Small box – big effect

ERICH JAEGER develops cost-saving front distribution box for trailers and semi-trailers

(Friedberg, December 2008). When driving a truck-trailer combination, it is crucial that all electrical signals are reliably transmitted from towing vehicle to trailer or semi-trailer; otherwise, a problem-free handling of truck and trailer cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, it is important to employ connectors of high quality: Components which are installed at the exterior of any commercial vehicle have to bear high strain everyday because they are often exposed to dirt or weather influences. At the same time, however, most forwarding agencies or truck manufacturers have to have a sharp eye on the costs as they have to struggle with high prices for oil and other resources.
The demand for high quality combined with relatively low prices is satisfied by the new front distribution box „ERICH JAEGER“ developed by the Erich Jaeger GmbH + Co. KG. The box for 24 V-applications is installed directly at the trailer and is suitable for connecting all common connector types as well as for distributing all functions at the interface between trailer/semi-trailer and truck. The connections conform to the standards ISO 12098, N ISO 1185, and S ISO 3731. So all functions can be covered despite a comparably compact design. The greatest advantage of the box is the possibility of an individual configuration and wiring. Thus, the user can spare unnecessary copper wires in the rear area. The wiring is limited to the actual demand thereby reducing material costs without a loss of quality.

The company
Erich Jaeger GmbH + Co. KG was founded in 1927 in Bad Homburg, Germany, and is part of the AdCapital AG, Stuttgart, since 1998. More than 600 employees world-wide work, in close co-operation with the customers in the automobile industry, on innovative solutions in the areas of wiring, plug-in connections, electrics/electronics and trailer couplings up to series production. In addition to the headquarters in Friedberg, Jaeger maintains a location in the Czech Republic and one in China as well as sales offices in France, Italy, Sweden and Poland. The annual turnover amounts to approx. 32 Mill. Euros.

Erich Jaeger GmbH + Co. KG
Straßheimer Str. 10
61169 Friedberg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6031/794-0
Fax: +49 (0) 06031/ 794-100
E-Mail: info@erich-jaeger.de
www.erich-jaeger.com

Contact:
Ralf kleine Brörmann, Holger Wagner
Marketing/Communications International
Tel.: +49 (0) 6031 / 794-276 or -266
Fax: +49 (0) 6031 / 794-275
E-mail: broermann@erich-jaeger.de, holger.wagner@erich-jaeger.de

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