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Contents of the Presentation
1. ABI in General
2. Group Structure
3. International Presence
4. Products
5. Engineering
6. Quality
7. Market Fields
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American BOA Incorporated
Two Factories in Cumming
Automotive and Industrial Manufacturing Facilities
Total Production Space: 220,000 sq. Ft.
Employees: ~320
Shifts: 3+
Marketplace: Global
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BOA Group of Companies
The BOA Group is a globally active provider of innovative product and problem
solutions for the automobile and a wide range of industrial applications.
We want to develop creative, customized solutions, which ensure the
added value and highest quality for our customers.
Group Sales 2008: ~ 220 million Euro / US $ $340 million
Group Employees: > 1,100
BOA group is held by the leading “private equity” group in Germany for
medium sized companies- “Odewald Compagnie”
Total Equity under management: 500 million Euro / US$780 million
Company focus: Positioned with successful, well managed companies with
ability to improve and increase market leading position.
Investment strategy: Long term partnership with target to strengthen
portfolio companies on a durable basis.
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International Presence
BOA NL /
NL - Tillburg
BOA Polska
Famas / PL - Lodz
BOA Metallschlauch /
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D - Quedlinburg
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Tubest / 
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F – Fère-en-Tardenois
American BOA /   BOA China /
USA – Cumming (GA) CH - Shanghai
SFZ / F - Chassieu
BOA BKT / D - Stutensee
Dinatecnica / BOA AG / CH - Rothenburg
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BR – Embu
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Dinatecnica / BOA Automotive /
AR – Buenos Aires SA – Port Elizabeth
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Key Product Portfolio
Automotive Products:
Decoupler/Hose
Industrial Products:
Metal Hoses Expansion Joints Metal Belows
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Flexible Elements in Stainless Steel
Typical product attributes Product specifications
• Compensation of stresses Wall thickness: 0.06mm – 10*0.5mm
• Compensation of relative movement Pressure rate:FV – 240 bar
• Compensation of misalignment tolerances Bellows
Temperature: -60° – 950° Celsius
• Compensation of changes in temperature
Frequencies: 0 – 7 KHz
• Compensation of vibration
Lifetime: 108 – 109 Cycles
• Compensation of noise
Medium: Gases/Liquids/
Steam/Chemicals
Expansion
Joints
Hoses
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Service offering alongside the
process chain
Engineering
and design Simulation Validation Production
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Engineering
What we offer:
 flexible stainless steel components for engine
management systems, exhaust systems and
auxiliary components for motor vehicles
 highly leak tight and flexible metal bellows for
use in energy technology and in the construction
of plants, railway vehicles, in shipbuilding as
well as aerospace
 standardized products and custom engineered
projects developed in line with individual
customer needs
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Engineering
How we work:
 full range of modern design tools:
CAD/CAM and FE calculation programs,
computer simulations, simultaneous
engineering, rapid prototyping and
loading and durability test-beds
 ensuring the highest product quality and outstanding
durability
 handling challenging problems by delivering competitive
products
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Quality and Standards
Ensuring first class quality in engineering, product realization
process and service!
Our awards and certifications:
 ISO/TS 16949
 ISO 9001
 ISO 14001
 Ford Q1
 ASME Code U and R
 CE Marking to PED97/23/EC
 AD Merkblatt – HPO
 AS 9000
 EJMA
 Etc.
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Customer- and Market-Driven
Business Organization
BOA Group
Markets Automotive Industrial
Decouplers, Metal Expansion
Products Metal hoses
exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) bellows joints
Fuel cells,
Exhaust Side Refineries, Vibration
Exhaust vacuum
Market Segments gas component energy absorbers,
systems switches,
recirculation s distribution Gazinox
valves
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Products - Markets
1. Automotive
2. Heavy Truck / Off Highway
3. Bellows
4. Expansion Joints
5. Metal Hose
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Automotive Division
Automotive Exhaust Systems
Self supporting device: 1,2 million parts p.a.
Flexible hoses: 2,1 million parts p.a.
Diameter range: 45 – 90 mm
Materials: Stainless Steels
304, 316L, 316ti, 309,
Other nickel alloys
Important vehicle applications:
VW Golf, Touareg, Passat Buick Regal, Century, Rendezvous GMT 900 Platform GMC
Volvo S60, V70, S8 Chevrolet Malibu, Silverado, Tahoe etc. Cadillac Escalade, Hummer
Opel Astra, Vectra Chrysler 300M, Magnum,Cruiser, Stratus, BMW Mini
PSA C5, X6, 407 Neon
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Automotive Division
Product Samples
Decouplers Special Applications
Hoses
Typical Volume per Part: 10,000 – 1,000,000
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Components for the
exhaust system
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Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)
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Turbo Oil Drain Line
Product: :
Turbo charger oil drain pipe for 11 liter engine EU3/EU4
produced by BOA Group (TUBEST plant)
Volume : 20.000 pcs. p.a.
EGR
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Mini bellows automotive
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Truck Installation
RLDA potential new design
RLDA mesh
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Mercedes Truck
Product:
Gastight & soft corrugated hose Type MSA DN80 with mesh
(based on passenger car technology)
Volume: 25.000 pcs. p.a.
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Gastight corrugated bellows with mesh
Construction Equipment
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23. Industrial Customer Base
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Primary sales base consist of over 700
customers
Top customers are Fortune 500
companies
Northrop-Grumman
Ship Systems
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Industrial Product – Market – Technology Diversity
Locomotives Industrial Gases
Ship Systems
Medical Systems
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Industrial Product / Market Mix
Market Product Families and Strategic Market Segments
MPF-2 MPF-3 MPF-4 MPF-5
Product Bellows Expansion Metal Hoses Other
Families Joints
Product Mix
Fuel Cells Fuel Cells Bulk Distribution Energy
Strategic Energy Industrial Gases Gas Turbines Hearth / chimney
Distribution Heavy Engines Industrial Gases Special
Market Fabrications
Gas Turbines Oil & Gas Dist. Medical Systems
Segment
Armatures Chemical Vacuum Systems
Focus Vacuum Systems Power Stations Cooling
Ship Building Aggregates
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MF 2: Energy Industry
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Fuel Cells
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HVAC Applications
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Gas Production
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Gas Turbines
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Electro-Technique
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MF 3: Industrial Applications
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Large Bore & Heavy Engine Products
Manifold assembly, air Inlet
and elbow expansion
joints: over 1000 a year.
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Products for Diesel Engines
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FSG Products for SOLAR
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Vacuum Technology
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MF 4: Technical Construction
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Steel Production
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Power Stations
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Gas Tankers
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Military & Commercial Vessels
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