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SUSANNE SCHLEGEL, NOTHELFER
Innovation. Processes
Intelligent modular doors
Even technologies that have been in use for many years and seem to have been exploited to
the full often still hold unsuspected potential for innovation. Tapping that potential requires
reexamining conventional knowledge and combining it with new capabilities, in this case in the
areas of processing equipment and materials.
Susanne Schlegel, managing director of Group subsidiary Nothelfer, talks with Alfred Lösch,
development engineer at Nothelfer, about an innovative process developed by the company
that redefines the production and assembly of car doors.
“Auto manufacturers constantly demand process
simplification from their system partners.”
ALFRED LÖSCH, NOTHELFER
“Another requirement is for weight
reduction with unchanged or improved
functionality.”
SUSANNE SCHLEGEL, NOTHELFER
“For us the question was how to build car
doors in a completely different way.”
ALFRED LÖSCH, NOTHELFER
“This concept offers cost savings
in production and is also easier to
repair.”