Production of CNG vehicle refuelling appliances is a project in which MOTOR JIKOV Strojírenská invests a lot of energy. The interest of drivers in alternative fuels is growing enormously.
Compressed natural gas is one of the most economic and ecological options ever.
Our domestic vehicle refuelling appliance COMPACT MJ 05 was awarded the E.ON Energy Globe Award ČR 2011.
MOTOR JIKOV Strojírenská has been successful in production of MJ Compact 05, which won the prestigious E.ON Energy Globe Award ČR 2011 in the Air category. The appliance has all assumptions to become one of the technological pillars enabling domestic and internal company filling of vehicles locally as well as in other European countries.
A team of technicians from five European countries met in the Prátr training centre in Třeboň in mid-September within the First International Service Workshop for MJ Compact 05 vehicle refuelling appliance technicians. The target of the four-day workshop was to exchange the maximum of information regarding technical aspects of design, use and service of this top refuelling appliance. Besides Czech participants the international team consisted of experts from Greece, the Netherlands, Hungary and Austria.
International Team in Action
The Greek partners in the project are representatives of a family business that has been dealing with the sale of passenger cars and conversion of vehicles to LPG for a long time: Mr. George Maroulis and Mr. Panos Karvounis. Based on broad experience in LPG sale in Greece they contacted MOTOR JIKOV Strojírenská, which they view as a strong player with a wide background, potential and engineering tradition.
“The Greek government is preparing many incentives to support ecological fuels. Therefore we can see opportunities in creating a sale network throughout Greece. We are pleased that our partner in distribution of refuelling appliances will be MOTOR JIKOV Strojírenská,“ said Panos Karvounis.
Other members of the team include representatives from Hungary, Mr. Zoltán Kovacs and Áron Galambosi. Their company is an exclusive seller of CNG technologies in Hungary. Cooperation with this CNG specialist has been going on for two and a half years. Zoltán Kovacs is an electrical engineer and thus shares precious practical experience with the team and his observations are considered also in construction of the appliances.
“There are only three public CNG filling stations in Hungary. The potential for development is enormous,“ said Zoltán Kovacs, which appreciates not only the design but many interesting technical solutions of Compact MJ 05.
Joseph van As, project manager and CNG specialist, represents an important company from Holland. It is a strong and stable company dealing with the construction and technologies of standard vehicle refuelling appliances.
Its target is to extend its portfolio by building CNG appliances for all Benelux countries, where especially Belgium offers gpotential. The company lays stress on innovative technical solutions. Therefore it chose MOTOR JIKOV Strojírenská as a partner last year. Negotiations are under way regarding a gradual implementation of a comprehensive CNG range.
Another member of the foreign team is a company from Linz represented by Mr. Klaus Grabner.
Partners appreciate the high technical level of the vehicle refuelling appliance
“During the four-day business meeting we managed to answer many questions thanks to cooperation with such a wide international team,“ Jan Kocourek from MOTOR JIKOV Strojírenská evaluates the workshop. “Our technicians together with the foreign partners disassembled the CNG vehicle refuelling appliance piece by piece and we were pleased to hear words of praise about the result of work of our designers and technicians,“ added Jan Kocourek, who represents the Czech part of the international team together with technician Lukáš Vosecký.
