Contact person for inquiries: Kay Otte +49 6027 509-106
UTA is the Main Sponsor of the European Truck Racing Championship
· UTA is supporting the European Championships for trucks
· The race is one of the most popular motor sport series in Europe
Kleinostheim – 22 April 2016. The UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG (UTA) is one of the main sponsors of the European Truck Racing Championship 2016. The fuel and service card provider is supporting the motor sport racing series for trucks and will be present at all nine events. The European Truck Racing Championship (ETRC) is being organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Autombile (FIA) and is one of the most popular motor sport series in Europe.
"The European Truck Championship is an extremely exciting competition for us," Kay Otte, Marketing Director of UTA, stated. "Speed, efficiency, innovation and passionate commitment: these attributes distinguish the spectacular racing series and stand for the services of our company and our employees at the same time,” Mr. Otte explained. "We have been supporting the successful Hahn racing team with the triple European champion Jochen Hahn for more than 10 years and see a logical continuation of our activities in motor sport for trucks in our renewed commitment in the ETRC."
Georg Fuchs, Managing Director of Marketing and Commercial Affairs of the European Truck Racing Association (ETRA) added: "We are very happy to have won UTA as a sponsor. UTA is a dynamic company and fits perfectly to the truck race. Both sides benefit from this partnership.”
The racing series for trucks will start on the Red Bull Ring in Austria on 30 April/1 May. Additional race sites are Italy/Misano (28/29 May), France/Nogaro (11/12 June), Germany/Nürburgring (2/3 July), Hungary/Hungaroring (27/28 August), Czech Republic/Most (3/4 September), Belgium/Zolder (17/18 September), Spain/Jarama (1/2 October) and France/Le Mans (8/9 October). Between 430,000 and 460,000 motor sport fans watched the race series on site in recent years.
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The race series sponsored by UTA starts in Austria on 30 April 2016.
About UNION TANK Eckstein
UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG (UTA) is one of the leading suppliers of fuel and service cards in Europe. Using the UTA card system, commercial customers can refuel cashless and use other services of on-the-go consumption regardless of the brand at more than 52,000 stations in 40 European countries. Among other things, these include toll collection, garage services, breakdown and towing services as well as the reimbursement of VAT and fuel oil tax. Families own a 51 percent majority of the company, which was founded by Heinrich Eckstein in 1963 (represented by the families Eckstein and van Dedem); other shareholders are Edenred SA (34 percent) and Daimler AG (15 percent). The main office is located in Kleinostheim/Main. Around 400 employees today generate turnover of approx. 2,6 billion euros a year. UTA was recently distinguished by the University of St. Gallen, the rating agency ServiceRating and the business newspaper "Handelsblatt" in the competition TOP SERVICE in Germany. www.uta.com
About FIA ETRC
The FIA European Truck Racing Championship (FIA ETRC) is the premier truck racing series in the world with the best trucks and drivers competing over nine rounds for the title. Racing on some of Europe’s most famous circuits, teams from France, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain and Portugal and many other
nations compete for the truck racing’s most prestigious crown – the FIA European Truck Racing Championship.
For 2016 the ETRC sees the beginning of a new dawn as a fresh promoter, ETRA Promotion GmbH, takes over the running of the championship in an effort to enhance the marketability of the series over the next five seasons.
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UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG, Kay Otte, Marketing Director
Heinrich-Eckstein-Strasse 1, D-63801 Kleinostheim/Main, Phone: +49 6027 509-106
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