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Hero Opens Tech Center In Germany

  • New tech centre located in Stephanskirchen, on the outskirts of Munich.
  • It will focus on vehicle concepts and future tech.
  • Will be the hub for the company’s motorsport ventures.

Hero Tech Center Germany
The world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer, Hero MotoCorp, has announced that it has set up a new research centre in Stephanskirchen, on the outskirts of Munich, Germany. Called the Hero Tech Center Germany GmbH, the new centre will work closely with the company’s global R&D hub, the Center of Innovation and Technology (CIT), in Jaipur.
Hero Tech Center Germany
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It is no coincidence that Hero chose Germany as its European hub as Hero’s chief technical officer, Dr Markus Braunsperger, was a key personnel at BMW Motorrad before he moved to the Indian outfit. Thus, he would have played an instrumental role in setting up the facility. An added advantage that the new tech center offers is that it can double up as a home for the company’s motorsport division, Hero MotoSports Team Rally. The team was formed in collaboration with Speedbrain, a racing unit in Germany who were responsible for BMW Motorrad’s Dakar initiative in the 1990s. It was in fact there where Markus and Wolfgang Fischer, Speedbrain’s top boss, met. The two joined forces once again to form the Indian rallying team, which in its short span of three years has finished in the top 10 of Dakar twice and narrowly missed out on the other.
Hero Tech Center Germany
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Apart from motorsport activities, this center will also work closely with CIT, Jaipur to work on future Hero models. We have already seen several concepts such as the Xpulse 200T Concepts, the Hastur and the HX250R from Hero. Hopefully, with this development, these concepts will turn into production-spec models soon enough.
Here’s what the company’s official statement says:

HERO MOTOCORP SETS UP TECH CENTER IN GERMANY

 

STRENGTHENS ITS GLOBAL R&D ECO-SYSTEM

 

Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, today announced setting-up of its first Research and Development (R&D) Center at a global location - the Hero Tech Center Germany GmbH.

 

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Hero MotoCorp Limited - the new Center of technology - located at Stephanskirchen near Munich in Germany - will operate in tandem with Hero’s Global R&D hub, the Center of Innovation and Technology (CIT) in Jaipur, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.

 

Dr. Pawan Munjal, Chairman, Hero MotoCorp said, “Setting up of the Hero Tech Center Germany GmbH is a realization of our aspiration to build an R&D eco-system that is spread across global geographies. Ever since Hero began its solo journey in 2011, we have had a clear and focused plan to enhance and strengthen our technological know-how and product development capabilities. We set up the Center of Innovation and Technology (CIT) in Jaipur in 2016 and since then, this facility has been designing and developing a range of new mobility solutions for customers across the globe. 

 

“The Hero Tech Center in Germany will be a source of modern technologies with a focus on the global customer base, thereby further strengthening our R&D capabilities. The Tech Center will also enable us to easily tap into the huge pool of resources readily available across Europe and merge them with our ongoing operations at the CIT.”

 

Hero MotoCorp already has an efficient technology eco-system where it engages with top global design and technology houses from across the world, including Italy, Spain and Thailand.

 

To begin with, the Hero Tech Center Germany GmbH – which will be under the direct supervision of Dr. Markus Braunsperger, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Hero MotoCorp - will focus on development of new vehicle concepts and future technologies in close cooperation with the teams at CIT in Jaipur. It will also be the epicenter for Hero’s motorsport team - the Hero MotoSports Team Rally that has put India on the global map of motorsports in a short span of time - and will facilitate all rally participation activities, including new product development for the Team.



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