der k-wert T h e K A E F E R - H o u s e M a g a z i n e N o 1. 8

– Elbe Tunnel –– –– Employee-financed Retirement Plan –– –– KAEFER in Portugal –– –– Insultec, Thailand –– Contents

SHIPBUILDING 12/13 Olympic Voyager WORK SAFETY / QUALITY MANAGEMENT 14 General Contract for Galleys 10 Safety Year 2000 for Bremerhaven 10 Applause for KAEFER’s 14/15 KAEFER Group at SMM Exhibition 2000 Quality Management 15 Yachts ORGANIZATION INDUSTRY 4 Insultec, Thailand 18 Participation in ACHEMA 2000 4 KAEFER-RACO Engineering GmbH 18 Schwedt’s 10th Anniversary 4 Corporate Supply Management 18 Nordhausen’s 10th Anniversary Lounge on “Olympic Voyager“ 5 KAEFER practises Knowledge 19 “Rosenthal 2000” Project Management 19 Insulation for World’s First 6 New Department: SATCON Plant Corporate Market Intelligence 19 Tablet Producing Factory AstraZeneca 6 SAP R/3 off and going INDUSTRY EXPORT 16 Cultivating Bed of 20 Production of Flexible Insulation Product Innovations Mattresses for Gas Turbines 21 Online Exchange for BUILDING Subcontractors WORKS COUNCIL 6 Dry Construction Work is 8 Vision 2000 no longer Registered Trade 8 Training 2000plus 11 Elbe Tunnel / Weser Tunnel EMPLOYEES PRODUCTS / SYSTEMS 8 Employee-financed Retirement 16 bemofensterbau Plan 17 Lolamat Distribution in Germany 9 Corporate Personnel Development 17 Microsorber House magazine 2000 9 Training at KAEFER Published by: ABROAD KAEFER Isoliertechnik GmbH & Co KG, Bürgermeister-Smidt-Straße 70, D-28195 Bremen, 21 International Management Meeting Phone (0421) 30 55-0, Fax (0421) 1 82 51 24 KAEFER in Portugal E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.kaefer.com 28/29 Anniversaries 24 Guest at France’s Responsible for this Publication: 28 Retirements Stephan K. Radermacher, Volker Pannemann, Dagmar Mangels, Largest Shipyard 31 The Suggestion Program for Manuscript: 25 MS Explorer of the Seas PresseContor, Dr. Christine Backhaus Annette-Kolb-Str. 10, D-28215 Bremen Employees Phone: (0421) 3 79 85 84, Fax: (0421) 3 79 85 85 25 Order for DaimlerChrysler in Nina Svensson, KAEFER Isoliertechnik 31 Pensioners’ Get-together Layout and Typography: SANDFORT Werbeagentur South Africa Bismarckstraße 81, D-28203 Bremen, 31 Deaths Phone (0421) 7 91 67-0, Fax (0421) 7 91 67-19 26 Offshore Platform Åsgard B Foto sources: Blohm+Voss, Hamburg MISCELLANEOUS Chantiers de I’Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire 26 Dry Construction in Austria Geyer, Fürth KAEFER-Archives 7 Sail 2000 König, Lobenstein Müllerklein, Hamburg 27 “Dobry” Czechia Posch, Bremen Volkswerft Stralsund 30 KAEFER’s Volleyball Team 22/23 PROJECTS Lithography: ATL-Refolith, Bremen TECHNOLOGY / DEVELOPMENTS Moved Up Print: tvdruck, Bielefeld 10 Disposal of PCB Contaminated Floors 30 Benefit Soccer Tournament 10 Interior Insulation for Gas Turbines 30 Company Bowling Club 13 Acoustic Measurements on Olympic 30 Munich on Rafting Tour Voyager 31 KAEFER Motorcycle Tour

2 Dear colleagues, dear friends of KAEFER, Stephan K. Radermacher, Peter Hoedemaker, Norbert Schmelzle

This is the eighteenth issue of “k-wert”, one of the most efficient suppliers of power As regards direct efforts to satisfy our many which, as we feel, once again gives you an plant systems for modern gas turbine and employees, it was also possible to take idea of the KAEFER Group’s fortified vitality combined power plants in the world. important steps this year. Through the and developmental potential. A new kind of establishment of a Personnel Development public relations management is to find Once again, we have come a considerable Department we have succeeded better at expression in this issue, it being, for one, bit closer to our aim to generate at least analyzing and promoting our resource a milestone on KAEFER’s path towards 50% of our turnovers in foreign countries potential; this constitutes, like the training developing a new identity. As you will see over the medium term. A further avenue by of apprentices in its new form, an important on the following pages, this year has been which to gain access to the Asian market contribution to the optimization of the characterized by an extraordinary dynamism was opened up by our acquisition of the performance capacity of our most valuable which constitutes a substantial investment in majority of the shares in Insultec Thailand, form of capital as well as the basis for need- the further stabilization of KAEFER’s future. a step which has already made a positive oriented personnel planning for the future. contribution to the results in foreign This, in addition to the introduction of a Our three major operative goals for this countries, this year. Our numerous subsidia- company retirement plan, has made it year have already been reached: first of all, ries and partnerships in foreign countries possible for us to open up new perspectives our Shipbuilding Division succeeded in give us a stable foothold on four continents. for our employees. establishing itself as a manager of large- scale projects; as a general contractor, we We are very satisfied with the development Last but not least, we close, also on behalf had the opportunity this summer to carry of our knowledge management system and of our shareholders and our advisory board, out the entire interior finishing for the first the establishment of a corporate market as we have in the past, with heartfelt thanks of two twin luxury liners. Investing in such intelligence department. With state-of-the- to our motivated and hard-working employ- general contractor activities in the shipbuild- art information technology, we give our ees in central and decentralized functions, in ing branch, including the acquirement of the employees a considerable advantage over offices and “on the front”, in Germany and in know-how necessary to do the job, will the competition as regards the utilizability foreign countries. We also thank the many contribute quite substantially to the future of company knowledge and make it friends of our company for their contribution stability of this important division. It was possible for them to take external market to our development, and in particular our also possible to put our product “Lolamat” information into account in their medium customers and suppliers for the cooperative to use in this large project, a lightweight and long-term business plans. In addition, it and constructive relations they maintain with panel system manufactured by us which was possible to set up a Corporate Supply us. We wish all of these “stakeholders” in offers as yet unparalleled safety features Management this year, which not only KAEFER’s success and their families a and advantages due to its lightness in optimizes the operative, decentralized peaceful and restful Christmas season as well weight; it was used with great success in the purchasing functions through central as happiness, health and success in the interior design of the cabins. Secondly, we coordination, but is also the spearhead for coming year. carried through on the restructuring and the Internet know-how necessary today. consolidation of the Building Division. In Sincerely yours, doing so, we secured our ability to perform in this difficult branch with an equally difficult market as well. And thirdly, a long- term solution for our Industrial Noise Division was also found. In collaboration with Austria’s RHI Group, it was possible to join forces with the RACO Company in Germany and Bachmann Industries in the USA. Thus, the new conglomerate is now

3 Moving up into the big league KAEFER separates the Industrial Noise Division and establishes a new enterprise: KAEFER Engineering, which is merged with the RHI enterprise RACO. The new company outfit strengthens foothold on the gas turbine sector.

Say good-bye to the Industrial Noise Division? No, say hello to Engineering! “The competition respects us and now we have a completely different standing with the large power plant operators in this world,” says Dr. Henning Marwege. And more: the trained engineer senses an enormous enthusiasm for Some staff members of Insultec Inc. (f.l.t.r.): Ms. Lek Warawut, Mr. B.R. Kim, Ms. Sookporn Jitjamnong, Mr. Raj taking on new challenges among his em- Khosla (Managing Director), Ms. Kunte, Mr. Subodh Kunte, Ms. Yawwares Santornsin, Mr. Sajid Bhombal ployees in the Bremen branch. “We have taken a gigantic leap forward, for now, as a supplier of components for gas turbine KAEFER acquires majority stake in Thai subsidiary of power plants, we offer the whole range of services – from the air intake systems to US insulation company Insultec Inc. turbine enclosures and exhaust gas systems to high-tech diverter dampers.” What catapulted KAEFER into the world league is the new compound, KAEFER-RACO Engineering, the business management of which is under the direction of Dr. Marwege After entering into a partnership with the and Wilfried Starke. leading Australian insulation company Bains Harding Ltd., KAEFER has taken an At the beginning the focus was on strategic additional step in the direction of global- considerations as to how the Industrial ization. Having become majority owner of Noise Division could set itself off from the the Thai Insultec subsidiary, the company masses of competitors in this extremely has strengthened its high international competitive market. It was too small to be standing in the area of industrial insulation able to hold its own long-term on the gas and the execution of large projects in the turbine power plant market which is Southeast Asian region. The goal of the currently booming in the U.S.A., but which acquisition was primarily to become a goes in cycles. Extending the range of more visible force on the rapidly expanding services – to include diverter dampers, for Southeast Asian market and to extend example – and establishing a foothold on activities in the direction of China. the US-market in collaboration with a Strategy is Trump: partner showed to be promising steps, The taking over of Insultec Thailand as however. This is where the Austrian RHI KAEFER introduces a Corporate toehold in the growth region plays an Group, the leading manufacturer of fire Supply Management important strategic role in this scenario. The protection materials, comes in: in the course enterprise with its 36 permanent employees of a restructuring process it created a new In the course of an internal restructuring not only has a good foothold on the local division, “Power Plant Systems”, with the process, KAEFER has condensed the areas Thai market, but also carries out large aim toward forming a basis for offering of purchasing, materials, logistics, and projects in the entire Southeast Asian region, additional high-quality engineering services. subcontracted performances and has set up such as in Malaysia. The US group had a strategic Supply Management. The new Cor- opened up the Thai branch in 1990. “Insultec Here two parties came together who were in porate Supply Management (ZSM), which has Thailand has a large growth potential and is a position to supplement each other’s know- incorporated the former Corporate Pur- involved in a market which has excellent how marvelously. KAEFER sold the industrial chasing and Corporate Coordination of Sub- prospects,” says Peter Hoedemaker, who is noise business to RHI, who in turn fused the contracted Performances (ZNU), is under the in charge of KAEFER’s activities in foreign new branch with their subsidiary RACO to direction of Petra-Ellen Schwemann, who countries. “KAEFER profits particularly from form KAEFER-RACO Engineering and thus, was formerly in charge of ZNU. The goal is the very good purchasing management at makes it possible to present itself world- to utilize synergy effects to the greatest Insultec as well as from its outstanding wide together with its US-affiliated company, possible degree and to realize the potential contacts to large engineering offices,” he RHI-subsidiary Bachmann Industries. The for economizing. ZSM is responsible for points out. Hoedemaker feels there is a new company will still be located in Bremen, concluding framework agreements, setting up great synergetic potential here. In order to and due to an indirect share in the new purchasing regulations and systematizing utilize it, not only at Insultec Thailand, but group as well as a seat in the PPS advisory purchasing processes (standardization), struc- also at our subsidiaries and at additional board, KAEFER has secured itself a certain turing the exchange of information within the new acquisitions, a position for an additional amount of influence. “Our stra- KAEFER Group and operating a “Global “integration manager” will be created, to be tegic concept has panned out,” says Sourcing”. filled in January of 2001. Dr. Marwege.

4 KnowledgeKnowledge is Power - sharing knowledge makes KAEFER strong!

Knowledge management (WIMA) becomes 2. Coaching: “Seasoned veterans” help granted that I put my knowledge at the a reality: KAEFER has created structures “new recruits” disposal of others. After all, it won’t be long which promote openness and transparency That is personnel development in the truest before I profit from the knowledge of a fel- concerning knowledge. Professional knowl- sense of the word: An older, experienced low employee, and KAEFER profits in any edge management increases quality and employee – the coach – takes care of a case.” reduces risks. young newcomer – the coachee – in order to pass on the older employee’s experience, What began as a project has now become which is so hard to grasp, to the younger a reality in the company: KAEFER practises one. That is an intensive learning process knowledge management, and the Building in accordance with the four-eye principle. Division got it started. Coach and coachee do not work together “Department tuning”: practical tips for at all times, however, but rather meet for good practices “Everyone should learn from one another,” about two days a month. KAEFER has had says Norbert Schmelzle. That is a way of positive initial experience with the new and An example from the Building Division reducing risks in the business, avoiding very demanding model with four coaching shows how valuable exchange of experience profitability traps and increasing quality pairs in the Building and Shipbuilding is. The interior finishing departments in and performance. Divisions. Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hanover and Pfungstadt meet to mutually scrutinize their work How should knowledge management work 3. Training programs: train knowledge processes and organization. The topics at KAEFER in practice? Four concrete The training programs convey not only range from questions like “What kinds of measures can be taken which have an fundamental technical knowledge, but also jobs do you make offers for and what kinds interactive effect and make for an effective practical knowledge of processes and do you refrain from?” to “What procedures transfer of knowledge in many ways. So far, procedures, and the individual training do you use for taking delivery?” They have they have been tried out with good results modules are closely coordinated with one developed their own catalogue of criteria in the Building Division, and the plan is to another. Ten types of seminars are carried for the evaluation which analyzes each try them out in other divisions soon. out; their contents as well as further types project in terms of its good and bad sides of seminars to be offered are like an x-ray machine. Thus, this learning being developed continually process develops a dynamic of its own, the by the personnel develop- departments learn from one another and ment department. return to their projects with renewed strength. So as to make learning very 4. Knowledge map: unique efficient, an experienced external moderator in the building industry offers support. The knowledge map is a computer-assisted informa- The idea of “department tuning” comes from tion system. Here short employees in the interior finishing depart- technical explanations, user ment. Knowledge management is not a one- problems and the technical time campaign, but is already being practised experts who deal with them, by many KAEFERites. the owners of knowledge, are listed so as to make “KAEFER knowledge” systematically utilizable for everyone. The Seminar Programme 2000 - Survey Project Group Knowledge Management: f.l.t.r.: Ralf König, Thomas Heuermann, Renke Fuhrmann, users can look up key words Maren Reimer, Dieter Schulz, Heribert Frantzen in the database, are referred How to How to Insulations for to the specific problem and VOB conduct deal operation at continuation conversations successfully alternating on site with temperatures 1. Project handbook: standard for can then contact the owner of knowledge seminarseminar* subcontractors everyone named. The knowledge map is in use as a The project handbook defines standards for prototype which will be further developed VOB Preventive Fire the optimal course every project should step by step to establish a technical knowl- basic Project Manage- seminar mentment* Protection take at KAEFER. It spells out in a clear and edge base. Like training programs, it pro- simple fashion what the essential steps of motes the establishment of new networks every project are from the beginning to the among employees. Insulation Guaranteed materials, surface end (making offers, accepting orders, work basic seminar temperature Thermal preparation, carrying out work, approval/ “Of course it is understandable from a calculations evaluation) and becomes in this way a human point of view,” says Ralf König, Head useful guide for a smooth execution of of the Knowledge Management Project, “that

projects. The handbook serves primarily as individuals tend to want to keep their *for Building Division a reminder in the individual phases of know-how to themselves in the interest of projects. Used at various locations, it has protecting their jobs. Only if mutual assist- VOB = contracting rules for award of public works contracts proven to be a useful control and improve- ance is cultivated, knowledge management ment instrument. can really function well. It must be taken for Dry construction and acoustic work are no longer registered trades Dry construction, a rapidly expanding area of the building trade, has been a source of dispute concerning trade laws and the issue of free business for many years. Now the legislator has taken action. With the new re- gulation, which has been in effect since June, acoustic and dry construction work are no longer subject to registration. The 15,000 or so companies in this branch now have the freedom of trade. Companies can now carry out their work without having to comply with trade laws which require that a master KAEFER initiates a new overlook the work they do. Thus, small dry construction companies also have the opportu- information campaign nity to become subcontractors for KAEFER.

Knowledge database is intended to help department called “Corporate Market the company being faster and better than Intelligence”, in which the necessary its competitors. knowledge database is being set up and supervised. Knowledge is power, so the saying goes, coined by the English philosopher and “CI can carry out any number of tasks,” scientific pioneer Francis Bacon. In the Feldt explains. “Much data and information modern business world, however, informa- are already available at the company, albeit tion only gives you an advantage over your in an unstructured form, so that up to now, SAP R/3 off and going competitors if it is substantial and available only a few employees have been able to At the end of June the time had come: by at the right time in the right place – and if it gain access to it.” Relevant information on switching over to the new software system can be utilized intelligently and distributed markets, competition and customers should SAP R/3, KAEFER has set the course for the properly. “Competitive Intelligence” (CI) is be available at all times to all employees of future in terms of information technology. All the maxim for reacting to changes in the the company, however. Furthermore, this company processes will now be displayed market better and more quickly than the kind of information processing protects the on a new joint platform. The project groups competitors. To do so, special information company against detrimental strategic sur- from all of the company’s divisions helped structures are being created at KAEFER of a prises and wrong decisions and makes it to get ready to go – in Germany as well as kind which is hardly to be found in any possible to react early on to changes in in France – showing great commitment and other enterprise in the branch. conditions. In addition, new fields of undertaking intensive training. “We can all business and new business partners can be be proud of the results,” says Ralf Peters, The intention of CI is to use solid informa- identified, and the company’s own resources Head of the Corporate Information Systems, tion on markets, competition and customers can be utilized better. Technology and Management. “We are in order to support daily business opera- indebted to the great personal commitment tions on the one hand, and the develop- of those involved for being able to keep ment of entrepreneurial strategies on the down the costs to a considerably greater other. Peter Hoedemaker, Michael Feldt and degree than is usually the case when an R/3 Doris Duberg are the founders of the new system is introduced.” The new system was tested many times, the new procedures were checked in terms of utilizability and further improved in practice as a result of the many suggestions made. KAEFER now has a The new department: Corporate Market Intelligence modern system: among other things, it will enable them to make full use of the new possibilities and opportunities which the ZMI is not a market research department in fessional literature and other professional Internet has to offer. the customary sense of the word. ZMI information as well as reports, which ZMI functions as a central information turntable, has drawn up itself, are stored. “By the way, in which all of the information available to 80 % of all data comes directly from the the company concerning markets, competi- company,” says Michael Feldt. The under- tion and customers is collected, organized taking will only be successful if the database and evaluated as well as meaningfully redis- doesn’t gather dust. It must be constantly tributed according to a special addressee expanded, supplemented and updated. “It code. In the Intranet-based database, pro- must be a living system,” says Feldt.

6 Sail 2000

A maritimeExperience experience

KAEFER invited business partners to an KAEFER had chartered, for four days, the unforgettable event and chartered a square rigger Sørlandet, one of almost 300 Norwegian square rigger for Sail 2000. sailing ships from all over the world which had come to be in Bremerhaven from August Having your own “events agency” on the 31st until September 3rd for a highlight of the premises is quite a fine thing. Jutta Stark, EXPO year. The daily programs were planned secretary of the Industry Division in down to the last detail. With a breathtaking Bremen and Anke Gregorzewski, who view of the most famous and proud sailing works for Corporate Communication, ships, the visitors enjoyed fine food and Advertising and PR in Bremen have drinks as well as (live) musical highlights, passed the crucial test in any case. The including groups like the Shanty Choir, the team was so committed and resourceful Bremen Musical Company or Triangel. And in their preparations as the event itself even Bremen’s Mayor Dr. Henning Scherf was spectacular and exciting. The dropped in. reward for hard work: a fantastic response from the “audience”. KAEFER made its first appearance at the Sail. “Our guests responded very The fact that the 73-year old three-mast ship positively,” says Helmut Hecht, from Kristiansand was chosen delighted the Head of Industry Division, in a guests and hosts alike. Incidentally, the first pleased manner. This gesture of journey of the Sørlandet was to the World expressing thanks to business Exhibition in Chicago in the year 1933. During partners for good collaboration the Second World War, the sailing ship, which went over very well. The great had been confiscated by German occupation flair and impressive ambience troops, sank after a bombing attack by the of the “Windjammer” Festival allies, but was repaired and modernized in in the ocean-side city 1947. After serving for many years as a train- added to that. ing ship, a foundation took over the ship in 1973 and has been having young people from many nations sail it ever since.

Bremen Musical Company

Anke Gregorzewski, Norbert Schmelzle, Jutta Stark

KAEFER’s guest: Bremen’s Mayor Dr. Henning Scherf (here with Stephan K. Radermacher) 7 Employees

Apart from the incentive employees get to take care of themselves, which is primarily KAEFER people take care of themselves intended to make it possible to retire early, KAEFER has two other attractive offers in the wings. Negotiations on extensive agree- KAEFER‘s employees are retirement- specializes in devising retirement plans, also ments concerning part-time employment for conscious. An employee-financed company received innumerable calls during his weekly seniors are in progress. After all, almost 37% retirement plan has gotten off the ground. calling hours and explained every detail of KAEFER’s employees are over 50 and More than every fourth KAEFERite is in on it. patiently. could profit from such an agreement sooner or later. And finally, on the suggestion and What kinds of security does KAEFER offer Thus, KAEFER was one of the first medium- with the committed work of the Works me for my money? Why do you “only“ earn sized companies in business to introduce a Council, a profit sharing scheme is being at a rate of 5.5% on it? What happens if I company-wide innovative model, venturing drawn up. Employees having a certain status leave the company? What exactly do I get to do something which many other compa- in the company are to receive a part of the out of it? Questions upon questions. Bernard nies have not dared to because they feared profits in successful years, which is to be Sudendorf, Ralf König and the team of the the complexity of the undertaking. The as- used specifically for investment in retire- sessment which Sudendorf made after the ment. In this way, the new millennium is time and energy consuming preparations getting off to a good start! gave all the more cause for elation – it was clearly “extremely positive”.

Of the company’s 1,423 eligible employees, almost 27 percent took advantage of the opportunity to supplement their pension. For their individual pensions and, in partic- The staff are satisfied ular, investment plans, the KAEFERites put away a total of 876,500 marks (i.e. an ave- rage of 2,300 marks per participant) – mon- Wulf Nöhrenberg, Chairperson of the Works ey primarily taken out of their monthly Council, is satisfied – and the staff as well. salaries. KAEFER adds a bonus of some For the employee-financed retirement plan 108,000 marks to that. has met with great approval on the part of fellow employees and got off to a fantastic Bernard Sudendorf attributes the great start. “In the year 2001 there will be an even interest in this program to the fact that it is greater rush for signing up,” is Nöhrenberg’s so flexible. Employees can discontinue their prognosis, “because news of the advantages participation from one year to the next, and of the plan, particularly the gross = net also make changes in the amount of money aspect, gets around fast.” Nöhrenberg came they want to invest in it - or take a break up with the basic idea a number of years for one or more years. The commitment ago, and he hasn’t been able to put it out made is always for just the coming year. of his mind ever since: his “Vision 2000”. Thus he is expecting an even higher percent- Now that the retirement plan is signed and age of participation in the year 2001, when sealed, agreements concerning two Ingo Meyer was the 333rd employee who participated in this model special premiums can be taken into consider- additional wishes – part-time employment ation and word of the program’s advantages for senior employees and share in profits – has gotten around. He is convinced that the are about to be drawn up. The profit Corporate333 Legal & Personnel did not let KAEFER model will be emulated on a large sharing plan still is subject to the approval themselves get discouraged and advertised scale. For not only does it make real profits of the advisory board and the shareholders. for their project at 11 workers and staff for the employees, enabling them to identify “Vision 2000” is no longer a mere vision. meetings from Kiel to Munich in the spring more strongly with the company, but it also And the Works Council cannot suppress a of 2000. They aroused much curiosity; great fulfills a company’s general societal responsi- certain feeling of pride. interest was taken in the new KAEFER bility in terms of the much discussed retire- retirement plan. Ralf Michael, from Uhlmann ment issue. & Ludewig GmbH, a company which

Training 2000plus - training subjects, new training systems and data processing, seminars on the new ways of funding them. employment of subcontractors as well as on Works Council wants the execution of general contracting “KAEFER used to be training some 200 commissions. The use of computer-controlled ks Council ks Council ks Council to set new course insulators at any one time,” Nöhrenberg machines or the new KAEFER products and “With wool and sheet metal alone you says, “but today there are rarely more than systems such as Lolamat and Microsorber can’t make profits any more,” says Wulf thirty.” This retreat was the wrong path to should also be emphasized to a greater Nöhrenberg. KAEFER has to set a new take. Yet at the same time Nöhrenberg degree. course and establish new realms of business, knows that the traditional professional or or or he feels. Which, he says, is not possible profile of an industrial insulator has no “In doing all this, there should be a stronger without qualified personnel. Therefore, the future. “Conditions have changed and focus on Europe,” says Nöhrenberg. “In the Works Council is urging the company to therefore training programs should react for future, decisions concerning vocational train- scrutinize the issue of vocational training. example, to the increase in automation,” he ing will be made within a European frame- Together with colleagues he has founded the says. Thus, Nöhrenberg suggests work. KAEFER must be involved and participate W W W work group called “Training 2000plus”. For incorporating modern elements which are in the decision-making processes.” Nöhrenberg the problem is complex: It is not only a tailored to fit KAEFER’s needs into the also pointed out the importance of making question of the moral and social obligation training program and at the same time to full use of European funding resources to train young people, but also of new extend it to encompass three years. It would offered by such programs as Leonardo for include, for example, instruction in electronic the benefit of the company. 8 A Reason to Rejoice Five KAEFER trainees had reason to rejoice: after passing their examinations (with good results, by the way), which earned them their certificate of insulation fitter, they proudly presented themselves, together with their vocational trainer Carsten Wrede, to the photographer.

Furthermore, Monika Folz, Kathleen Schmidt, Wencke Nachtigall and Maren Reimer successfully finished their training to become commercial clerks and business economists respectively.

Congratulations from KAEFER! f.l.t.r.: Sebastian Kulwicki, Benjamin Kretschmer, Carsten Wrede (vocational trainer), Nafket Ibraimi, Christian Konopatski, Erhan Cakillik

interested employees. The program has been a great success.” But that is certainly no tomorrow reason for König to rest on his laurels. For Start thinking about tomorrow today the program is far from finished. Personnel development is a long-term affair and is closely connected with knowledge manage- ment. Maren Reimer, who shortly finished her today combined studies to become an industrial clerk and business economist (BA) at First, Ralf König took a tour of the company KAEFER, assists Ralf König in his diverse KAEFER introduces “Strategic personnel tasks. development“. The new department is to to get a comprehensive picture of the de- prepare employees for future challenges. mands, wishes, expectations and weak points and wrote down his results in a kind of Ralf König: the future is his task Whoever only thinks of advanced training or “stocktaking”. This forms the framework for He has devoted himself completely to the junior staff planning when he hears the his future work. The concept plans eight issue of “personnel development”. After rec- word, is short-sighted. “Strategic personnel schemes which range from successor plann- eiving his degree in psychology the 40-year development“ aims at much more. It has a ing to a trainee program. One group of old, born in Witten (Ruhr), initially worked as a private lecturer and at the university. After long-term perspective, is systematic in its employees plays a central role in these that he was employed as a trainer and super- approach and is the enemy of all sporadic considerations: the project and site super- visor for managers at the educational agency action. As Ralf König says, “today we must visors. The demands made on them grow continuously, and their tasks become more of the Employers` Association in North Rhine- think about what tomorrow’s employees Westphalia. Just before joining KAEFER he must be able to perform. And we must think and more difficult all the time. Thus, König tailored the seminar program for the year was on the staff of the personnel manage- about what we must do in order to enable ment at the Aral AG in Bochum and directed 2000 primarily to this target group. “We them to actually master these new chal- the personnel development projects there. lenges.“ carried out 19 seminars with a total of some 220 participants from the group of 340 The graduate psychologist is responsible for the new department for personnel develop- ment since mid 1999. His field of action is the other way around: he is involved in risk prevention. Personnel development is an essential component in efforts to transform entrepreneurial strategies into entrepre- neurial success. It must accompany and safeguard the strategic orientation of the Stephan Schmidt Katja Marass enterprise. After all, the efficiency and the Julia Schreckenberg Rebecca Brinkmann Sandra Borowsky potential of all employees are the most Off and going! valuable capital an enterprise has. And whoever does not put their development on KAEFER wishes its 16 new trainees a the agenda wastes opportunities. “Essen- successful start in their professional life. tially I have two tasks to fulfill,“ says König. Our photo shows 11 hopeful future insulation On the one hand, I must point out risks and fitters. Julia Schreckenberg, Rebecca act as a catalyst who asks questions, makes Brinkmann, Stephan Schmidt, Sandra suggestions, gives impulses and identifies Borowsky and Katja Marass (f.l.t.r.) are potentials – in that way systematically training to become commercial clerks. establishing personnel development as a company process. On the other hand I am a service agency that deals with all questions concerning training.” That includes evaluat- f.l.t.r.: (top) Gennadi Finder, Stephan Eggers, ing the need for training and organizing Asim Yildiz, (middle) Markus Brinkmann, André Ellersiek, training courses. Sven Brinkmann, Stephan Stockhause, (bottom) Sascha Fröhlich, Timo Romey, Igor Stenke, Valerian Wied

9 Heribert Frantzen Safety Year 2000: Karl-Rudolf Friese a first stocktaking

Applause for KAEFER’s Quality Management at World Forum in Florida insulated – a commission entailing conside- It only takes place every three to five years rable economic, technical and organizational and is looked upon as the most important risks. international event in the insulation branch: the WIACO World Conference (WIACO = World Insulation & Acoustic Congress Since the existing certified quality manage- Organization). Almost 700 American and ment system did not completely cover the European managers came to Orlando, high demands of the project, additional Florida for WIACO 2000. Besides issues project-specific quality management regula- The team of the Corporate Work Safety concerning energy conservation, the tions were drawn up. For the panel production inspects some 180 sites every year. This year technical presentations – a total of five – (set up especially for this commission) and the safety inspections were carried out with played a prominent role at the meeting. for assembly on deck, including the impor- particular reference to the competition KAEFER was one of these soloists, its pre- tant stud welding, the Shipbuilding Division “Safety Year 2000”. The final evaluation of sentation on the company’s philosophy of in Bremen which carried out the commission accident reports, spot checks and site quality met with widespread resonance, for drew up their own quality plans with 48 inspections has not as yet been made. But many of the participants in the conference highly detailed procedures. The costs for Hans-Joachim May, Head of the Corporate were not familiar with the implementation of drawing up and acting on the regulations Work Safety, has good intermediate results international quality standards in insulation amounted to about one percent of the total to show for his work: “Now we have a solid technology. contract volume. foundation of data concerning work safety as a result of the fixed criteria which were Karl-Rudolf Friese, Head of Corporate This investment was wise for several rea- drawn up on the basis of the spot checks. Technical Services, and Heribert Frantzen, sons. No serious problems arose during With this tool we are now more able than Head of Corporate Quality Management, production and assembly, the commission we have been in the past to identify risks as elucidated project-related quality manage- was commercially successful, and deadlines well as to take the necessary protective ment before an international audience using and specifications were met. The comprehen- measures.” as an example a complicated and technically sive documentation, which served as a basis very demanding large commission for the for the task and could be consulted at any The goal for this year of reducing accidents cryogenic insulation of tanks used to trans- time, instilled the customer with confidence by 12% has not quite been reached yet. But port liquefied gas. A total tank surface area in KAEFER and – last but not least – helped in a final spurt the work safety of our employees can be intensified to such a of some 80,000 square meters, distributed to secure the whole know-how for new degree as to enable us to reach this goal. among four liquefied gas tanks, had to be projects. One positive development is that accidents are now reacted to more quickly and in a Patent has been applied for: KAEFER develops new interior insulation better way, the quality of accident reports also has been improved considerably. Patent for gas turbines Almost every accident was reported within the prescribed period. May is satisfied: It is not only more efficient and easier to needed, acoustic and thermal bridges are “That is a good result.” install, but is also more economical: the new produced which decrease the effect of the technical solution for the interior insulation insulation. Instead of the heavy bolts, the His response to the first results of the of the exhaust gas stacks and exhaust ducts new KAEFER construction uses a system of competition in the individual divisions is of gas turbines. KAEFER has applied for a flat sections and bars which are easier to more sober. “In almost all areas of the German patent for the product and is aiming install. The production also costs less. A company much is still to be done in the way at putting it to use worldwide. The common further advantage is that this simplified of ‘evaluating risks’ and ‘employee procedure for attaching and encasing system can be manufactured all over the instructions’ – both of which are pillars of interior insulation is based on a bolt world. The new procedure results in cost work safety.” system; due to the great number of bolts savings of approximately 20 percent.

Even after the “Safety Year 2000” is over, the issue will stay on the agenda. “Work safety is a lengthy process and demands Patented process for disposal of PCB contaminated floors staying power. For everyone is easily prone For quite a long time, the disposal of PCB removed without polluting the environment, to succumb to a dangerous illusion, namely the illusion of invulnerability,” May warns. contaminated floors was very involved and the resulting waste being caught up in a a cause of environmental pollution. Now separate container; the surroundings do not KAEFER has achieved a breakthrough with a have to be protected from contamination. new process: with the innovative technology, KAEFER has acquired the process from the floor covering and/or adhesives for gluing inventor and had it patented. down floors which contain pollutants can be Fire Protection

New “Artery” for the congested A7

The fourth tube of Hamburg’s Elbe Tunnel is logy. A task force, which KAEFER established Why are tunnel fires so dangerous? currently the most spectacular civil engineer- together with Bautec GmbH to install the fire The chances of surviving a large fire in a ing project in Germany. A challenge for protection for the “high-security tunnel”, tunnel are very small. The reason is the KAEFER as well: with its involvement in the belonged to the syndicate. enormous heat – temperatures of more than tunnel building project, the Building Division 1,000 degrees, – which makes many metals has ventured into new territory and is at the With its involvement in this project, the melt and concrete burst – and the fumes. same time establishing a new area of KAEFER Building Division has ventured into During the fire which broke out in the business. new territory and is heading for diversi- Austrian Tauern Tunnel, the rescuers’ range fication. Being a classic standard enterprise of vision was at times no more than 10 Some 36 million vehicles annually, more than will no longer suffice; as a general contrac- centimeters. The ventilation systems, which 100,000 per day, drive through Hamburg’s tor for large projects, KAEFER wants to are actually supposed to suck out the Elbe Tunnel, one of the world’s most heavily establish itself as “unmistakable” in relation smoke, do not usually have the capacity to frequented underwater tunnels. The “artery” to the tough competition. “For us the Elbe do so. The inferno in the Tauern Tunnel, as of the A7 and European highway no. 3, which tube is the first tunnel project of this dimen- the one in the Montblanc Tunnel in 1999, connects Stockholm and the North with sion,” says Sabine Manig, commercial divi- triggered the safety issue anew. At the same Lisbon and Southern Europe, has reached the sion manager. “In this way we hope to be time, in an investigation carried out Europe- limit of what it can handle. In the summer of able to get a foothold in the international wide, the ADAC discovered many potential 2002, the fourth tube with its two additional tunnel-building business and to be able to hazards in tunnels for traffic. For renovation traffic lanes, a gigantic, over three-kilometer show that we master the risks posed by work as well as for new constructions, fire long construction project deep down under- large commissions.” In her eyes, the Elbe protection has absolutely top priority; the neath the Elbe River, is intended to relieve Tunnel is the ideal “showroom project”. As the congestion. Here the world’s largest she points out, it allows KAEFER to demon- technical standards are much higher today mixed shield machine (shield drivage), – also strate its fire protection know-how in its than they have been in the past. called “Trude” – which weighs 2,000 tons and relevance for tunnel construction, thus set- is 14.2 meters in diameter, has taken two and ting up a new business sector in a promising a half years to mill its way through sand and market. The Weser Tunnel – a monumental mud, rock and pebbles, marly till and mica construction schist, in order to make way for the tube. The partnership with Bautec forms a good At present, the tunnel builders are not only basis for fulfilling the extremely high, working on the Elbe, but also on the Weser, Not only did the project have to deal with unparalleled safety standards set up for the between Kleinensiel and Dedesdorf. Here difficult geological conditions, but it also has Elbe tube. By the end of 2001, a new kind of the Weser Tunnel is under construction at a to fulfill extremely high safety standards, the fire protection ceiling with a total surface of cost of some 600 million marks, its purpose demand for which was triggered by the tun- 30,000 square meters will be mounted which being to connect the two formerly separated nel catastrophes of the past few years. A forms the lining of a smoke removal duct at industrial regions in the Weser-Ems area and group of seven large German building compa- the same time. Tested according to RABT the Elbe-Weser triangle with a four-lane nies was in charge of the construction work, and in close collaboration with the Braun- highway. The Weser crossing is to be done which cost a total of some 1.7 billion marks. schweig University of Technology several at the end of 2002 and is looked upon in As a general contractor, they commissioned a times, the steel-girder construction consists the Lower Weser region as a monument of syndicate to take care of operation techno- of some 1,750 high-grade steel elements. the century. KAEFER is involved in this project as well. As for the Elbe Tunnel (albeit, on a smaller scale), the enterprise joined forces with the Bautec GmbH to carry out the fire protection work. Here – as for the Elbe Tun- nel a new kind of fire protection plate manufac- tured by the sys- tems manufacturer Aestuver is being used.

Model of smoke removal duct 4th tube of Elbe Tunnel

11 Shipbuilding Idolized by the Gods

Christened and off on a grand voyage on the Aegean Sea and the Amazon: the “Olympic Voyager”. The luxury liner built in Hamburg is banking on a new kind of travel in the luxury cruise business. Speed and thirst for knowledge are the measure of all things.

Here the Gods are in charge. Helios, the sun god, watches over the health spa with a Turkish steam sauna and mud baths, a fitness studio and a pool arena thirst for knowledge are the measure of all on Deck 7; Apollo, the god of youth, things. The fast luxury liner – “designed st music, prophecies, archery and the art of for the 21 century” and lauded as an healing, always in the thick of it, guards alternative to the “mega-ships” – intends over the one-armed bandits and roulette to entice all vacationers on board who balls in the casino, the smoking room, the want to see a lot within a short time and library with Internet access and the theater are more interested in cultural enrichment on Deck 6; Silenus, the satyr-like compan- than they are in getting perfect tans. And ion of Dionysos, guards the suites, the those are primarily guests from the Anglo- public rooms and the restaurant on Deck 5; Saxon region, where there is already a Venus, the Roman goddess of fertility, mass market for luxury cruises. gives Deck 4 with its guests’ cabins its name; on Deck 3 with its reception desk With the “Olympic Voyager”, the Dionysos, the god of wine, is in charge; proprietor and shipowner, the Royal meaningfully, Deck 2 has been given the Olympic Line (ROC), market leader in the name of Neptune, the god of the sea. Eastern Mediterranean and now holding the majority of shares in the Cypriote In light of so much godly assistance, Louis Cruise Line, is investing in a new high speed (27 knots) of the luxury liner there is no reason to fear for the “Olympic philosophy of travel which means offering high speed (27 knots) of the luxury liner with its 840 beds, harbours can be com- Voyager” as she forges her way into new its guests an ambitious excursion with its 840 beds, harbours can be com- bined which would otherwise take ten or touristic dimensions. The swimming program packed with events within a bined which would otherwise take ten or twelve days to reach: Athens, Santorini, luxury hotel not only offers the highest short period of time. This requires a fast, twelve days to reach: Athens, Santorini, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Rhodes, Ephesus, degree of luxury in a tasteful ambience compact ship for nightly transfers from Alexandria, Jerusalem, Rhodes, Ephesus, Istanbul and Mykonos. and typical luxury-liner amusement and one place to the next so that the guests Istanbul and Mykonos. entertainment on deck. The ship – bear- don’t have to sacrifice a single day at sea, In the winter months the “Olympic ing, as it were, the flag of the “New but rather can relish in historic sites of In the winter months the “Olympic Voyager” sets out to follow the tracks of Economy” – is first and foremost the antiquity and other places of cultural Voyager” sets out to follow the tracks of the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas in expression of a new zeitgeist: leisure- interest. To do so, the ship tours from the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas in Middle and South America. Leaving from liness is out, time is trump; speed and a May until November on the Aegean Sea Middle and South America. Leaving from and in the winter season in Middle and Fort Lauderdale (Florida), 11 to 17-day South American waters – here ancient trips through the Caribbean, on the Europe, there ancient Indian America Amazon or the Orinico are offered which being the focus. go to places like Manaus, the legendary Brazilian city, or the spectacular Angel The cruises on the Aegean Sea start out Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, from the harbour of Piraeus, which is which is in the tropical rain forest. In south of Athens. From here the “Olympic numerous lectures, renowned experts Voyager” starts off every seven days on a cover all areas of knowledge from three-continent tour, combining Greece archeology to zoology. Thus, food for the with Egypt, Israel and Turkey. Due to the mind is served together with rather pro- fane sandwiches and hot soups.

12 Quietly, quietly the ship sails ... In the meantime, one might think, so many ships have been built in the world that ship- building engineers should not have to give a second thought to acoustics and acoustic Final spurt: time for the christening engineering. Yet the specialists are thwarted Before Constantin Stefanopolous, the Presi- time and again by the steadily increasing dent of Greece, christened the brand new fast demands made on shipbuilding and all the cruise liner “Olympic Voyager” on June 22 in innovations in this business. Thus the first the harbor of Piraeus, all of those involved in fast cruise liner really put KAEFER’s acoustics building the ship still had their hands full. In team – Helge Rieck from the FCL project a hectic final spurt, KAEFER’s employees put group and engineers from the Corporate Acoustics Department – to the test. “FCL the finishing touches on the ship, first at Dr. Bert Brinkhaus, Norbert Schmelzle, Holger Krull stands for a completely new approach,” says Hamburg’s Blohm + Voss Shipyards, then in Hans-Joachim Rennecke, Head of the Acous- June at sea on the way to Greece. “Our team tics Department. “A fast cruise liner of this showed total commitment in their efforts to kind with such a high driving power has get the ship dressed in its finest array in time never been built before. Thus we had no for the christening,” says Arno Recknagel, facts based on experience to work with, and Managing Director for Shipbuilding, praising we had to grope our way toward solutions the work done by all of those involved. very slowly.” The crux is that exceeding the noise levels laid down in the contract for the individual rooms would have resulted in Second already under construction quite high fines. Ships rarely come one at a time. Thus, after the successful launching of the “Olympic Therefore Helge Rieck and his team, who Voyager”, the sister vessel, the “Olympic were in charge of acoustic engineering and Explorer”, is already being fitted out at the consultancy as well as for carrying out the pier in Hamburg. It has the same construc- necessary measures, pursued what one tion, with slight variations in design. It might call an all-round acoustic approach. should be delivered by April of 2001. As it “We looked at the whole system beginning was the case for the first ship, KAEFER is in with the source, i.e. the conduction of the charge of the whole range of fitting out solid-borne sound energy through the main works – from the thermal insulation to the producers of noise, such as the propellers, turnkey interior finishing of all cabins and the main engines etc., tracing the path it public areas (including furniture) and took through the ship’s structure down to the levels inside the cabins and the rooms, provision rooms, galleys and pantries and in order to take the right measures as early including noise and fire protection. as possible during the interior finishing work.” During the construction and testing of the drive units and auxiliary drive units in Finland and the Netherlands, the acoustics experts were already on board with their measuring instruments. They made three calculations: the “best case” scenario, the “worst case” scenario, and one in between, which seemed most probable.

The moment of truth came on the test journey of the “Olympic Voyager” in Nor- wegian waters, which took several days. Here the guarantee measurements were made under real-life conditions, i.e. taking depth of water, sea waves and weather as well as the maximum continuous rating of the machines into account. The results were clear; the shipbuilders and the trade asso- ciation made no objections in their accept- ance report. “We have reached our goal,” says Hans-Joachim Rennecke, relieved. But he is not the only one who had a stone taken off his chest.

So it turns out once more that it is to good purpose to start at the source, at the point at which sound is conducted to the steel structure, and not at the point at which it is diffused. In this way constructional adjust- ments can be made earlier and at less cost. Our experience with this project can be put to good use in the construction of the second FCL. The acoustics experts can now rest easier.

13 More than just walls and ceilings

Can we do that, and do we want to? whether we’ve done the job right until we KAEFER Bremerhaven landed the first general Manfred Borowsky, Head of the Bremerha- get on board and see whether everything contracting galley commission: for SSW’s ven branch asked himself, and made a case fits,” says Borowsky. innovative ferry ship “Nils Holgersson”, within the company for venturing into new the Bremerhaven branch will be delivering territory. For the simple answer to both Borowsky is convinced that the equation turnkey galleys as well as refrigerated cargo questions was: yes. “We must go beyond KAEFER = galleys will add up right. “We’re rooms and provision rooms, thus entering traditional insulation and get a foothold in not rushing anything, but rather sounding uncharted territory. new segments of the market, i.e. diversify,” out the new segment of the market carefully, says Borowsky. “On the principle: everything being able to present ourselves in a com- KAEFER insulates and covers walls and from one source.“ Bremerhaven has initiated pletely different light with the SSW project ceilings of every size and shape worldwide this step. The branch won out against two as our letter of reference. His optimism has meeting the toughest requirements. But what foreign competitors, receiving two so-called two sources: KAEFER’s ability to perform in about entire functional galleys on a busy ship turnkey commissions from SSW Fähr- und general, and the shipbuilding market in with close quarters, where every detail must Spezialschiffbau GmbH (ferry and special particular. The ferries are a good start: be perfect? Ready-to-operate installation, shipbuilding company) at one time in galleys ahoy! with all compo- connection with the building of two ferries nents? Mastering with the new POD drive system: as general the whole chain of contractor, KAEFER is so to speak the mas- events – from the ter chef of the galleys and the provisions planning and rooms. layout stages down to the installation, The first general contracting commission will insulation and be executed in the year 2000, the second decor, including the one in the year 2001. “In close cooperation purchase of materi- with the shipbuilding yards, we have drawn als and logistics, of up and jointly approved the complete plans course? for the layout of 600 square meters. That is an enormous success in itself.” In a second step, the purchasing was done – in other European countries, the logistics were organized and preparation for work was carried out. “But we don’t actually see

The organizers of the exhibition report that There was great interest on the part of the there were record-breaking numbers of exhibition’s visitors in our LOLAMAT stand in visitors and exhibitors. We also took delight Hall 3. With a completely new design for the in the numerous new contacts made at all stand, constructed for the most part of three exhibition stands. In numerous authentic LOLAMAT materials and system conversations with guests who visited the components, we were hopefully capable of stands, the current boom in the luxury liner convincing some of the visitors of LOLAMAT’s construction business and the overall advantages. But not only the stand itself was upward trend in the shipbuilding industry as presented in a new outfit – all advertising a whole as well as the generally very literature, catalogs etc. were given a comple- positive climate were clearly ascertained. tely new design as well. On the first evening of the exhibition we welcomed more than 20 At KAEFER’s exhibition stand in Hall 9 we representatives of the press at the LOLAMAT had our hands full on the second and third stand. The KAEFER Group at day of the exhibition just trying to tend to all our visitors. The general theme, i.e. the SMM 2000 “KAEFER’s role as general contractor for interior finishing and fitting out ships in the shipbuilding industry”, defined the entire SMM - Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine concept for participation in the exhibition. Technology – a world exhibition which takes We conveyed this to the journalists who place every two years in Hamburg. The were invited to visit our stand on the KAEFER Group was represented there by occasion of a press event on the second three exhibition stands from September 26th evening of the exhibition. Over 20 represent- to 30th . atives of the press had come to see us.

14 Shipbuilding Specification: absolutely quiet

The Shipbuilding Division profits from the In this area KAEFER has a high degree of Lürssen’s 125-year history – a synonym for boom in yachtbuilding. For four new large competence; its experience with the building megayachts commissions for Lürssen Ships it particu- of a half dozen yachts in the past ten years When Friedrich Lürssen founded his enter- larly gets its acoustics know-how in on the weighs heavily here. Today the interior prise as a small boatyard for rowing and act. And the assembly of new decorative sound level must not exceed 40 to 50 dB(A), labor boats in the year 1875, he did not outside ceiling panels is also a part of the i.e. the yachts must be very quiet. For four realize that he was laying down the foun- program. new large yachts which Lürssen is to deliver dation for one of the most successful by 2002, KAEFER will be involved in a shipyards in Europe. A family-run business The modern megayachts which are being number of tasks, e.g. acoustics, acoustic for over four generations, the shipyard still built today for an international clientele are calculations as well as the assembly of wall sets standards in the area of yacht, marine like swimming chalets. The luxurious interior and ceiling panels and machine casings. and special shipbuilding. is the finest the market has to offer; often the blueprints are drawn up by prominent designers and architects such as Sir Norman Foster, for exam- ple, who redesigned the Reichstag in Berlin. A yacht from Lürssen always has its own special signature. For the commissioner and owner the focus, of course, is on the comforts which a yacht is supposed to pro- vide. Thus what is in de- mand today are yachts that are “treading noiselessly” with a low interior sound level. In other words: due to the increased standards for quality and comfort, the onboard acoustics now have high priority.

Yet the tasks to be carried out on the A look at the long list of Lürssen’s world 74-, 99-, 119- and 122-meter long yachts premieres in the shipbuilding trade makes which are being built in Bremen, Kiel this clear: among other things, the shipyard and Rendsburg are not limited to noise built the first boat with diesel drive, the first insulation. KAEFER is also responsible remote-control boat, the first minesweeper for the complete thermal insulation, the for the German Navy, the first yacht over 45 insulation of exhaust pipes as well as meters long with turbine drive and a max- for the assembly and fitting out of imum speed of 48 knots, and the first heli- provision rooms. In part, laying of floors copter corvette under 1000 tons. Lürssen and the use of LOLAMAT panels in the ships have made numerous speed records. crew area are included in the commission. Today Friedrich and Peter Lürssen are con- Günther Klein Industriebedarf – as the third tinuing this tradition: by hiring the best member of the bunch – was to be found at And last but not least, KAEFER is professionals and constantly investing in the the already established location on the venturing into new entrepreneurial production plants on a shipyard which meas- threshold from Hall 12 to Hall 11. The entire territory with the installation of very ures 225,000 square meters. The shipyard is product line was presented in an impressive decorative outside ceiling panels. This highly renowned worldwide and is a trade- way in the large stand area. In time for the seamless cladding, which is made of mark of the shipbuilding city of Bremen. beginning of the exhibition, the first Internet colored layers of aluminum or plastic pages were put online. These pages are to sheets, has been installed for the first KAEFER has had business relations with the be found under www.gkpackingsystem.com. time by the shipbuilders in Hamburg on shipyard for many years. (ZKW) the newest German yachts. The new look has brought results: now the KAEFER constructions are to be made use of on the four new yachts as well.

15 Products / Systems

the multi-functional windows and glass Cultivating Bed for Product Innovations façades produced by bemofensterbau GmbH. In addition to these there are two trailblaz- KAEFER has created a new division: the to establish a better position for ourselves ing products which make KAEFER unique on business line “Products/Systems” is aiding on the market and want to and are able to the market: Lolamat and Microsorber. the company in the transformation from a set ourselves off from our competitors.” The mere assembly enterprise to a modern aim is expressly not to drift off into the “Bringing this promising ‘group of four’ systems supplier and is the icing on the general product market. Instead, KAEFER together in one division was called for from cake in terms of the company’s main wants to win with innovation, exhausting a strategic standpoint as well as for opera- business focus. such product and production potential as tive reasons, because in product develop- fits in with the company’s main business ment and as far as product know-how is The KAEFER divisions have gotten a new focus. concerned, the rules of the game and the member. The traditional spectrum of ship- processes which take place are different building, building, industry and industrial In the new division, four new elements come from those in project-based business” says export has now been rounded off with the together to supplement cold and heat in- Radermacher, who is in charge of the new “Products/Systems Division”. “We look upon sulation as well as noise and fire protection division together with Norbert Schmelze. this new division as an innovative cultivating and with them provide promising package The nest has been built. Now the products bed for product development, product services for the future; first of all high-tech and systems can grow and flourish. It is by creation and product know-how,” says packaging systems for cable ducts as sup- no means out of the question that the group Managing Director Stephan K. Radermacher, plied by KAEFER company Günther Klein will get new members in the future – be it “a small, but exclusive area in which we want Industriebedarf GmbH, and second of all, via licenses, acquisitions or partnerships. Faster than the fire brigade If there is a fire, bemo® is faster than the fire concrete core is so stabile that even very Glass and fire protection brigade. The fire-protection ventilation extensive glass façades can be constructed. window for interior and exterior glass The fire protection ventilation window and is bemo®’s specialty surfaces has literally passed the “ordeal by the high degree of technical know-how and fire”. At the Materials Testing Institute of efficiency which the bemo®-pyro-steel sys- Brunswick, the fire side of this window was tem offer are the reason why bemofenster- The KAEFER company bemofensterbau GmbH bau landed two large projects for several is the leading German enterprise for highly millions. In Berlin, the Dorothee Court build- transparent constructional fire protection. ing project with fire protection ventilation Founded in 1963, it has its headquarters in windows is in progress. In Frankfort, the Weißenthurm and a branch in Dessau. Some complete transparent fire protection for the 65 employees are constantly on the job. new exhibition hall is being done for the They produce extensive window systems, Exhibition Association. high-tech glass façades which span several stories, rounded glass surfaces, glass parti- Whoever wants more detailed tions etc. etc. information on bemofenster- bau will find an interesting The multi-functional framework systems meet exposed to temperatures of more than homepage at www.bemofen- high standards for fire protection, thermal 1000° C. Even after 100 minutes, the ster.de and has the possibility insulation, noise insulation and statics on the rotating wing remained resistant and of downloading tenders (as interior and the exterior of buildings. only allowed heat radiation far below Word-files) as well as detailed the permissible range to pass through. drawings and references (as At bemo, the first transparent fire protection The multi-functional fire-protection ”pdf” files). systems were developed in the earlier 1970’s window is the only one of its kind in collaboration with the glass industry. Since which can be used in fire protective then, development has always been an glass required to meet standards up to class important company concern, so that today F-90. It closes automatically in the case of the company is licensed to supervise many fire. building projects and numerous kinds of building work, being in this respect almost Even if there is no fire, this window not only unparalleled in Germany. Among other things, “gives you the whole picture”, but also it is licensed to carry out all fire protection makes simple ventilation possible, even at measures which have to meet F and G fire- airy heights. Buildings with as many as 17 protection standards. stories have been equipped with this safety technology. At present, approvals are still Rolf Flohr is the Commercial Manager, and required for each individual project, but Harry Gütter the Manager for sales, soon an approval by the construction technology, production and assembly. supervision will be applied for. For several years the Regional Employment Office of Hessen and the Vocational Promotion Office in Leipzig have profited from the ventilation window as well as from bemo®pyrotherm: this framework system with a special

16 LOLAMAT - now the smart alternative is also available in Bremen

Since April of 2000, the Finnish subsidiary CF- Systems has also moved closer to KAEFER geographically. Under the direction of Achim Aulke, the wall and ceiling panels will from now on be sold out of Bremen.

At present LOLAMAT is prim- arily used in shipbuilding. The panels with a high degree of stability which come in flexible sizes attract custo- mers from Germany, Holland, Finland, and Norway and will soon also be sold in Italy marketing and controll- Shipping Company found the low depth of and France. Holger Rhode, ing, and a new product the ship and the seamless painted panels in Manager for marketing and designer has begun the cabins and passageways so convincing product development, also working in Bremen, Ville that the successor, “MS Casanova”, which has additional plans for Höglund. will be underway on the Po River in Italy LOLAMAT: to market it for from April 2001 on, will profit from use in building construction, At the beginning of the LOLAMAT’s advantages. particularly elevators, as well year, the lightweight as in container and railroad system LOLAMAT made LOLAMAT will provide special luxury in the car construction. Dorothee an impressive appear- coming year as well: from March on apart- Schnittker assists Bremen’s ance on the five-star ments, guest suites and passageways on the CFS team with the coordina- river cruise liner apartment cruise liner “ResidenSea” will be tion of sales and marketing, “Katharina von Bora”. equipped with LOLAMAT. Can Kursunlu works for The Peter Deilmann

You can see it and then again you can’t, and yet it makes one big appearance after the Microsorber presents itself as a real celeb- Microsorber - other: whether in Munich, Leipzig or Nurem- rity in Leipzig. At the media center, the berg – the Microsorber systems are at the media garden, which is almost 750 m2 in a foil with a sporty side top of the lists of more and more planners size, made of glass and the broadcast loca- and architects. Transparent noise control: tion of live programs like MDR’s talkshow and a celebrity side that is what made KAETAPHON well known, “Riverboat”, was equipped with Micro- the transparent, microperforated special foil. sorber. Here transparent KAETAPHON foil It is used for all Microsorber systems, was used exclusively. In the media garden, whether as a flat surface absorber for swim- more than 220 m2 of flat surface absorber ming pool ceilings or for roller blinds in and over 550 m2 of roller blind absorber are offices – Microsorber inconspicuously reduces to be found. All blinds have a centrally con- sound levels and reverberation times in trolled motor; that way they can be used buildings. individually when needed. The 15 partitions are also individually utilizable: flexible At the Adidas-Salomon AG in Herzogen- enough for any kind of studio setup, and aurach near Nuremberg, Microsorber puts on the director and the audience are still in on a sporty look. Since December of 1999, 700 the picture. Due to the reduced reverbera- square meters of the flat surface absorber tion time, speech intelligibility is improved suspended on the glass ceiling of the em- to such an extent that the media garden ployees’ restaurant “Stripes” have ensured almost acquires the quality of a studio. With ideal acoustic conditions. Reduced noise Microsorber, it can become a model for levels at lunch – and in addition protection glass studios of the future – and Microsorber against sunlight! For almost half of the Micro- would soon make more large appearances. sorber received a printed-on silver design. In that way, almost 50 percent of the solar Media garden in media center Leipzig Employees’ restaurant radiation is reflected. The foil in silver has “Stripes“ at an additional advantage: the low-e-feature. Adidas-Salomon / Through the metallic effect of the printed-on Herzogenaurach silver design, up to 60 % of the heat radi- ation is reflected at the places with printed- on silver and retained between the glass panes and the Microsorber. In this way, the foil acts as a thermal reflector and ensures agreeable temperatures in the building’s interior.

17 Industry

Solutions for environmentally friendly and effective processes

KAEFER presented itself with a new exhi- calculations and F-90 façades. KAEFER bition concept at the ACHEMA in May of this limited itself to a few hand samples; year. The world’s largest exhibition and KAEFER’s services were visualized and meeting place for chemical technology, presented interactively in a very up-to-date biotechnology and environmental protec- way – at an aesthetically well-designed, tion, which takes place in Germany every communicative exhibition stand. The concept three years, was larger and more interna- and the great commitment of the exhibition tional than ever. With over 4,000 exhibitors team before and in particular after the from 48 countries and almost 220,000 ACHEMA have born fruit – in the form of visitors, records were broken at Frankfort’s 380 business contacts on the domestic and exhibition grounds. The ACHEMA is looked international markets which have been upon as a trendsetter and innovation evaluated with great care and followed up exchange – reason enough for the Industry systematically. The response of Division Division to present its range of services for Head Helmut Hecht is positive: “The the processing industry and to position exhibition set off all kinds of things. We itself as a general contractor. have reestablished contact with clients, have KAEFER at the ACHEMA 2000: the leading made new contacts, and some commissions international meeting on chemical engineer- KAEFER’s exhibition stand had four main have been initiated.” “More than good ing, environmental protection and biotechno- focuses: insulation of processing plants, ideas”, – ACHEMA shows how to do it! logy exceeded all expectations. renovation of cold insulation, thermal

Schwedt’s 10th anniversary Nordhausen’s 10th anniversary Directive LA 287/90, or the end of a business trip A letter and its consequences

With directive LA 287/ Brandenburg. But she is “glad and also a bit On March 9, 1990, a 90 in her pocket, proud” to have taken this path. And it was letter from Nordhau- Rosemarie Becker, one not an easy path for the Industry Division to sen “for the purpose of the managers of the take either, for “in the course of time we had of conveying informa- PCK refinery in Schwedt, to revise our goals time and again in light of tion and making con- took off on a business the economic circumstances,” says Division tact” arrived at trip in the spring of Head Helmut Hecht. KAEFER in Hanover. Norbert Ringleb and Diethard Schulz 1990 which had been Only a few days later approved but was The PCK refinery is the lifeline of the Michael Becker, at that time Deputy Manager Helmut Hecht and looked upon with structurally weak region, and investment of the branch in Hanover and now Regional Manager of “Industry East”, traveled to the Rosemarie Becker suspicion by her em- activity in the region consequently has a Thuringian city to get a good look at the ployees. Her destination was the KAEFER crucial effect on KAEFER’s business – in a person who had sent the letter. The work office, since for months the refinery in Schwedt positive as well as negative sense. This had contract with Norbert Ringleb, now Head of had been putting thought as to what to do inevitable consequences for the company’s the branch, was soon to be signed and on “when we are confronted with the market employees, today 36 in number. But as July 1, 1990, the day of the monetary union, Hecht reports, in the course of the develop- economy.” Her initiative coincided with the KAEFER offices in Nordhausen came into mental programs the team in Schwedt was KAEFER’s desire – a product of the initial being. Only one day later, the first construc- euphoria surrounding the development of able to triple its turnovers within several tion site, the Deuna Cement Factory, took up the East – to establish its own locations in years. “We continue to bank on their will to its work. Many small and large building the East and step up business. perform and commit themselves to the projects were initiated as well, such as the task.” This holds true particularly for the Nohra slaughterhouses, Leuna 2000, the The result of Rosemarie Becker’s business plans to generalize the business and extend Schwarza pipeline bridge or K & S Hattorf in trip was that 62 employees of the refinery activities to Eastern Europe. “Schwedt Heringen and Unterbreizbach. An exceptional applied for separation and negotiated a constitutes the eastern-most location of indication of changes are the hourly wages: takeover by KAEFER. Thus KAEFER became KAEFER Isoliertechnik and is of particular whereas in 1990 the hourly wage was DM 9,80, the first “foreign” company, and the 62 new strategic importance in a Europe which is in the year 2000 it averaged out at about KAEFERites became the – in part ridiculed – coming together.” DM 18,30. Except for the year 1994, KAEFER vanguard of free enterprise in the refinery. Nordhausen has not had to put any “A difficult time began for crazy young employees on short time in the ten years entrepreneurs like us,” Mrs. Becker recalls, since its establishment. There was an alter- who still manages the location in Northern nation of good and bad times. “Although the path we took in those ten years was not always easy and still isn’t, we nevertheless have no regrets,” Norbert Ringleb said at the anniversary celebration. “What we ac- complished together encourages us to meet the challenges of the future.”

18 New tablet producing factory for AstraZeneca Rosenthal 2000: kraft pulp from Thuringia

Times have changed. For the longest time, The KAEFER Industry Division in Germany had to import all of its kraft pulp Pfungstadt acted as general con- – the resource needed for the production tractor for façades, steel construc- of paper and sanitary articles. Now the tion work, insulation and interior important pre-product is being manufac- finishing for the construction of a tured in Germany for the first time, in pharmaceutical plant in Plankstadt Blankenstein in Thuringia. In doing so, the in the vicinity of Heidelberg. Rosenthal Cellulose and Paper Factory, AstraZeneca, Germany’s third lar- which was founded in 1883, is writing gest pharmaceutical enterprise, is history. At the beginning of 2000, the building a new production center cellulose production got started, in a new there for 72 million marks which factory with state-of-the-art technology conforms to the strict FDA and an annual capacity of 280,000 tons. In standards set up by the USA. In only four hours the completely automatic, the new tablet-producing factory, continuously operating fiber-processing which is intended to go into line turns wooden chips into high-quality operation at the end of 2001, the cellulose. employees will no longer have to work in externally ventilated full- Over 600 million marks protection suits. The newest tech- were invested in the nology makes it possible to keep “Rosenthal 2000” project. the interior air dust-free. From The production capacity 2002 on, three further innovative was doubled, and a series preparations can be produced for of exemplary environ- use worldwide at the Plankstadt mentally friendly tech- location. As general contractor, nologies were introduced. KAEFER has taken on the largest Insulation of world’s first part of the work on the site, which SATCON plant was set up in February. The co- ordination of six different trades is a great challenge for the team in The Lurgi AG, a group of Pfungstadt. process engineering and plant construction compa- nies which belongs to the Metal Association and works world-wide in the area of mg engineering, has built the world’s first industrial-scale SATCON plant at the ESSO refinery in Ingolstadt. The SATCON process developed by Lurgi aids in the conver- For example, the chemicals needed for sion of refinery residue digesting the cellulose are prepared in a into semi-finished pro- closed circuit and recirculated. This chemical ducts which can be further regeneration process has an efficiency of 99 processed to make mar- percent. ketable products. The new application is the result of KAEFER was one of the project partners a three-year long joint involved in the construction of the new developmental program which connects kraft pulp factory. It was in charge of heat rapid pyrolysis made possible by Lurgi insulation for boilers, vessels and pipelines technology through the application of the as well as for electrofilters and ducts. The LR process with ESSO’s experience and construction period was extraordinarily knowledge of fluid coke. The LR coke short, considering that a total surface of process transforms approximately 80% of some 40,000 square meters had to be refinery residue into valuable light and insulated, 16,000 of which constituted the heavy oils which are to a large extent free surface of the lye boiler, the most modern of heavy metals, thus making them utilizable of its kind in Germany. As many as 150 fitters in catalytic refining processes. KAEFER was were on the job at the peak of construction involved in the innovative building project work, all of whom remained accident-free, and installed the heat insulation on the by the way. All of the work was finished on pipelines and apparatuses. The work was schedule. difficult due to the close quarters in which the fitters had to work.

1819 Industry Export

Throw-awayAbu Dhabi insulation wird zur Drehscheibe für has seen it’s day KAEFER-Aktivitäten im Mittleren Osten

KAEFER starts production of flexible insulation mattresses for gas turbines

Every day on which a power plant does not produce electricity means a loss of revenue for the owner. The maintenance of a turbine is a costly affair, particularly as the demands on performance increase constantly. Tradi- tional methods of insulation, such as sprayed mineral fibre, have to be removed com- pletely during the maintenance process and cannot be reused.

In close cooperation with its client Siemens the Industry Export Division managed by Hermann Klezath has engineered a reusable and flexible mattress insulation system. This Delivery and assembly of insulation mattresses for 3 gas turbines in Al Taweelah/U.A.E. solution entails using flexible insulation mat- tresses made of sturdy, robust glass fibre envelopes that are filled with mineral insula- tion materials. Each single mattress can be removed quickly and easily from any part of the turbine at any time and can be reinstall- ed after maintenance work has been carried ming up what constitutes a recipe for suc- out. The mattress has a lifespan of approx. cess. “Everything worked.” Which was quite 10 years even in case of repeated removal an achievement, since KAEFER’s engineers and reinstallation work. Compared with had to completely change their way of think- traditional insulation methods, the downtime KAEFER does not only design and engineer ing during the preparation and production for such work is considerably reduced by insulation mattresses; they also manufacture phases, taking on, so to speak, the perspect- using the KAEFER mattress system. them. In 1999, a special workshop was set ive of shoemakers who must look at their up in the United Arab Emirates for the pro- product from the inside since that is where Some 500 individual flexible insulation duction of all types of flexible insulation the seams are. That was a great challenge. mattresses, different in structure and highly mattresses. Foreign employees with experi- complex, adapt themselves to the contours ence in the textile industry were recruited Further commissions have come in, and the of the turbine; their stability is guaranteed and production began. “Only by offering market has great potential. Worldwide there by exactly matching shapes and the way they production and assembly from one source is a great demand for energy, but not nearly are secured – by means of holders and belts. do we differ from our competitors,” says enough power plants to meet it. Gas power The mattress seams are asymmetrical allow- Klezath in justification of the venture into a plants are in particularly high demand since ing in most cases a single layer construction new market. they can be put up more quickly than con- even when a thicker insulation is required. ventional power plants can. The Industry A single mattress can have as many as 36 The risk of taking responsibility for the pro- Export Division is also looking to the petro- contours – absolutely no comparison to the duction of mattresses for a global market chemical industry as an additional area in familiar box-like insulation mattresses with 6 without relying on suppliers has paid out in which their flexible insulation mattresses contours. every sense: in a power plant in Abu Dhabi, might be utilized. By this, they are setting a three gas turbines have been equipped with classic example for global actions: engineer- the mattress system that was locally produ- ing in Bremen, production in Abu Dhabi and ced. “We had good ideas, good luck and assembly on the Philippines. Klezath de- worked hard, were able to acquire the scribes this innovation in a more sober way: necessary know-how,” says Klezath, sum- “A reliable, stable business which helps to utilize the company’s facilities long-term at full capacity.”

20 International Management Meeting 2000 Let’s synchronize! - Preserving the past or creating the future?

Time to take an island breather? Thanks to the well-planned organization of Doris On the third day of the meeting there were Duberg, the trip by bus and ship to Norder- additional short lectures on diverse topics. ney was a success. Some 60 managers of the The second day on the island was filled with After lunch together, it was time to say fare- KAEFER Group accepted Peter Hoedemaker’s many interesting lectures and workshops well, not only to the appealing island of invitation in order to intensify contacts, being attended by internationally mixed Norderney, but also to the many colleagues make new ones and promote communication teams. Six teams concerned themselves with whom we had gotten to know better during among one another. diverse questions as to what the future the three days spent in a pleasant and re- holds for the KAEFER Group. In the after- laxed atmosphere. (ZKW) The International Management Meeting took noon, the aim was to “get some fresh air” – place for the third time. We were presented all the participants had the op- with an interesting program. Lectures and portunity to take part in a de- discussions on topics such as the develop- lightful walk on the beach or to ment of the KAEFER Group, future structures see the island’s attractions on a in the corporate services and strategic per- locally guided tour. The day sonnel development were on the agenda for ended with an evening program: our first day on the island. The foreign we were received by the Mayor guests did not arrive until the afternoon and of the Island of Nordeney, and were greeted by the Board of Directors sep- entertained by an original East arately. In the evening everyone got to- Friesian guest speaker who told gether for dinner followed by relaxed but numerous anecdotes. Afterwards, fruitful conversation. the “Bremer Musical Company” performed for us, to our delight.

Online exchange for subcontractorswww.kaefer.com at www.kaefer.com

On the new revised Internet pages you will find, at www.kaefer.com, an online exchange which makes it possible for subcontractors to apply to KAEFER for commissions.

KAEFER offers:

a solid financial basis, i.e. rapid, guaranteed payment of invoices;

assistance and consulting for “regular” subcontractors on commercial questions – without legal advice – for example concerning setting up businesses, trade register, and many other questions;

perspectives for regional, cross-regional and international commissions.

Subcontractors can also contact KAEFER directly at [email protected].

21 Projects

Refurbishing of old buildings in Gotha: For the Kortlepel-Damaschke-Grundstücks-OHG, KAEFER Bremerhaven renovated a total of 890 housing units in 12 apartment buildings (partly pre-cast concrete slab buildings) in Gotha-West. Not only Well-chilled: In Großbeeren near Berlin KAEFER was the exteriors of the buildings were refurbished, involved in the construction of a new central ware-house but also the interiors, particularly the bathrooms for the number one company in the German and and the technical systems. With new installation European grocery business – the REWE Trade Group. In technology (modular installation technology from Germany alone, REWE, with its 9,100 stores – ranging story-high installation registers), it was possible from supermarkets to various specialized stores – and to reduce the time needed for installation work the REWE wholesale businesses combined turnovers considerably. As general contractor, the construc- amounting to approximately 50 billion marks. Commis- tion and project manager supervised all kinds of sioned by the Philipp Holzmann AG, KAEFER was in work as well the approx. 250 fitters working on charge of planning the complete warehouse and pro- the site daily. Since the houses continued to be cessed some 20,000 square meters of panels within inhabited, special consideration had to be taken only twelve weeks. The interior finishing of the cold of the tenants. Someone was hired especially to and deep-freezing rooms included among other things take over this task. specially designed fire-protection doors as well as sliding gates.

Modern anchor handling tug supply: For the first time, two so-called anchor handling tug supply vessels have been built at the shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund. The two ocean- going special ships built for the Maersk Shipyards of the Danish A.P. Moeller Group are used worldwide to supply Düsseldorf International: At present, the Düsseldorf Interna- drilling platforms with fuel, water, provisions and machines tional Airport, which, with its almost 16 million passengers, as well as to dispose of such. By means of special wind- ranks third among German airports after Frankfort and lasses, the ships can lift the anchors of drilling platforms, Munich, is involved in the largest investment project in its which can weigh as much as 150 tons, and move the plat- history. KAEFER Düsseldorf participated in two projects here. At forms to new locations. KAEFER was not only in charge of Gate A, new, storm-proof exterior ceilings were delivered and the insulation, covering and interior finishing of the new installed. Second of all, KAEFER participated in the renovation constructions, but also carried out special acoustic mea- of the stores at Gate C. After the duty free shop was elimi- sures, for these are the first ships worldwide with conven- nated, six shops were either reconstructed or newly built, all of tional welded-in bow thruster which adhere to the strict this while doing business, by the way. In the shops which now DMA noise protection standards of 55dB (A) in living quar- have the slogan “Travel Value”, KAEFER installed the smoke- ters and 60 dB (A) in wardrooms and recreation areas. proof ceilings and seals in the area where the new sliding gates are located. Furthermore, a decorative lining with aluminium lamellas and GK stripes for the illumination and air conditioning was installed. Noise protection for cooling towers: The residents of the area surrounding the Nordzucker plant in Uelzen can breathe more easily again. In time for the beginning of the sugar beet pro- cessing at the beginning of September, the noise protection on a total of eleven cooling towers was improved considerably. Within ten weeks the KAEFER-team IB-TS from Hanover and Bremen renovated the entire acoustics. Their tasks included engineering, statics and construction as well as pre-fabrication and installation. Special sound absorbers with special air baffles were used. The plant in Uelzen, which in the meantime processes some 17,000 tons of sugar beets daily, is the ‘flag ship’ of Nordzucker AG, one of the five large European produ- cers of sugar and one of the largest and most productive sugar factories in Europe.

22 Control station of refinery completely reconstructed: The production without limitations. KAEFER carried out all dis- interior finishing department of the Hamburg branch mantling work in the old control station, the insulation completely reconstructed the control station of the Hol- and dry construction work, electricity, painting and tailor- born Refinery. During the reconstruction work, which made carpenter’s work as well as air conditioning by took almost six months and which KAEFER carried out means of a suspended water cooling ceiling. as general contractor, the control station stayed in operation so that the refinery was able to continue

Largest suction dredger in the world: The specialist Among other things, KAEFER took care of insulation, Krupp Fördertechnik and the Thyssen Nordseewerke lining, cold rooms, floating screed, the coffered floor in (TNSW) have constructed the largest suction dredger the machine control room and the interior finishing on ever made worldwide at the TNSW shipyards in Emden the main deck. KAEFER’s acoustics know-how was also in for the Belgian enterprise Jan de Nul N.V.. The jumbo demand: the company made an acoustic prognosis, floating dredge with the name “Vasco da Gama” is, with worked out the acoustic concepts and took over the a volume of 33,000 cubic meters, almost twice as large warranty. as the previously largest ship of this kind; its volumetric capacity is 80 percent larger. Work can be carried out at a depth of up to 45 meters below the water’s surface.

Vacuum plant at Heide refinery reconstructed: Since more and more heavy crude oil gets used all the time, the Heide DEA refinery had Vacuum Destillery no. 3 reconstructed within a four-week shut-down period. The building project, which took some four months to plan, focussed on the construction of a new oven and transfer pipelines as well as the reconstruction of the vacuum columns. Sixty KAEFER fitters working a total of 20,000 hours were employed on the site.

Bullet-proof: Central state banks, which are responsible for providing the region with a comprehensive supply of money and enabling smooth credit card transactions, have high security standards to meet. Thus the new build- Mobile office for DaimlerChrysler: In only five months, KAEFER ing which houses the Rostock branch of the Central State put up fire and smoke protection KAEmobil walls for a com- Bank in Mecklenburg – Western Pomerania had to meet plete new office building on the premises of the Daimler such standards. KAEFER was involved in the interior Chrysler AG in Bremen. The commission was carried out in finishing, particularly the fire and noise protection. This connection with the construction of Hall 7. The metal mobile- included walls and ceilings, which in part had to be bullet- wall system comprised some 5,000 square meters with 215 proof, as well as steel and glass door systems (with fire window and 160 door elements as well as 880 glass surfaces. protection and security standards), high-quality wooden The single hallways have a total length of 277 meters. door elements and carpentry work.

23 Abroad

KAEFER goes to the starting line in Portugal

KAEFER has been present in Spain since the Lisbon and another office in Porto in the late 1960’S. Now the year 2000 marks the north of Portugal, is limiting itself at present beginning of insulation activities in Portugal. to the areas of cold and heat insulation. First signs are promising. Initial responses in the field of insulation have been encouraging. The list of business KAEFER has moved forward to the remotest references already includes five hospitals, a corner of Southwest Europe: whereas a sub- woodchip factory, a sidiary in Spain – today KAEFER Aislamien- cellulose factory, a tos – was established at the end of the shopping mall on the 1960’S, Portugal has ceased to be a blank Algarve in Faro, and space on the (company’s) map since the be- the business park of ginning of this year. The purchase of the re- Sintra. “We’ve made a maining shares of the Portuguese company good start,” is how KAEFER-FEITISOL in April 1999 was the Wellensiek sums it up. starting shot and simultaneously provided a basis for new activities of the company on Now he and his team the Iberian Peninsula. “We want to seize the have two primary opportunity which the local Portuguese mar- goals. First, they are pushing to increase pany’s favor. “We have a well-equipped ket offers,” says Yorck Wellensiek, Managing order volumes, and secondly they want to workshop.” KAEFER, which has long been Director of KAEFER-FEITISOL. And the eco- establish firm and long-lasting customer more than just a face in the crowd on the nomy of this country, once called “the poor- relationships. The task of the field office in Iberian Peninsula, is a guarantee for quality. house of Europe”, is now really beginning to Porto is first and foremost to acquire new Customer satisfaction, based on high-quality gain speed. “There’s a lot of construction customers. Competition is fierce, since nearly work, is now pulling in new orders. Last but work going on in Portugal. The country is all well-known German companies also have not least, there is a “customer pool” at the profiting in a major way from the European representatives in Portugal. But Wellensiek disposal of the nearby KAEFER Aislamientos, Union. EU money is a driving force in the can name a number of things in his com- with its more than 30 years of experience. economy,” is how he sums it up.

Wellensiek and his team of a good dozen colleagues are now working on the insu- lation market in close cooperation with their Spanish sister company. KAEFER-FEITISOL, with its headquarters in an industrial park at the southern edge of the capital city of

FrFranceance Long-term guest at France’s largest shipyard

The boom on the luxury liner market helps Apparently they have already increased the Cruise Liner “Renaissance One“ many shipyards to land large commissions. number of employees working in this area One who profits from it is one of the largest under the direction of Gérard Pichereau from shipyards in Europe, the French Chantiers de 20 to 70. The KAEFER team is looking forward l’Atlantique. By the year 2003, the company to one of the new ships in particular: the will already have delivered a total of twelve Cunard shipping company plans to have the new giant luxury liners. KAEFER S.A. is al- “Queen Mary II” built at Chantiers de l’Atlan- most a permanent guest at this yard rich in tique; it promises to become the new queen tradition. The branch in Donges near St. of the seas. With its planned 345 meters in Nazaire is carrying out all of the insulation length, a maximum speed of 30 knots and work and will insulate the air ducts and 150,000 gross register tons and room for 2,800 pipes on the twelve new ships. “That means passengers, it is also to become the largest that our shipbuilding activities will triple,” ship in the world. The launching of the future says Managing Director Philipp Dalheimer. oceanic giant is planned for the end of 2003.

224 Second superliner Large commission from of the Voyager DaimlerChrysler Class now on duty FinlandFinlandin South Africa work, KAEFER also took care of the turnkey interior design in some of the fitness and wellness areas.

The EXPLORER OF THE SEAS is part of a world- wide building boom in the cruise liner busi- ness. Within the KAEFER-THERMAL Contracting Services, the next five years, leading company on the insulation market in Sunning yourself on the deck during the 50 additional South Africa, has carried out a large com- day and indulging in the delicacies the megaliners will mission for DaimlerChrysler. The South ocean has to offer in the evening at the be cruising the African subsidiary of the automobile group Captain’s dinner – every-day routine for world’s seas. has set up a new paint shop at their vacationers on a luxury cruise? Way off the The branch is targeting the European market production site in East London, where track. A superliner like the MS EXPLORER OF in particular; in the past, sales in the USA water-based paint is used. At this site the THE SEAS – along with the twin ship, MS constituted 70 percent of the branch’s total right-sided steering wheel versions of the VOYAGER OF THE SEAS, the world’s largest returns. C-class are currently produced, and they will cruise liner at present – has lots of other continue to be produced there in the future. attractions in store, for example the largest At DaimlerChrysler South Africa approxima- swimming wellness and fitness area in exist- tely 10,000 vehicles of the C- and E-class ence. Whoever books a cabin on the leave the production line each year, which EXPLORER to cruise the Caribbean should New class for classy are destined for the South African market not forget his ice skates, because there is an and for exportation to Australia. The new ice-skating rink on board along with a rock- ships paint shop meets the increased demands on climbing wall, an aquarium bar, the ship’s quality for automobiles and is one of the own television studio, a library with 30,000 In the future, the cruise liner enterprise most modern and largest of its kind in books, Internet in the cabins, an inline-skat- Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Africa. KAEFER was responsible for the ing track, mini-golf and a standard-sized Cruises will name classes of ships according insulation work and had received the basketball field, to say nothing of a shop- to the first one built of its kind. Thus the commission due to its wide range of ping mall and a casino. A total of 1,181 ser- former Eagle-Class is now called Voyager experience and quality standards. Tailor- vice employees take care of the 3,100 Class, named after the first ship of this cat- made panels which were manufactured passengers. It would take a freight train of egory, the MS VOYAGER OF THE SEAS, which locally, amounting to a total of some 1,000 17 cars or four Boeing 747s lined up to span was launched in November of 1999. The twin square meters, were mounted on the oven. the floating city from bow to stern. ship, the MS EXPLORER OF THE SEAS, star- They can be removed completely, thus ted out on its maiden voyage in the fall, allowing for direct access to the inside of The new superliner was built at the Kvaerner and at the end of October it took off on its the oven at any point. In addition, the pipes Masa Shipyards in Turku, Finland – with the first cruise, on schedule. A new member will were insulated. committed assistance of be added to this fam- KAEFER Oy in Finland. The ily of 142,000 gross work which was carried out register ton ships on the open decks 11 and carrying more than 12 at the end of 1999 and 3000 passengers in the beginning of 2000 was the year 2001, with extremely hard due to the the MS ADVENTURE freezing temperatures, rain OF THE SEAS; Royal and wind. Apart from being Caribbean has already in charge of the insulation signed the contracts for two additional Voyager ships to be built in 2002 and 2003.

25 Abroad

KAEFER offshore - Dry construction in Austria - sometimesAustria digital, sometimes spiritual KAEFER Austria carried out two dry con- Successful job on the largest floating gas struction projects in Vienna which were out platform in the world off the Norwegian of the ordinary: a tram depot was turned coast into a church and a digital broadcasting station was created for the Austrian It is viewed as one Broadcasting Company. of the most courageous and From depot to church complicated building projects at sea: the gas On the former location of a tram depot a platform Åsgard B Greek-Orthodox church is now to be found. generally mounted on the outside, since the off the Norwegian Dry construction played an important role in façade and the roofing had to be redone. coast, as yet the this unusual transformation project in Vien- The new floor of the church building, as largest of its kind in na’s second district. It was carried out by industrial flooring, was made “cement-col- the world. The steel KAEFER professionals from the Vienna Head- ored”. The floor in the area of the altar was giant is 11,000 square meters in size and quarters, and was commissioned by the given a natural stone covering, however. weighs 80,000 tons. The national Norwegian Association of Greek-Orthodox Christians energy group Statoil has given the ambitious of Antiochia. At the corners of the building four rooms – undertaking a proud name, for Åsgard is the vestry, ministry’s offices, congregation room, name of the Nordic gods’ home. Prognoses The former depot, which is some 220 meters icon painting school – were built using a say that the Åsgard field in the North Sea has long, was divided into two halls by taking double-shell construction so as to render a an exploitable gas reserve of 212 billion cubic down a middle piece with a length of about cross in the ground plan. The iconostasis meters and an exploitable oil reserve of 700 10 meters. The smaller of the two parts, was made out of plasterboard or plaster million barrels. which is about 30 meters long, was com- according to traditional models. It will be pletely refurbished and turned into the extended to include icons from the church’s When Norway became a gas-producing nation church. own painting school in the course of time. and the only European net exporter of oil and The furnishings for the new church building gas in the early 1970’s, the government was The construction of the edifice and the roof come from Greek and/or Turkish workshops. very keen on keeping as much of the North beams were left visible. The insulation was Sea reserves in Norwegian possession as possible. It is no coincidence that the branch refers to the Norwegians as the “blue-eyed Arabs”. The plans for the Åsgard complex, Turning a lifeless archive into a digital news center which consists of an oil producing ship (Åsgard A) and the platform (Åsgard B), Usually a building which houses archives and individual furnishings for the studio tech- originated in the year 1996. The costs were a digital broadcasting station are worlds nology. In only eight weeks, a lifeless similar in dimension to that of the construction apart. But that is not true for KAEFER’s dry archive was turned into a dynamic, lively, itself. Instead of costing the projected 29.7 construction specialists: they were commis- light large room with 80 work places and billion Norwegian crowns, the project ended sioned by the Austrian Broadcasting Com- four very modern digital broadcasting up costing some 40.3 billion crowns. pany to execute the plans drawn up by studios. Irmengard Berner, an architect from Munich, KAEFER’s Norwegian company, the KAEFER to turn a former archive into a modern, The studios and the office cubicles of the Isoleringsteknikk, which has already worked multi-functional news center. division managers are made completely of very successfully in the oil and gas industry, glass and create an open, communicative was in charge of all of the thermal insulation Thus, the broadcaster’s new NewsCenter now atmosphere. The cables are incorporated of the platform and pipes as well as of the fire consists of a bright open-plan office consist- into the weblike systems of the acoustic protection. The interior finishing of the offices ing of 1,150 square meters on two levels, ceiling. Galvanized cable columns, which and living quarters (with 120 beds) was a studios behind glass, work places which are serve as room dividers for the various divi- great challenge. After all, the aim was to create laid out so as to take on the form of a spi- sions, guide the cables to the floor. Among a level of luxury comparable to that of a der’s web, dozens of computers and moni- other things, KAEFER installed the substruc- five-star hotel. In any case, the owner was tors, kilometer-long looms of cables and ture for the acoustic ceilings, the lighting absolutely satisfied with the results, Hans light-colored wood. During reconstruction, and acoustic elements in white and brown, Bjørn Paulsrud from Norway reported. In one of the things that had to be as well as the acoustic blinds in the studios. August and September over 100 KAEFERites done was to redesign the façade; were on board off the Norwegian coast in another task was to turn the order to set up all the systems for production large room into an open-plan start in October. office while meeting the noise- insulation demands and to equip the building with NorwayNorway 26 Anyone for a fresh Pilsner?

CzechiaCzechia Izolacni Technika spol. s.r.o. has been an In September of 1990, KAEFER sounded out independent company. Pilsen: world-famous as the situation in Czechia: the company has established itself well in the last 10 years, The first commission to be registered was birthplace of Pilsner beer particularly in its cooperation with the the delivery of insulation and fire protection breweries in the homeland of Pilsner beers. materials including installation plans for four The West Bohemian city of Pilsen (Plzen) is coastal motor vessels at the birthplace of beer brewed according to Why does the mother of all the Komaro shipyards on Pilsen’s method. Pilsner is the most pop-ular beers, Pilsner Urquell, taste the Danube. Soon the beer in Germany, a light bottom-fer-mented so good? Not because of cooperation with the full-bodied beer. The beer tradition in Pilsen the legendary Czechian breweries began. The goes back to the 13th century. The year 1295 hops alone. One source of construction of cold was a milestone in Pilsen’s history of beer quality are the exception- provision rooms was also brewing. King Wenzel granted the city ally well-insulated ferment- soon to yield success: permission to brew beer. A trailblazing ing tanks. After all, fermen- within a period of five decision, yet Pilsner beer in its modern form tation is a crucial process years, KAEFER renovated did not come into existence until 1842, in the production of beer. the entire slaughterhouse when, in a stroke of genius, the Bavarian That’s no professional in Ostrava. In addition, the brewmaster Josef Groll introduced a new secret, as the business two cavity conservation kind of beer, Pilsner Urquell. Before this, 200 developments in KAEFER’s lines of VW-Skoda and VW- brewers had joined forces in Pilsen to Czechian company prove. Bratislava were insulated. establish a new brewery (the ”Mestansky In the meantime, it has In 1995/96 KAEFER carried pivovar”, the germ cell of the Pilsener Ur- insulated 95 % of all beer- out the entire interior quell Company, a.s.), which was to produce fermenting tanks in Czechia, finishing work of Prague’s bottom-fermented beer for the first time. – 200 in number. KAEFER City Center. A further Groll tried out a new recipe shrouded in received the first large highlight was the finishing mystery and created in this way the world- commission from the design of the 6th floor of famous beer. Yet as clever as Pilsen’s beverage industry at the Koospol’s main administra- brewers were – they forgot one thing: the end of 1991 and insulated tion, carried out in the trademark rights. Thus Pilsner did not 48 cylindrical-conical beer f.l.t.r.: Igor Zachoval, Walter Friedrich Möhl, winter of 1999/2000, to become a brand, but a kind of beer. It was tanks in Pilsen, where the Marketa Hrncirová, Tomás Macel accommodate the mobile not until 1898 that the brewery thought to world’s first Pilsner was brewed. That had broadcasting provider Paegas. protect its rights – of course much too late. consequences. “The high quality of the They had the name “Pilsner Urquell” trade- insulation work in Pilsen set standards for To a considerable extent, the success in marked, which is valid worldwide today. all of Czechia,” says Walter Friedrich Möhl, Czechia is also to be attributed to This Pilsner is still brewed by the brewery Managing Director of KAEFER Czechia, who completely personal synergies such as the which first marketed this kind of beer. Pil- commutes between Hamburg and Brünn. one created by Igor Zachoval and Walter sner Urquell is the largest brewery in “After carrying out our work in Pilsen, all the Friedrich Möhl. When the Czech, who already Czechia, with a market share of 40 %. In breweries wanted to have us take over their has a command of Low German, greets at 1998, five million hectoliters were brewed. insulation work.” any time of the day with a friendly “Moin, moin”, Möhl promptly responds in his In September of 1990, KAEFER had gone language. “Dobry,” he says, which means into what was then Czechoslovakia. Since “okay”. firms from the West were not permitted then, the business was controlled via the Kvadrant Company, and a local employee, Main administration Koospol Igor Zachoval, was hired. The subsidiary was initially developed by means of the guardianship model. First KAEFER Munich and later Bremen/Bremerhaven were responsible for the construction of cold provision rooms in Czechia, and Hamburg took charge of industry, shipbuilding, and interior finishing. Since 1996, KAEFER

27 Anniversaries

thank you thank you s

Hartmut Kleinau Gerd Horstmann

Hartmut Kleinau started to work at Gerd Horstmann started to train KAEFER on June 1, 1960 as a sheet to become an insulation fitter on metal worker in the sheet metal November 15, 1960 at KAEFER. He Willi Niekrawitz workshop in Hamburg. Measuring, Erhard Schwarzfeld worked on many domestic sites prefabricating and mounting insula- for the Industry Division as a Erhard Schwarzfeld started to train Willi Niekrawitz started to work tion systems as well as supervising foreman and supervisor. He also to become an insulation fitter on as a fitter at the Ellermann Com- various large sites were some of worked in foreign countries, for August 23, 1960 at KAEFER’s pany in Rheine on May 6, 1960, the tasks he had in Hamburg. In example in the Netherlands and Düsseldorf branch. For 40 years which was taken over by KAEFER’s 1996 he transferred to Bremen’s South Africa. Today he works as a the hobby winegrower and acknowl- Düsseldorf branch in the early Industrial Noise Division to work as works polisher at the BEB site in edged wine expert has remained 1970’s. He worked on different an assembly inspector. Now he is Großenkneten. faithful to the company. For many sites in the Western part of Ger- res-ponsible for the installation of years he has been on the scene at many before transferring to the noise protection components for Bayer’s permanent site in Dor- Bremen branch in 1996, where he projects in Germany as well as magen, entrusted with any number primarily worked as a foreman at abroad. of different tasks. the Wibarco site in Ibbenbühren. thank

Klaus-Dieter Müller Klaus Peter Schirrmacher Werner Holthusen Werner Holthusen began working Klaus-Dieter Müller not only celeb- Klaus Peter Schirrmacher joined the Gaizka Astorquiza Abazdo for KAEFER on July 1, 1975 as a rated his sixtieth birthday this year, Heiner Tiedemann Industry Department of KAEFER’s commercial clerk and accountant. In but also his 30-year anniversary at branch in Kiel on July 1, 1970. In 1994 he was put in charge of the Gaizka Astorquiza Abasdo joined KAEFER. His life has been devoted Heiner Tiedemann took over 1975 he became Head of the Indus- financial accountants department KAEFER Aislamientos in Spain on to ships: in 1970 the trained ship- acquisition and supervision of the try and Building Department. In and was granted commercial pow- February 1, 1975 after finishing his builder and shipbuilding engineer assembly work in Hamburg’s In- 1989 he was granted commercial er of attorney on July 1, 1998. In engineering studies at Bilbao joined the Shipbuilding Department dustry Department on August 1, power of attorney. the financial accountants depart- Technical College. From 1976 to 1978 in Bremen as a project engineer. Six 1970. In 1978 he became Head of ment at the head office he did the he supervised the insulation work years later he took over the mana- the Industry Department. He was company a particularly great ser- done during the construction of the gement of the department and in granted commercial power of attor- vice by attending to the numerous nuclear power plant in Almarez. 1988 “prokura“ was conferred to ney and “prokura” and became one data processing changes made, From 1985 on he has been Head of him and he became one of the of the managing directors at the most recently concerning SAP R/3. the Industry De-partment of the managing directors at the Bremen Hamburg branch. Since 1994 he has Spanish KAEFER company. branch. Since September 1, 1994 he been Regional Manager of the has been in charge of the North for the Industry Division and Shipbuilding Division. is also responsible for the Ham- We say burgfarewell... location.

Albert Giermann worked for Udo Appelhagen left KAEFER on Horst Christoph left KAEFER on July KAEFER for 45 years. On Octo- May 1, 2000 for reasons of health 31, 2000 after having been employed ber 7, 1955 the trained plumber after having worked for KAEFER there for 47 years. He learned the and insulation fitter joined the Bremerhaven for 43 years in the insulation trade at KAEFER and company, working on numerous Shipbuilding and Industry Depart- worked on many construction sites, construction sites in Germany, and ment. During those years he got including some in foreign countries, was construction supervisor for to see some of the world; among first in the field of shipbuilding, la- projects in Belgium, on the other places, he worked in Miami, ter in the field of interior finishing. Antilles, and in South and North Genoa, in the Mediterranean on From 1963 on he was a member of America from 1966 to 1972. From the “Costa Victoria” and in Ame- the Works Council and later he was Albert Giermann 1972 until the end of 1999 he Udo Appelhagen rica on the “Seaborn Pride”. Horst Christoph on the Examination Board of the supervised the Shell Chemical Hamburg Chamber of Commerce; the construction project in the Nether- master craftsman for heat, cold and lands. On February 29, 2000 he fire protection was also in charge of retired. the apprentices’ workshop for four years.

28 Anniversaries 2000congratulations KAEFER Isoliertechnik Volker Frenszen 03.11.1980 KAEFER Isoliertechnik KAEFER Montage KAEFER Isoliertechnik Head Office Bodo Genrich 27.10.1980 Ingolstadt Magdeburg Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG, 25th anniversary Holger Hansen 19.08.1980 30th anniversary 10th anniversary Austria Anke Gregorzewski 01.11.1975 Mehmed Sijamhodzic 01.08.1970 Michael Hartmann 01.07.1990 20th anniversary Werner Holthusen 01.07.1975 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Dirk Kruse 01.07.1990 Gerhard Böhm 25.11.1980 Britta Lukaschek 01.08.1975 20th anniversary Düsseldorf Wilfried Ladebeck 01.07.1990 Monika Kittinger 05.02.1980 Jürgen Waßmuth 01.08.1975 Wilhelm Becker 10.11.1980 40th anniversary Jörg Raugust 08.11.1990 Hermann Spath 18.02.1980 20th anniversary Erhard Schwarzfeld 23.08.1960 10th anniversary Hans Spreewitz 01.07.1990 Johann Staufer 01.07.1980 Hans Wilke 19.11.1990 Rainer Albrecht 15.01.1980 30th anniversary Nail Kaba 11.06.1990 Franz Vollmann 06.10.1980 Holger Bruns 01.08.1980 Heinrich Jussen 10.08.1970 Kurt Zehetbauer 04.08.1980 Hans-Jürgen Kück 01.11.1980 KAEFER Isoliertechnik KAEFER Montage Ante Tarabaric 17.09.1970 10th anniversary Helga Napiwotzki 01.03.1980 Kiel Nordhausen Johann Kerstinger 26.03.1990 25th anniversary 30th anniversary 10th anniversary 10th anniversary Michael Erhart 01.09.1975 Klaus Peter Schirrmacher 01.07.1970 Norbert Ringleb 01.07.1990 Heinz Medwenitsch 01.10.1990 Vlasta Kafkova 10.12.1990 Marian Franke 01.09.1975 Gerhard Wiesenhofer 15.01.1990 Brigitte Meineke 01.10.1990 Rainer Kaminski 22.09.1975 20th anniversary KAEFER Montage Werner Noll 10.11.1975 Horst Tietz 01.12.1980 Schwedt KAEFER Aislamientos S.A., KAEFER Isoliertechnik Spain 10th anniversary 10th anniversary Berlin/Dahlewitz 20th anniversary 30th anniversary André Alt 02.04.1990 Jörg Becker 01.08.1990 10th anniversary Jürgen Götze 01.07.1980 Javier Rodriguez Gonzalez 02.01.1970 Volker Johnsen 02.07.1990 Andreas Bertuleit 01.11.1990 Gisela Schlimper 01.05.1990 Werner Kremser 01.08.1980 José Antonio Iturbe Fernández 05.03.1970 Werner Plath 02.07.1990 Manfred Brombeer 10.12.1990 Ralf Wendorf 02.07.1990 Rainer Labsch 19.03.1980 Mike Buse 01.08.1990 José Luis Cordero Sainz 03.08.1970 Karin Pokuta 16.06.1980 Rainer Riebisch 14.02.1990 José Celeiro Lopez 10.08.1970 Michael Teegen 15.09.1990 Ulrich Bölke 01.08.1990 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Carsten Röder 01.08.1980 Jürgen Drafz 01.08.1990 José Antonio Fernández Garcia 27.08.1970 Bielefeld Thomas Wille 01.08.1980 Carmelo Sabido Almansa 03.10.1970 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Joachim Flämmich 01.08.1990 20th anniversary Agustin Manchón Muñoz 23.10.1970 Leipzig Hendrik Gayk 01.08.1990 Volkmar Schrader 26.08.1980 KAEFER Entsorgungstechnik Manuel Gil Muñoz 11.02.1970 10th anniversary Mirko Gierke 01.08.1990 Düsseldorf Erhard Grünberg 01.08.1990 Daniel Arquero Rodriguez 08.06.1970 10th anniversary Werner Ehrhardt 01.10.1990 10th anniversary Hans-Jürgen Heyder 01.08.1990 Augusto Fernández Rodriguez 29.07.1970 Roland Pockrandt 09.04.1990 Michael Schliebe 01.07.1990 Ali-Osman Bilgic 01.02.1990 Norbert Hilbig 01.08.1990 Juan Barroso Lopez 14.12.1970 Norbert Plenge 03.02.1990 Dieter Kremer 01.08.1990 Federico Moreno Rodriguez 03.10.1970 KAEFER Isoliertechnik KAEFER Isoliertechnik Rainer Kroll 01.08.1990 Bremen Magdeburg 25th anniversary KAEFER Isoliertechnik Norbert Lindow 01.08.1990 40th anniversary 10th anniversary Gaizka Astorquiza Abasolo 02.01.1975 Emden Detlef Mundt 01.08.1990 Gerd Horstmann 15.11.1960 Rainer Woidtke 01.07.1990 Acacio Delahera Vegas 01.04.1975 30th anniversary Detlef Möller 01.08.1990 Hartmut Kleinau 01.06.1960 Rafael Fernández Gomez 01.07.1975 Günter Waldecker 19.05.1970 Joachim Neubüser 01.08.1990 Willi Niekrawitz 06.05.1960 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Felix Perez Garcia 05.08.1975 Hans-Jürgen Nitsche 03.09.1990 20th anniversary Munich José Ramón Santamaría Perez 30.09.1975 30th anniversary Heinz Kluge 20.10.1980 30th anniversary Thomas Pattke 01.08.1990 Joaquín Vicente Fernández 07.10.1975 Denis Linnemann 01.09.1970 Helmut Korporal 25.08.1980 Jure Dzidic 08.07.1970 Jürgen Pfeiffer 01.08.1990 Fernando Folgar Liñeira 08.10.1975 Klaus-Dieter Müller 20.04.1970 Karl-Heinz Krombholz 20.10.1980 Nikola Maksic 22.06.1970 Siegfried Pollex 01.08.1990 Antonio Zuluaga Petralanda 03.11.1975 Eduard Surbek 23.02.1970 Karl-Dieter Kruse 02.01.1980 Torsten Rochow 01.08.1990 Rafael Mesa Muñoz 24.11.1975 Manfred Wessels 01.08.1970 Hinrich Rodow 18.06.1980 20th anniversary Hans-Jürgen Strobel 01.08.1990 Laurentino Garcia Benito 03.12.1975 Thomas Nützl 01.09.1980 Gerd Stäglin 03.09.1990 Pablo Garciandía Rodriguez 09.12.1975 25th anniversary 10th anniversary Hans-Ulrich Theuergarten 01.08.1990 José Lois Fernández 10.12.1975 Maksut Biljali 01.01.1975 Hans-Martin Dittmer 08.01.1990 10th anniversary Anna Köppel 01.09.1990 Juan Orellana Lozano 30.10.1975 Reinhard Carstens 26.05.1975 Gerhard Tilch 08.01.1990 KAEFER Montage Servet Emin 07.04.1975 Robert Sturm 01.03.1990 Domingo Gomez Muñoz 06.11.1975 Schwerin Francisco Jimenez Prados 13.12.1975 Helmut Gernand 07.10.1975 KAEFER Isoliertechnik 10th anniversary Baldomero Suarez Patiño 25.06.1975 Herbert Hilgen 08.12.1975 Hamburg KAEFER Isoliertechnik Hans-Jürgen Berteit 03.09.1990 José Luis Rama Lopez 22.09.1975 Fritz Höppner 01.10.1975 30th anniversary Neubrandenburg Klaus-Peter Klatt 23.07.1990 Mario Becerro Pônce 09.06.1975 Thomas Kolwe 01.08.1975 Jürgen Carstens 01.03.1970 10th anniversary Frank-Heino Kleemann0 03.09.1990 Juan José Paz Mora 16.07.1975 Kurt Krajewski 09.12.1975 Bernd-Reinhold Jäger 01.04.1970 Olaf Haack 01.08.1990 Peter Luck 03.09.1990 Antonio Sabido Almansa 15.04.1975 Jens Mathies 01.08.1975 Walter Ohlrogge 01.08.1970 Roland Mergner 03.09.1990 Patrocinio Reina Adan 25.04.1975 Herbert Meyer 01.01.1975 Erich Russlies 01.04.1970 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Pfungstadt Felix Chillaron Notario 21.07.1975 Danko Petrovic 11.09.1975 Heiner Tiedemann 01.08.1970 KAEFER S.A., France 25th anniversary Francisco Delatorre Bonales 28.07.1975 Günther Röttger 30.06.1975 30th anniversary 25th anniversary Rudolf Gregorincic 27.08.1975 Francisco Castro Alamillo 11.08.1975 Erich Schattschneider 20.01.1975 Luis da Silva 09.06.1970 Ivan Antolagic 25.03.1975 Ineso Perez Barba 09.09.1975 20th anniversary 20th anniversary Thomas Boszel 01.02.1975 25th anniversary Fernando Jimenez Nogales 17.09.1975 Bore Gravic 18.03.1980 Hans Benkewitz 19.01.1980 Erwin Doose 05.08.1975 Camille Levesque 06.10.1975 Rafael Campos Carrillo 29.09.1975 Gabriele Behrens 01.01.1980 Henning Korth 01.11.1975 Osman Oezdemir 01.10.1980 Jörg Blumstengel 01.09.1980 Gert Wörsdörfer 01.01.1980 20th anniversary 20th anniversary Manfred Bullwinkel 01.07.1980 20th anniversary Floriano Martins 01.07.1980 José Luis Maqueda Lasa 21.01.1980 10th anniversary Joachim Busker 18.02.1980 Jürgen Bartels 01.09.1980 Didier Baguet 06.02.1980 Marc Gallei 02.04.1990 10th anniversary Werner Duwe 26.11.1980 Vahit Bilmez 23.06.1980 Patrick Tinel 01.09.1980 Torsten Haß 01.10.1990 José Luis Sainz Matilla 15.01.1990 Lothar Frenkler 29.07.1980 Gerald Fankhauser 25.08.1980 Salvatore Cutaia 09.05.1980 Teutonio Hoppen 12.03.1990 Miguel Angel Alvarez Alvarez 08.05.1990 Frank Gesse 01.09.1980 Jörg Lemke 25.08.1980 Vittorio Zaffuto 27.05.1980 Michael Grünfeld 21.10.1980 Borislaw Synyszyn 15.10.1980 KAEFER Entsorgungstechnik 10th anniversary KAEFER-THERMAL Contracting Heinrich Lammers 20.08.1980 Thomas Wylegala 01.09.1980 Pfungstadt Dominique Leveuf 02.01.1990 Services S.A., South Africa Saban Ljatifi 21.10.1980 Heinz Zapletan 01.05.1980 10th anniversary Guy Courbon 01.07.1990 30th anniversary Rashit Mehmetaj 24.03.1980 10th anniversary Reiner Jassmann 28.05.1990 Georges Garnesson 27.03.1990 Petrus Methule 15.04.1970 Xhevat Rexhepovic 28.02.1980 Rainer Barthel 03.12.1990 René Ziegenskie 12.11.1990 Didier Leparquois 08.03.1990 Elphus Mashinini 16.04.1970 Jens-Friedrich Röttger 01.09.1980 Jörg Beyer 16.07.1990 Slobodan Cetojevic 08.10.1990 Solomon Khumalo 15.04.1970 Gerd Schmidt 21.02.1980 Hans-Rudolf Gagzow 27.02.1990 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Laurent Legobien 13.07.1990 25th anniversary Gerda Singer 18.08.1980 Elke Luckwaldt 08.01.1990 Rostock David Miehe 09.07.1990 John Mahlangu 17.04.1975 De-Magalhaes Teixeira 14.07.1980 Kazimierz Pieniazkiewicz 30.07.1990 10th anniversary Sylvie Lopez 02.01.1990 Diane Goldblatt 08.07.1975 Thomas Wanschura 01.09.1980 Gerd Schlieter 01.08.1990 Klaus-Dieter Brandt 01.10.1990 Dominique Garguilli 01.02.1990 Piet Maila 20.10.1975 Lothar Wippel 01.06.1980 Brunhilde Schlüter 01.10.1990 Klaus Harms 12.11.1990 Vincent Stissi 11.06.1990 Maqina Shabangu 12.11.1975 10th anniversary Daniela Wenn 01.10.1990 Ulrich Knebusch 01.10.1990 Vincent Vaccaro 11.06.1990 Claudia Adebahr 01.05.1990 Hui Dang Xuang 13.07.1990 20th anniversary Wolfgang Berndt 01.01.1990 KAEFER Entsorgungstechnik KAEFER Isoliertechnik Vincent Do 13.07.1990 Hendrik Setlale 09.01.1980 Knut Holthusen 17.09.1990 Hamburg Roxheim Thabo Maboya 21.01.1980 Heiko Jürgens 01.04.1990 10th anniversary 30th anniversary KAEFER Isoleringsteknikk A/S, Reuben Mbethe 17.01.1980 Klaus Lübbers 08.01.1990 Klaus Ramm 01.04.1990 Adolf-Karl Amos 20.04.1970 Norway George Mabidikama 12.02.1980 Berthold Nykamp 09.04.1990 Udo-Joachim Herrmann 01.07.1970 20th anniversary Masenyani Mathebula 16.04.1980 Hermann Otten 01.08.1990 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Reidar Eiane 02.01.1980 Thembile Mzukwa 16.04.1980 20th anniversary Martina Patze 16.11.1990 Hanover Hans Bjørn Paulsrud 02.05.1980 Pondo Thukwane 20.05.1980 Giuseppe Falzone 09.10.1980 Klaus Reimann 01.06.1990 25th anniversary Boyboy Mohlala 26.05.1980 Bozo Kalac 30.10.1980 10th anniversary Karl-Heinz Reineke 04.08.1990 Jürgen Ahlvers 20.08.1975 Mkielwa Mthimunye 09.06.1980 Peter Lotz 03.02.1975 Svein Liseth 18.01.1990 Douglas Maseko 01.07.1980 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Rune Eiane 16.02.1990 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Klaus Ostermann 15.09.1975 Hamilton Motloung 07.07.1980 Schwedt Heikki Mikkola 25.02.1990 Bremerhaven Moshima Skhosana 22.07.1980 20th anniversary 10th anniversary Kejo Løseth 06.03.1990 30th anniversary Johannes Mthombeni 16.10.1980 Thomas Biedritzki 01.08.1980 Rosemarie Becker 01.08.1990 Håvard Pedersen 12.03.1990 Jürgen Thies 19.01.1970 Jaroslav Nebrensky 15.09.1980 Eryka Kruszona 01.08.1990 Bjørn Ingebrigtsen 01.07.1990 10th anniversary 10th anniversary Heinz Schröter 01.08.1990 Knut Arne Magnussen 01.07.1990 Mhlupeki Mbuli 12.01.1990 10th anniversary 10th anniversary Ingar Bjarte Elde 09.07.1990 Mack Maluleke 31.01.1990 Martina Schmidt 01.08.1990 Michael Jacob 20.08.1990 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Jan Kenneth Vik 23.07.1990 Rajagopal Moodley 05.03.1990 Stefan Weck 01.08.1990 Volker Liebich 15.10.1990 Stralsund Ann Christine Stene 27.08.1990 John Anderson 09.04.1990 Lutz Christian Zdebel 25.06.1990 Marcus Pielok 01.08.1990 10th anniversary Rolf Ingebrigtsen 24.09.1990 Dokie Maboea 07.08.1990 Dietmar Wiedera 11.09.1990 KAEFER Isoliertechnik Harald Hepner 01.10.1990 Tor Olav Opedal 01.10.1990 Sharma Chellan 01.12.1990 Brunsbüttel Klaus-Dieter Köpp 01.10.1990 Harald Nordeide 20.11.1990 20th anniversary Silvio Siebrecht 03.09.1990 Hans-Helmut Blender 12.11.1980 Jürgen Specht 01.10.1990

29 Sport

KAEFER’s volleyball team Team is looking for new members! moved up! The company bowling club of the Bremen branch wants to introduce itself: Being successful is fun, but one can also It was founded in 1986 and has at have success having fun playing with one present 9 players on two successful another – KAEFER’s volleyball team, which Benefit Soccer Tournament teams. At this year’s Bremen- moved up into Bremen’s A group this year, wide team championships, is proof of that. The team would gladly At a benefit soccer tournament at the the team was fourth out of welcome new players. Meyer Shipyards in Papenburg, the KAEFER 140. team came in third. KAEFER had donated the challenge cup for the Corporate Soccer The bowling team urgently Cup 2000. The proceeds from the tour- needs new members. Those nament went to the Association for the who are interested can Support of Children with Leukemia to contact Wolfgang Berndt, finance blood-typing. phone: 6109-366.

f.l.t.r. (top): Nina Svensson, Recep Divanoglu, f.l.t.r. (top): W. Cwiertnia, J. Thies, T. Oest, f.l.t.r. (picture above): Ulrich Zimmeck, Holger Karpinski, Jörg Simon, Josef Schmitz,(bottom) Hauke Mütel, J. Feldmann, P. Reich, D. Keric, M. Paligoric, K. Funk Thorsten Dunkhase, Frank Westermann Inge Briese, Maike Büttner, Rolf Briese (bottom) A. Toplar, M. Berger, H. Poppen, T. Beer, (picture below): Werner Duwe, Ulrich Doll, Hans-Dieter Not present: Henning Bullwinkel, Joachim Poblotzki T. Kühn, S. Hakan Schulz, Wolfgang Berndt

Munich on rafting tour

The employees of the Industry Division in Munich were delighted when they heard that they had won the third prize in a group competition. The result of animated discus- sions on how to use the prize money was: “We are going on a rafting tour.”

In July the team – experienced rafters alongside newcomers – took a boat trip to Imst in Austria. The Inn became an unforget- table force to be reckoned with. In a red rubber boat, neoprene protective clothing f.l.t.r.: (top): Friedrich Pastewska, Werner Gaudszuhn, Erwin Wetterich, Thomas Nützl, Hans-Jörg Pirngruber, Robert and under the professional supervision of a Sturm, Heinz Pirngruber, tour guide from New Zealand, first instruc- (bottom) Ines Gaudszuhn, Anna Köppel tions were given and a series of dry runs were made. Finally, after the error rate had First things went at a leisurely pace in the decreased, the command “Boats up and off sluggishly flowing Inn. After some practice, of the tour, slow currents and rapids alter- to the launching site” came – under the the boat reached the rapids at the Imster nated, but every rapid was one of a kind. high-way bridge at Imst in the Inn Valley. Gorge. Despite the intense use of oarblades, Oars in and out of the water, wave after Then the first crucial test had to be passed: the river did pretty much what it liked with wave, everyone had to give it all they had into the river at an air temperature of 14° C the boat and its crew. Not only did the crew at all times. But that didn’t keep anyone and a water temperature of 6-8° C – the get doused with a lot of showers; it really from having fun. What began with a fortify- snow on the mountain peaks of the Inn got jolted around, sometimes up, sometimes ing breakfast of white sausages ended on a Valley greeted from afar. down, with water all around. In the course joyful note with a grill party.

30 First KAEFER Motorcycle Tour

Numerous motorcycle enthusiasts of KAEFER KAEFERites wanted to come along on July 1: went on a motorcycle tour together this they had 16 motorcycles and one trike. From year for the first time. Holger Krull, chauffeur Bremen via Delmenhorst and Wildeshausen of the Managing Directors, organised this passing through Ammerland towards the north event and invited employees of the Head up to the Jadebusen. Holger Krull’s résumé: Office as well as of the Bremen and Bremer- ”Everyone was satisfied! It was great fun and haven branches. Even a colleague from Ham- next year we want to go again. Maybe for a burg signed up spontaneously. A total of 22 weekend. We’ll see what happens!”

Don’t leave your good ideas in your desk drawer! We remember our deceased colleagues A warm thank you to all the employees who participated in the company’s suggestion program. We want to appeal to all Bargmann, Hans 22.03.00 KAEFERites once again to get involved in the program and keep Blumenthal, Björn 18.02.00 it growing strong! Don’t leave your good ideas for improving Bos, Dieter 23.11.99 company procedures in your desk drawer! Hanebuth, Heinz 25.03.00 Henken, Helmut 06.12.99 Submit your suggestions to: Höchbauer, Ludwig 22.06.00 Dagmar Mangels, Head Office, tel.: 0421 / 3055-125 Jedamczyk, Annegret 11.07.00 Hans-Joachim May, Head Office, tel.: 0421 / 3055-191 Jirmann, Gustav 22.02.00 (or to your Works Council) Kala, Mustafa 01.06.00 Creativity, particularly if it offers economic advantages, Koch, Peter 09.01.00 is always rewarded. Köchel, Dieter 08.06.00 H.-J. May Krempin, Günther 20.09.00 Lamprecht, Herta 18.01.00 Lewington, Roy 18.07.00 Retired employees came together at the “Strandlust ” in Vegesack Lindner, Hedwig 17.06.00 Lotz, Gertrud 30.12.99 Some 200 former employees came together in Madeya, Otto 01.03.00 mid-October at the “Strandlust” restaurant in Mitschke, Horst 09.11.00 Vegesack for what has become a traditional Neumann, Marta 14.04.00 “pensioners’ get-together”. Of course, KAEFER Plöger, Heinrich 10.05.00 and the way it used to be was the topic which Preuß, Elisabeth 12.07.00 dominated the conversation while having cake Raddatz, Günter 20.09.00 and coffee, taking a break from dancing and Rietze, Karsten 28.10.00 during dinner. Stephan K. Radermacher as a Rucha, Albert 09.04.00 representative of the Management was present as well as Annelotte Koch, who insisted on Schmitt, Helmut 12.03.00 going from table to table and greeting every Schnakenberg, Adelheid 09.10.00 guest personally. The atmosphere was great – Snyehola, Matthias 19.01.00 Entertainer: ventriloquist also due to the Samba numbers and the Srbotnjak, Ferdinand 06.03.00 Frederik Jürgens entertainment offered by the Heineke brothers. Struppe, Kurt 24.03.00 Frederik Jürgens, a ventriloquist, also gave a Svensson, Antonija 09.09.00 “magical“ show. We hope to see everyone again Thiele, Hermann 16.07.00 and in good health in two years! Wasserberg, Ella 06.07.00

Will, Günter 27.01.00 Annelotte Koch together with Peter Bergmann 31