Yearbook 2013/2014 - ehedg

European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group
News from the Secretariat
Susanne Flenner, EHEDG Secretariat, susanne.flenner@ehedg.org
Apart from these virtual options, the EHEDG network is
real and we continue to bring the experts together in our
Subgroups to help them learn from each other. All who have
ever attended an EHEDG seminar, workshop or congress
will not only have experienced the high quality of lectures
but also the ‘EHEDG spirit’ of those who are enthusiastic in
disseminating our expertise.
In our meetings and events, you will find an open atmosphere
far away from competition. We are not only enhancing the
expert dialogue and dissemination of specific Hygienic
Design knowledge but are also streamlining our activities
and knowledge exchange with other organisations such as
our strong counterpart 3-ASSI Standards Inc. in the USA.
Having experienced a strong growth in membership and an
increasing awareness of the EHEDG for its highly recognised
expertise in the past years, this is to express our sincere
thanks to all those who are involved in our activities today –
whether on the part of our Subgroups, our Regional Sections
or our members at large who support the EHEDG work.
While global economic growth seems to be stagnating,
at EHEDG we are continuing to expand and build our
wolrdwide network in Hygienic Engineering & Design. This
continuous development is certainly seen as a success
story.
On the part of the Secretariat, we are aiming to provide
service excellence and although our organisation is lean, it is
highly efficient and we can make our experts share the knowhow
they wish to have accessible – without overloading them
with information they don’t need. A major part of the EHEDG
knowledge is available from our website with its huge data
base where additional member information is available and
where the EHEDG Subgroups build up and share their
working files.
By providing individual access rights to the different
database sections, we can help our members find exactly
what they need and want to know. The webpage is going to
be continuously built-up by additional features and add-ons
like i.e. an extended certificate database offering uploading
options to company members for their pictures and the
product information of their EHEDG-certified components.
Meanwhile, the webpage is available in 15 languages thanks
to having been translated by our regional experts. We
welcome about 8,000 visitors on the web monthly and our
Newsletter is sent out 6 times a year to keep our members
up-to-date on the most important recent and upcoming
EHEDG activities.
World-wide education in Hygienic Engineering & Design
is our credo which is well reflected by the many Regional
Sections established to date and those which are going to be
established in the future – all of them aiming to disseminate
the EHEDG know-how in their countries.
Our members do not only recognise hygienic design as a
knowledge advancement, but we help them to find design
solutions which save both cost and time by ensuring high
food safety at the same time.
About 400 EHEDG certificates issued by our accredited
testing and certification institutes to date speak their own
language. EHEDG certification is sought by many companies
as a proof of their capability in building easy to clean and
maintain equipment and machinery. The EHEDG helps
these companies to become leaders in hygienic design and
- hand in hand with our members from the food industry and
from academia - this know-how is continuously developed.
If you are not a member of the EHEDG network already, we
herewith invite you on board. Thanks again to all members for
their commitment and welcome to those who are convinced
of the benefits of joining the EHEDG after reading this book.
Contact:
Susanne Flenner
Head Office Manager
EHEDG Secretariat
Lyoner Str. 18
60528 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Phone: +49 69 6603-1217
Fax: +49 69 6603-2217
E-mail: secretariat@ehedg.org
susanne.flenner@ehedg.org
Web: www.ehedg.org