JOST wins the I-nnovation Awards 2023 with its future-oriented KKS System
At the Solutrans, the biennal trade fair for haulage and urban transport professionals taking place in Lyon, the French Bodywork Federation (FFC) honors the industry’s dynamism and vitality with the I-nnovation Awards. The award reflects the innovative projects from bodybuilders, equipment suppliers or providers of digital solutions, whose goal is to drive change in the sector. The awards ceremony on 21 November revealed: JOST wins the I-nnovation Awards 2023 (Gold) with its future-oriented KKS System in the Equipment Suppliers category. The KKS is a remote-control trailer hitching solution that automates the entire coupling and uncoupling process, including air, electrics, and brakes.
JOST’s KKS combines efficiency, comfort, and safety on the road and for the drivers. It enables them to couple and uncouple semi-trailers via remote control without leaving the driver’s cabin, automatically, safely and quickly. The driver is guided through the entire coupling process, with sensor technology providing live information on the KKS remote control throughout every step of the process. For example, the support plate sensor indicates that the trailer plate is touching, and the position of the king pin is also monitored by sensors. Climbing out of the cabin to manually open the fifth wheel, cranking down the landing gear and manually connecting the spiral cable, air and brake connections are all a thing of the past. With 50 per cent less time for the trailer change over, effectively halving costs per journey leg and truck, the KKS radically reduces the risk of accidents while also reducing the physically demanding aspects of coupling.
Receiving the I-nnovation Awards 2023 is a symbol for the collaboration and confidence of the JOST customers, teams, and partners in the company’s innovative products. Together, we are preparing the future of transports.
“We are proud and honored to receive this award from the French Bodywork Federation”, states Frédéric Ménestrot, Managing Director JOST France.
Visitors of the Solutrans trade fair can learn more about the KKS system until 25 November in Hall 3, stand A011, or experience live demonstrations on the outdoor area.
More information about the KKS: https://kks-futurenow.com/
About JOST:
JOST is a world-leading producer and supplier of safety-critical systems for the commercial vehicle industry. Under the umbrella brand of JOST, the comprehensive range of products is broken down into systems for the transport as well as agriculture and construction industries:
The JOST brand includes fifth wheel couplings, landing gears, ball bearing turntables, king pins and container locks as well as components for alternating systems. Truck and trailer axles are also sold under the JOST brand. The tradition-steeped ROCKINGER brand comprises the core components of towing hitches, drawbar eyes and drawbars for transporters and trucks. TRIDEC offers steering systems and axle suspensions for trailers.
Products of the ROCKINGER brand are also used in agricultural applications and equip agricultural vehicles from hitches to three-point linkages.
The Quicke brand specialises in agricultural front loaders and equipment. This additionally includes products for the mining, construction and forestry machinery industries.
JOST currently employs over 4,500 staff worldwide and has sales and production sites in over 25 countries and on six continents. JOST has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Further information on JOST can be found here: www.jost-world.com