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Customer application 7 October 2020

Round-the-Clock Consistent Brightness Levels

To ensure optimal lighting for its workers in all production areas, the automotive supplier GETRAG FORD Transmission GmbH in Cologne has replaced their fluorescent tubes with modern, energy-efficient LEDs. WAGO Lighting Management ensures consistent brightness levels around the clock.

Good lighting has large effects on productivity, because humans remain highly responsive to visual information. It also creates a comfortable, motivating work atmosphere. Lighting studies show that people are more productive and work with greater concentration under optimal visual conditions. The work quality increases and the error rates drop. Another aspect in industrial production, which should not be overlooked, is that good lighting positively influences worker well-being, and thus their health. This topic is so important that the technical regulations for workplaces include detailed requirements for lighting systems.

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Modernization of Transmission Manufacturing

Die GETRAG FORD Transmissions invests regularly in improvements to production quality. Therefore, the company decided to completely rehabilitate their Cologne facility. New equipment, new floors, fresh paint on the walls and ceiling create bright, comfortable working conditions. And the newly installed lighting system lets the hall shine. Transmissions for different vehicles made by Ford, Volvo, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz are produced in the freshly renovated building.

GETRAG FORD Transmissions is a product division of Magna Powertrain, a Magna International subsidiary. Under the auspices of Magna, the company develops and produces drivetrain solutions for the automotive sector. Since its founding in 1935, the company has developed from a family-owned enterprise in Swabia to an automotive vendor with global reach. Their broad product portfolio includes manual transmissions, double-clutch and hybrid transmission designs for passenger and commercial vehicles. In order to satisfy specific customer requests, from concept up to series production, the company employs more than 16,300 workers in development and production on three continents.