Austrian Team Impact stood as winners after the finals of VISTA 2009 on June 11th. Out of 3 455 teams from 70 countries 28 remained in the finals that took place in Volvo Trucks Training Centre in Göteborg, Sweden. In a tough field the Austrians impressed with both their practical and theoretical skills and claimed the title as winners of VISTA 2009.
Months
of preparation and weeks of waiting were finally over when 28 teams
from 26 countries met up in the final of the worlds biggest competition
for workshop personnel. A true trial of strength took place during the
day, and in the end Austria stood as winners.
"It feels completely
amazing to win this prestigious event, and when Staffan Jufors, the CEO
of Volvo Trucks called out our names as winner we thought it surely
must have been a mistake", says Austrian team captain, Michael Marck.
VISTA
2009 started in September 2008 with the first of three theoretical
rounds of competition, where over 13 500 competitors in 3 455 teams
from 70 countries competed in theoretical problem solving. After two
more rounds and eleven semifinals 28 teams went for the title in the
world final in Göteborg.
"The finalists all belong to the best
workshop personnel in the world and it really showed in the final. And
I think everyone who was there could feel the concentration and the
excitement in the air today", says Johanna Lundberg, executive project
manager for VISTA.
Staffan Jufors, president and CEO of Volvo
Trucks handed out the trophy to the winning team, and was impressed by
this years starting field.
"When I visited the competition today I
was amazed by the enthusiasm, the totally focused dedication and the
teamwork. All 28 teams here today are worthy winners of the VISTA
championship 2009," he says.
"VISTA isn't just a competition and an education for our workshop personnel. It is also a great way to develop competence within Volvo Trucks. The competition corresponds to hundreds of thousands of hours of training and can hopefully inspire the entire service organisation in the search of excellence."
The proud winners of Team Impact had no doubts about the decisive factor that put them over the top to win VISTA 2009.
"We
have been working hard for this, and prepared all the way up until the
finals. We also learned a lot during the competition and we look
forward to defending the title here in Gothenburg again in 2011."
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