Annual Report 2008 - Siempelkamp

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82 Employees Our personnel development is keeping pace with the positive development of our three business units: We have adjusted our teams to the increased workload in our machinery and plants, Foundry and Nuclear Technology business units. On December 31, 2008, the number of employees totaled 2,635. In addition, we were employing 110 trainees. Compared to last year, we have increased our staff level by 244 employees, the number of trainees rose from 97 in 2007 to 110 in 2008. This corresponds to a 10% increase in total staff. Increasing menpower The increased number of employees in our machinery and plants business unit reflects the very pleasing higher order backlog: After we had already increased our workforce by 107 employees in 2007, we hired 104 additional people in 2008. The total number of employees now amounts to 1,614. Furthermore, we employed 63 trainees. This increase in personnel is partly made up of 32 new employees for our machine factory. We also increased our teams in our branch offices worldwide from 197 in 2007 to 285 in 2008. This growth corresponds with our strategy to promptly provide customers with immediate support in their markets. Since 2008 a new team in Brazil has been providing support in the areas of service installations and customer service. Furthermore, we have established two new subsidiaries responsible for the area of service in Barcelona, Spain, and Moscow, Russia. By expanding and newly structuring our working environments, our equipment in Krefeld is also keeping pace. During our 125-year anniversary in the summer of 2008 we inaugurated a new shop in which two machine tools for large components started operation: The Heyligenstaedt turning lathe and the gantry-type portal milling machine are designed to machine large components such as press tables or housings for the diesel engines of ships. These machines open up attractive machining potentials for Siempelkamp so that contract manufacture can be expanded as a strategic objective of the company. Not only the working environment but also the organization has to be right in order to optimize processes. Therefore, we have combined the essential resources for the production of our products including frames, hotplatens, and cylinders. These units were put under a uniform management. The new production unit managers replaced the foremen which were part of the production activities. This new structure causes processes to be improved and throughput times optimized. In order to put the high order level in correlation to the work force, the Siempelkamp Foundry has also increased its staff: The number of employees increased from 446 in 2007 to 506 in 2008. In the same period the number of trainees grew from 24 to 26. On August 1, 2008 the Siempelkamp Giesserei Service GmbH was established. On that day a total of 187 employees changed over from the Siempelkamp Giesserei GmbH (Foundry) to the new company. Our Nuclear Technology business unit increased their staff from 430 employees in 2007 to 510 employees in 2008. At the same time the number of trainees increased from 14 to 21. 61 employees were added to this business unit as a result of the takeover of the E & W Anlagenbau GmbH. The total work force of the Holding remained at 5 in 2008. A new salary agreement On January 1, 2008 we introduced a new salary agreement to those business areas of the Siempelkamp Group that are tied to labor agreements. All jobs were described and, in agree - ment with the worker’s council, grouped into different pay grades. Since the beginning of 2008 each of these jobs that is now part of a pay group has an exact description outlining job tasks. At the end of 2008 the first performance evaluation under the new salary agreement was conducted. In correlation to the evaluation, employees received a one-time incentive bonus amounting to 10% of their salary. We will focus on letting our personnel grow with their tasks and assist them with individual personnel development because we believe that employees can do anything if you give them tools, but above all, if you believe in them. This also goes for our trainees: 110 trainees in all business areas are the basis for facing future challenges. “A successful mixture of practice and theory brings forward a special quality,” is our guideline.
In the area of administration we offer, in addition to the training as an industrial business management assistant, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration that can be completed together with the training. In 2008 three of our six trainees have decided to start this program of studies on top of their apprenticeship. In the scope of the cooperative engineering education the training as design draftsman can be combined with academic studies. Two of our three trainees will seize this opportunity. Best Apprenticing Company 2008 Regarding the training for industrial fields, we are also offering new choices: We have added the training as an electronic technician for automation technology. The two available apprenticeship training positions for this occupation were both filled in 2008. In 2008 we started a cross-department project by the name of ‘Mini-ContiRoll ® ’. Trainees from all departments have been working together in a virtual company with the goal to produce a true-to-scale model of the ContiRoll ® . This project included the completion of all tasks necessary for the production of a real-life ContiRoll ® from purchasing to production. The project combined the diverse occupational fields at Siempelkamp with entrepreneurial thinking to a complete product. It makes us proud that personnel development to such an extent has gained Siempelkamp the recognition of the region. The chamber of commerce and industry of the Lower Rhine region recognized Siempelkamp’s Machinery and Plants and Nuclear Technology business units each as the “Best Apprenticing Company 2008”. At the same time three Siempelkamp trainees received honors from the chamber of commerce and industry for their academic achievements. Furthermore, our instructor for cutting mechanics, who completed continuing education in the field of business management, was commended for being the best in his class. This demonstrates that the training in our company is carried out by outstandingly qualified specialists who do not lose sight of their own further development. By doing so the knowledge that is transferred between instructors and trainees remains current. Top: The opening of the new production location in Blatnice, Czech Republic Bottom: Trainees for 2008 83
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Contents 4 Foreword 5 Report of the
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Report of the Advisory Board 2008,
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Development of business The Foundry
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Top left: Open house Top right: Fun
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Machinery and Plants Business Unit
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market leader was once again undisp
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quality. In this respect especially
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the highest order backlog in compan
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ContiRoll ® Presses Lothar Sebasti
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In the Brazilian market we placed t
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Design “0” Nominal press width
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Multi-Daylight Presses Lothar Sebas
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Laminating Plants Machinery and Pla
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Metal Forming Metal forming presses
Page 31 and 32: Crimping press at Europipe, Mülhei
Page 33 and 34: esses Closed-die forging press for
Page 35 and 36: Conveyor Belt Presses Machinery and
Page 37 and 38: Double Belt Lines, Storage Systems
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Page 41 and 42: Dryers Büttner Gesellschaft für T
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Page 45 and 46: Energy Systems Siempelkamp Energy S
Page 47 and 48: Plant Engineering Sicoplan N.V., Be
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Page 51 and 52: functionality allow an integration
Page 53 and 54: Industrial Automation Machinery and
Page 55 and 56: Service Siempelkamp Maschinen- und
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Page 61 and 62: CMC Texpan For more than 25 years S
Page 63 and 64: Development of a continuous process
Page 65 and 66: Casting Technology 2008 - the year
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Page 73 and 74: Milestones The establishment of sub
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