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www.ensinger-online.com Issue 1/2004 Highest sum ever paid for proposed improvement Active contribution to the company’s success [DW] When a company is prepared In this issue: Opinions and views to pay the maximum for an improve- ment proposal, then we must be Dr. Roland Reber: Independent of Page 2 talking about a highly profitable the job and work area, as many col- Editorial suggestion, which was put forward leagues as possible should actively Closed-door conference of by a committed employee. contribute to improving products casting division ENSINGER is proud to have such and processes. That is very impor- ENSINGER certified according employees on its staff, because the tant, because it is the sum of big to ISO 13485 improvement proposed by Ralf and small ideas that makes the Dietrich contributed to minimizing success of a company. Page 3 the production reject rate consid- Thoughts about the New Year erably and to optimising the pro- Ilona Brodt, Chairwoman of the An autumn festival of a special duction process. For this reason, the Works Council: In the past, we kind ENSINGER production foreman was have processed and given awards My stay abroad with ENSINGER presented with a very special kind of to many suggestions for improve- Ltd. in South Wales Christmas present mid-December. ments at ENSINGER. Such a large For his suggestion he received sum, however, has never been paid 15,000 Euro, the highest sum that is before. I hope this incentive pay- Page 4 awarded by ENSINGER. During a ment will be an inducement for all Trainee excursion small ceremony, ENSINGER Man- Ralf Dietrich amidst ENSINGER well-wishers: Dr. Roland Reber, works councillor Ilona Brodt, employees to think about improve- Welcome production manager Martin Lanig and personnel manager Karl-Heinz Ruhe. aging Director Dr. Roland Reber em- ments to processes and products Creative presents for everyone phasised in his address the enthu- and to submit their suggestions. Introduction seminar for trainees siasm and perseverance contributed by the company associate – and that to outline the idea and submit it. Ralf Because contributions are valu- Anniversary in Cham this is something which has to be Dietrich would, of course, recom- able! Prize competition rewarded. „I wish to see employees mend every colleague to do this any Karl-Heinz Ruhe, Personnel Ma- participating in the success of the time. „It’s certainly worth the trouble. nager: Such an award is something Page 5 company. We wish to show that it Nevertheless, every suggestion quite special. I would like to encour- The impulse interview: pays to be heavily committed for the should be tested for its feasibility be- age all employees to take part and Robert Müller good of the company. It is our hope fore being submitted.“ to accomplish similar successes 10 year anniversary: action group that this will be repeated as often as Ralf Dietrich joined ENSINGER as a and achievements. Cham possible because no one under- fitter in the set-up group in 1987 and Reprint of technical guidelines stands the potential for improvement attended the school for master Martin Lanig, Production Mana- brochure at the workplace better then the re- craftsmen in 1988, under a company ger: From the good example of Ralf Christmas donation spective employee“, according to sponsorship. He has now been one can see how important it is to insulbar®: New internet Reber. Independent of the job and foreman in production since 1989, further develop and also to formu- presentation work area, as many colleagues as responsible for material adjust- late one’s innovative ideas. possible should actively contribute to ments. improving products and processes. Since the company’s improvement Peter Heiß, Shift Supervisor: In Page 6 That is very important, because it is proposal system was introduced in my several years experience as Singapore visits Germany the sum of big and small ideas that 1988 many suggestions of different shift supervisor, I was able to learn ENSINGER UK receives ISO makes the success of a company. kinds have been submitted and also a lot from Ralf. He is an individual certification Ralf Dietrich is proud of his „inven- awarded. There are no limits set for who is willing to pass his knowl- Executive Committee in Brasil tion“, but also emphasised that he is employees. Thus, all readers are call- edge and experience on to others. Cartoon He was able to considerably reduce the very grateful to his supervisor, Martin ed upon to leave room for ideas and His suggestion works very well in production reject rate with his suggested Lanig, who was immediately en- to develop innovative thoughts and practice which makes our work improvement: Ralf Dietrich receiving his cheque with Managing Director Dr. Roland thused about the idea. He encour- to tell them to us. Because com- considerably easier Reber. aged and supported him repeatedly mitment pays off! TECAPEEK ELS and TECAFORM AH SD Engineering plastics for manufacturing and handling electronic components [DW] Once again, ENSINGER GmbH in a testing system at the company The material of choice was TECA- parts to be made which have the presented the entire range of its Multitest GmbH & Co. KG, Rosen- PEEK ELS, as it fulfils all these require- same electrical properties through- products which are required for heim. Such systems establish the ments with complete satisfaction. out. In other words, there are no manufacturing and handling of electrical suitability of the microchips vulnerable functional layers which electronic components at at very short time intervals. A plastic Static-deflecting could lead to changes in function. Productronica. For this kind of appli- material was needed for the central TECAFORM AH SD cation, the company showcased part of this testing system, the hold- the two plastics TECAPEEK ELS and down plate, which in addition to TECAFORM AH SD is a typical re- TECAFORM AH SD with defined having a low weight also had to have presentative of static-deflecting electrical properties. very good temperature resistance. plastics. The polymer contains a Furthermore, the material had to special additive without carbon black, Hold-down plate made of be suitable for sliding applications which acts on the principle of elec- TECAPEEK ELS for chip-testing without the use of a lubricant. The tron conductivity, and is permanently system hold-down plate has to absorb migration-free. The well-known basic shocks which arise when the chips properties of TECAFORM AH, such TECAPEEK ELS is a characteristic are removed from the transporting as good strength and toughness as representative of the group of electri- plates. Because of the small space well as good sliding characteristics cally conducting plastics, which is between the sensitive chips and the with low friction and low wear, particularly interesting for use in hold-down plate, the material used remain unchanged. technical solutions with explosion- also had to be a good conductor so The uncomplicated cutting from protection requirements. A typical that the electrostatic charge can semi-finished product made of the use for TECAPEEK ELS is to be found dissipate without causing damage. above-mentioned materials permits Hold-down plate made of TECAPEEK ELS Editorial „Production and Services“ dictating machines and files, are most part to low-wage countries. creation: EDP, medical insurance, witnesses of the jump in efficiency at Production can only be profitable in bank services, etc. Dear Readers, this time. In this way, the operational southeast Asia, in particular in coun- No one knows today how value organisation as we know it today tries such as China. In fact the devel- creation will be divided across the At the end of the came into being; the former admin- opment of the Chinese economy and globe in 20 years time. I am of the twentieth century, office istration in which everyone did the enormous investments of foreign opinion that production and services employees made up a everything, was divided up into companies in the Middle Kingdom also have a future in Europe, and also tiny part of industrial departments and hierarchies gained support these statements. in Germany. There are specific region- personnel. Impressive in- importance. Whoever sees Asia as the production al advantages, which cannot only be dustrial companies with Nowadays, more than half of all location in the future and Europe/- reconciled by a cheaper work force. hundreds of employees employees work in administration USA as the service regions, would This is not, however, a vote against were managed by an even in decidedly industrial-oriented have to assume that a shifting effect the global economy. Because at administration of barely companies. In the meantime, the in service is inevitable. And it is at ENSINGER, we are convinced of one ten staff. At that time, „office“ has become the smallest this point that I have my doubts. thing: in order to be able to provide offices were unloved common denominator for the func- Certainly, there are cultural, educa- the optimum combination of physical appendages of the manufacturing tions of the modern service company. tional-political and several other product and accompanying service plants, a few clerical assistants The office is everywhere where reasons which make the transfer of in the future, global action is an shared various tasks in one or two typing, counting and administration service value creation abroad diffi- important prerequisite. Wherever rooms such as bookkeeping, corre- take place, where value creation cult. Current developments speak a our customers go, wherever value spondence, and cash management. is not measured in material produc- different language, however. For creation takes place, we will be there. The most important data medium at tivity. example, secretarial work in India is this time was the „accounts book“, It is exactly this immaterial creation of not only reasonably priced but also I wish you a successful Year 2004.

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