to have been awarded a major contract worth over 106 million euros net.
In order to efficiently support the soldiers during their missions and to ensure their safety, Empl has developed the following solutions together with the Armed Forces many special solutions, including the swap system developed especially for the Austrian armed forces in 2005, which makes a significant contribution to increasing the efficiency of transport logistics.
As the system has proven its worth, the Federal Ministry of Defense recently ordered additional bodies from the Tyrolean family business. In total, the two orders comprise more than 800 swap bodies, more than 850 trucks equipped to accommodate these bodies and conversions of 18 existing bodies for troop maintenance. The work will be carried out between 2024 and 2027, which will ensure basic capacity utilization at Empl. https://militaeraktuell.at/bundeswehr-uebergibt-mantis-systeme-an-die-slowakei/ According to a recent Empl statement, the order from the Austrian Armed Forces “contributes significantly to long-term site security and the creation of new jobs at Empl and its suppliers in the region and throughout Austria”. With the start of the production phase, the Zillertal truck body manufacturer is planning to further expand its workforce, with initial recruitment measures already underway. “With this commission from the Austrian federal government, we see this as confirmation of our decision to continue to focus on the domestic business location and invest in the expansion of our main plant in Austria,” says Joe Empl. Over the past two years, the company has invested more than ten million euros in the expansion of the production halls in Kaltenbach and is also planning to expand the Uderns site in Zillertal with more than 1.8 million euros.
“This order from the Austrian federal government confirms our decision to continue to focus on the domestic business location and to invest in the expansion of our main plant in Austria.
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Empl-Geschäftsführer Joe Empl
As the new developments with the Austrian Armed Forces serve as a reference and source of ideas for many armies worldwide on how vehicles and superstructures can be used efficiently, Empl is optimistic in the press release that it will also be able to further expand its success on international markets thanks to this order.
“With such major contracts, the Federal Ministry of Defense not only makes a significant contribution to securing jobs and strengthening the domestic economy, but also ensures that the supply of spare parts and services is secured within Austria even in times of crisis, without being exclusively dependent on global supply chains,” Empl continued. “In addition, the long-standing wish of the Austrian economy to be directly involved in procurement in certain areas or, if this is not possible (such as for aircraft, helicopters, etc.), to be at least indirectly involved via the supply chains is being met.” Only recently Empl delivered new extinguishing containers to the army delivered. By the end of the year, the army will also receive 24 medium recovery vehicles on RMMV 42M 6×6 (most of which have already been delivered) and 35 matching Quattro 4-axle trailers, which have already been delivered in full, under a contract concluded earlier.
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