auditorium - DEKRA Certification

COMPANY NEWSNew office in the capitalfor DEKRA IndustrialSeminars onBetrSichVCeremonial opening:Prof. Gerhard Zeidler, Chairman of the SupervisoryBoard of DEKRA AG, personally congratulated theBerlin Industrial team on their new shared offices.A successful example of unification:for several months now all of thefour companies which make up theDEKRA Industrial business unithave been present under one roof intheir new, shared Berlin office. Forthe staff in the building this meansthey are closer to colleagues, forlocal clients it means quicker, moredirect access to DEKRA’s entirespectrum of technical inspectionsand certification services. On11 November 2003 the new officeswere opened with a ceremony.How can you deal with a hazard assessmentof appliances and machineryrequiring surveillance? What needs tobe taken into consideration to ensureprotection against explosions at work?These and other questions will be answeredin a new seminar about IndustrialSafety Regulations in Germany(BetrSichV), which DEKRA IndustrialServices Testing & Inspection is offeringtogether with UB Media AG. Thetrainers will be giving valuable tips forentrepreneurs, managers, occupationalsafety specialists, technical directors, andrepresentatives of works councils andstaff councils. For further informationplease send in your reply sheet.EMAS at Mercedes-Benz“No company that wants to competeglobally can hope to succeed nowadayswithout guaranteeing high environmentalquality.“ With these words the BavarianMinister of the Environment, Dr. WernerSchnappauf, (picture, 4th from left)presented the Eco Management andAudit Scheme (EMAS) certificate to theMercedes-Benz branch in Würzburg/Schweinfurt. This means that withDEKRA Umwelt’s assistance 43 branchesacross Germany and the Berlin headquartersof DaimlerChrysler Sales &Distribution Germany (DCVD) havebeen able to be entered in the Chamberof Commerce’s EMAS register.Dates:16.03.2004 Leipzig (D)05.05.2004 Weinheim (D)27.09.2004 Essen (D)23.11.2004 Hamburg (D)Expansion in HamburgSo as to be able to better meet the needsof local clients, the Hamburg DEKRAUmwelt team under the managementof Dietmar Buntin has moved to a new,bigger office. The address is:DEKRA Umwelt GmbHStandort HamburgKieler Straße 99D-22769 HamburgTel. +49.40.513296-60Fax +49.40.513296-88ITS becomes IntertekIntertek Testing Services plc (ITS), theassociate company whose name makesup the second part of DEKRA-ITSCertification Services GmbH, hasdropped the abbreviation “ITS” by theend of 2003 and will be operating fromnow on under the name IntertekGroup plc. Consequently, it is notimpossible that this year will seeanother change in name fromDEKRA-ITS to DEKRA-Intertek.