Dear Readers - Stappert Spezial-Stahl Handel GmbH
Dear Readers - Stappert Spezial-Stahl Handel GmbH
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A Zorn deflectometer in use in the<br />
field<br />
is easily dispirited.<br />
He viewed the crisis as an opportunity<br />
and a chance to gear the<br />
company to a new future. He<br />
broke away from many custom ers<br />
and concentrated on an almost<br />
impossible undertaking: He<br />
wanted his independent company<br />
to succeed against the West<br />
German engineering industry.<br />
The key to this was an invention<br />
which was almost pure geni-<br />
Bernd Zorn and his Works Manager Ronald Könnecke<br />
Expedition – the companions<br />
us and today is employed in 100<br />
countries worldwide: deflectometers<br />
for earth work, underground<br />
engineering and road and rail construction.<br />
Precision leads to<br />
success<br />
Deflectometers are required for<br />
dynamic plate bearing tests.<br />
These are used to determine the<br />
bearing capability and compression<br />
of soil and rock. Measurement<br />
is urgently required before,<br />
for instance, roads are constructed<br />
or buildings can be erected on a<br />
piece of land. The device is easy<br />
to operate and supplies the most<br />
precise measurement data on any<br />
construction site within a few<br />
minutes. These test devices from<br />
Zorn are extremely popular around<br />
the world, as a result of which<br />
65% of Zorn Instruments’ total<br />
sales is based on exports.<br />
“Export for me has always meant<br />
freedom,” explains Bernd Zorn,<br />
who has travelled some 300,000<br />
kilometres on his journeys round<br />
the globe, visited 140 countries<br />
and established countless contacts<br />
in the process. From Prince<br />
Hassan of Jordan, to Fidel Castro,<br />
through to Roman Herzog – Bernd<br />
Zorn has gotten to know them<br />
all in person and, with his open,<br />
straightforward manner, he filled<br />
them with enthusiasm for himself<br />
and his company.<br />
Medical engineering<br />
complements the<br />
range<br />
A second sector in which the precision<br />
of the company from<br />
Stendal is highly esteemed is<br />
medical engineering. In the last<br />
ten years the company has earned<br />
an outstanding reputation for<br />
itself in this sector and does not<br />
rest on its laurels: it is continuously<br />
enhancing its products. In particular<br />
in medical engineering the<br />
most stringent requirements apply<br />
for the cleanliness of the equipment<br />
and the materials used. Consequently<br />
Zorn Instruments relies<br />
here on products from <strong>Stappert</strong>’s<br />
“… nature of steel”, primarily<br />
on bars made from the grades<br />
1.4301, 1.4057, 1.4542 and<br />
1.4404, but sometimes also on<br />
welded and seamless pipes or<br />
hollow steel made from 1.4301<br />
and 1.4541 and angles made from<br />
1.4301.<br />
Work as a calling<br />
For Bernd Zorn his dedication<br />
to the company is more a calling<br />
than work. And he wants to continue<br />
as long as possible. He finds<br />
his role models for this in his own<br />
family, because his great grandfather<br />
worked until he was 94, his<br />
grandfather until he was 87, and<br />
his father until he was 84. But the<br />
40 or so employees also display<br />
tremendous commitment to the<br />
company. And that with success,<br />
as can be seen in the workload on<br />
the plant alone. When the company<br />
moved into its new halls in<br />
2001, nobody really knew what to<br />
do with all the space. Today full<br />
use is made of the capacity with<br />
state-of-the-art CNC machines<br />
filling every square metre. An extension<br />
is being planned.<br />
Zorn Instruments – a company<br />
with an impressive history. And<br />
living proof that quality and precision<br />
“made in Germany” enjoy<br />
great esteem worldwide.<br />
This is one of a series of company<br />
portraits to have been<br />
published in “expedition”,<br />
the customer magazine of<br />
<strong>Stappert</strong> <strong>Spezial</strong><strong>Stahl</strong> <strong>Handel</strong>.<br />
If you would like to have your<br />
company featured here,<br />
simply contact the editor.<br />
We look forward to hearing<br />
from you.<br />
High-quality stainless steel products “made in Germany”<br />
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