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  IN THIS ISSUE
  Ground Vehicle Testing
  No. 14/ April 2009

» Lead Story

Streamlining Damper Development

» Materials Feature

Improve cost-efficiency with proactive test system maintenance

» Product Feature

MTS solutions win two prestigious industry awards

Streamlining Damper Development

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MTS helps ZF Sachs optimize its global vehicle component testing efficiency.
  While ZF Sachs Automotive of America was already running a highly efficient operation, the company’s lab management sought to further streamline damper testing at its main North American R&D facility in Northville, Michigan, as well as at other damper testing facilities around the world. Specifically, the company wanted its test results to be highly consistent across all these test labs, and it wanted to reduce unscheduled downtime to as close to zero as possible.

Jeff Freed, Testing Lab Manager at the ZF Sachs Northville facility, discusses how MTS helped his company optimize the consistency and productivity of its global damper testing operations, making it possible to develop premium-quality components in less time and at a lower cost.

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Materials Testing Feature
MTS Routine Maintenance (RM) provides an affordable, proactive approach to keeping your test system operating at peak efficiency. You’ll get quality, recommended maintenance, scheduled at the right intervals, to maximize your uptime and productivity.

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Product Feature



Two MTS vehicle testing solutions recently received “Best of 2008” awards, with both awards recognizing the year’s top advances in vehicle development technology.
 
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