Hoyer develops training container for US market

Hoyer is expanding its container training offering to the North American market follow successful implementation of the concept in Europe. A training container unit developed specifically for the United States is complete and on its way to the country, the company reported.

The Euro concept, consisting of a modified tank container and corresponding chassis, has proven to be an effective tool for knowledge transfer since its introduction, Hoyer said. The idea originated in 2013, when the company set out to present technical aspects of tank containers in a more vivid and practical way for employees, customers, and users. Since then, the concept has become an integral part of training programs, including those for public institutions such as fire departments and police forces, as well as customer events and trade fairs.

“With the new training units for the United States, we consistently continue our international training activities,” Hoyer Group CEO Björn Schniederkötter said in a news release. “Our goal is to make our technical expertise available wherever our customers and employees need it. The concept supports them in handling tank containers even more safely and efficiently.”

Since the launch of the first Hoyer training container, the educational concept has set standards throughout Europe. What originally began as a practical solution—using individual components to clearly explain application errors and typical misuse—has evolved into a new mobile training approach that was honored with the “Dangerous Goods Award” in 2017, Hoyer shared. The training container enables realistic and safe demonstrations of technical processes and clearly illustrates complex procedures with “great success.” From industrial companies to emergency services, authorities, and military organizations, a wide variety of institutions across Europe rely on Hoyer’s training modules.

For use in the United States, however, Hoyer did not aim to simply replicate the European equipment. Due to significantly different regulatory and technical requirements in the U.S. market, the company opted for a complete redesign. The experience gained from European operations, especially the expertise of long-standing employees, played a key role in shaping the new concept.

“A direct transfer of the European equipment to the U.S. market would not have been technically or regulatorily viable,” said Niels Merettig, Hoyer senior manager for engineering equipment. “That’s why we developed an independent training concept that meets U.S.-specific requirements while also reflecting the multimodal application possibilities of our tank containers.”

The result is a unique training setup tailored to the needs of the U.S. market:

• A specially engineered tank container, primarily serving as a demonstration object
• An additional purpose‑built box container, designed exclusively for training use

Together, these elements form a training module that is unique in its design, Hoyer concluded.

“The initial feedback from our customers and partners in the U.S. confirms that we are on the right track with this new training approach,” said Christian Berlin, Hoyer Group executive director of operations. “The show container and the training box are important building blocks to expand our service and training offering in North America and to provide a comprehensive training concept with standardized modules in the future.”