HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR: INAUGURATION OF THE COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT AT THE HEADQUARTERS IN ST. INGBERT GUIDING THEME: ENVIRONMENT MANUFACTURING ON A WORLD-CLASS LEVEL VOIT, AN ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYER: EMPLOYEE SURVEY THREAT FROM THE INTERNET WORKS COUNCIL: CO-DETERMINATION EMPLOYEE CHARITY CAMPAIGN “AMELIE” FROM THE DEPARTMENTS VOIT SPORT VOIT EVENTS & GUESTS 2016 VOIT APPRENTICE WORKSHOP

THE VOIT- MAGAZIN Edition January - July 2016 WELCOME I NEWS FROM THE MANAGEMENT

Carsten Schubert CEO - Chief Executive Officer Managing Partner and Chairman

VOIT Automotive GmbH Horizons Core Values Bild: @ Alexander Kowaski Bild: @ Alexander

Photo: @ olly - Fotolia.com Photo: @ Zffoto - Fotolia.com Photo: @ Romolo Tavani - Fotolia.com

Dear employees, dear friends and intensification of “historical” conflicts with the super- At VOIT, we have integrated these developments into New: VOIT Supervisory „We all live power Russia and the demagogue Trump who, with our corporate planning. The focus of our business partners of VOIT Automotive, naïve political radiance, aspires to the most important activities is on e-mobility, which is currently just Board under one sky presidency in our world, that of the USA, and who carefully being lifted out of its cradle. We are striving You are all familiar with the quotation from Ernst seems to be fighting against democratic foundations to be able to profitably and successfully serve all One essential step in the devel- but we don‘t Reinhardt: “A person grows with his challenges”. with medial “loudness”. future trends in mobility such as hybrids, electric opment is also the appointment That which applies to an individual can, by all means, vehicles and autonomous driving. We will also make of a Supervisory Board which be assigned to the whole of humanity. The more ad- our contribution to meeting “global” challenges using monitors the work of the company all have the vances in connectivity and communication are Common values create peace all means which we have at our disposal. management in harmony with our connecting continents and their most diverse regions and growth corporate objectives. same horizon.“ and states with each other, the more regional, na- We also understand our responsibility to protect, On behalf of the company tional and cultural problems and conflicts also All of these reactionary developments will not solve promote and demand values such as tolerance, management, the shareholders become “globalized”. We have all become part of the global challenges. With 60 million refugees freedom and humanity in our company. Our devel- and the whole workforce, I wish Konrad Adenauer these problems and we will also have to be part of worldwide, establishing peace has become a priority opment is illustrated on the following pages. The Joachim Demmer (Chairman of the 1876 - 1967, First Chancellor of the the solution. for humanity and, for this reason, by securing ethical product and technology strategy, which is continually Supervisory Board), Ralph Jacoby Federal Republic of Germany principles and the greatest understanding of values, becoming clearer, is substantiated by organizational (Deputy Chairman of the Supervi- globalisation must be able to create harmony in cul- standardization across all business divisions and The changing world - the challenges sory Board) and Roland Marx every ture and belief. Only then will the current immobility companies. success for their important task. are growing on the global economy resolve itself and there can be a chance for further growth and progress Thank you for your commitment! Indeed, the large number of these global challenges currently seem to be overpowering and of dispro- Corporate responsibility for We, the VOIT management and VOIT shareholders portionate dimension. With sorrow, we learn that thank you for your untiring commitment and religiously fanatical minorities are taking terror out sustainability performance. We hope that you enjoy the fifth into the world. The feeling of security within our edition of VOIT “Inside” country, which we always thought was unalterable, is We are standing on the threshold of the next indus- crumbling. We experience fear and thus inadvertently trial revolution which will have to acknowledge that and unintentionally create scope for right-wing activi- its primary objective is sustainable protection of the ties and potentially uncontrollable political changes. environment in which we live. New, future-orientated Due to a feeling of insecurity, out of protest and lack and CO2-neutral methods to generate energy will of judgement, decisions with serious consequences “move” our world in the coming decades in unison are taken. Who would have expected Great Britain to with a high degree of artificial intelligence in our leave the EU (Brexit) or an attempted coup in Turkey, everyday lives (Keyword: Industry 4.0). Energy forms with low emission levels will help to feed the growing Carsten Schubert number of people and to transport them from one CEO – Managing Partner place to another. Chairman challenge together now

2 3 VOIT CORPORATE MISSION STATEMENT MIS- KNOWING ONE‘S OWN IDENTITY

TODAY: Environment SION Bild: @ Alexander Kowalski Composing VOIT from images: @ Romolo Tavani - Fotolia.com, @ adimas - Fotolia.com, @ vectorfusionart - Fotolia.com

We see the Dear employees, dear friends and Next generation: new drive concepts, A large order from an important Great things often start small: new energy efficiency, new urban mobility German automotive manufactur- Some of the measures taken as part of sustainable use of partners of VOIT Automotive, er for a new, innovative cooling our energy management programme resources as an The global automotive industry and, in particular, element for an electric drive is proof the large, innovative manufacturers (VW, Toyota, Ford, of our competence and commercial • DIN EN ISO 50001 STATE-obligation but also The conservation of our environment and passing GM, Daimler, BMW) have already visibly shifted the viability in this field. With our target • Installation of energy meter for on intact nature to subsequent life generations will focus of their development efforts to new drive and projects, we are increasingly serving water, electricity, gas and as an opportunity for be one of the most significant and decisive tasks for mobility concepts. E-mobility will become a reality in these markets and are establishing pressurized air the future of mankind. • Convergance of data flows to form new fields of the next few years starting with hybrid drive techno- ourselves as a technology specialist logy and purely electric drives for the urban world of for highly complex components for an online measuring network, application for our Vision: zero emissions mobility. Even if state incentive bonuses are only drive applications, driver assistance monitoring in real time hesitatingly being accepted, the transition to and electronic applications. -> Fast intervention MENT technologies. On December 12th 2015, at the latest, the time of electrified driving has already been initiated. -> Checks: savings potentials Energy-saving lighting concept in the “Paris Agreement” for limiting global warming to From a very early stage, we compre- • the production halls <2°C (target 1.5°C) is deemed to be the day on which VOIT’s environmental positioning hended the task of developing for the • Introduction of switch-off plans to the breakthrough in worldwide climate politics was “mobility of the future” and handling reduce the basic load at weekends triggered. In April 2016, 175 states including the VOIT already took a clear stance on the topic of the of our resources carefully but we are Automatic switching off of cooling United States, China and Germany signed this • environment four years ago in its mission statement. now increasingly seeing that our cus- circuits agreement which, after respective ratification, will Besides committing itself to sustainable handling tomers require that this “sustainability • Detection of pressurized air now come into force. In order to achieve this of resources, we also recognized that there was an of the supplier chain” is guaranteed. leakages by pressurized air energy objective, the world must reduce its net emission of opportunity here for new fields of application and By anchoring the formulation of our alarm greenhouse gases to zero between 2045 and 2060. technologies. energy and environment-related • Weekend switch-off plans for tasks within our corporate strate- almost all facilities and pressurized This drastic reduction in CO2 emissions is accompa- We can all be very proud that we have followed up gy early on, we are able to react air compressors nied by targeted global planting of forestry and land our words with action. The large number of new quickly to these increasing customer • Reduction of washing temperature cultivation for absorbing CO2 and also includes the activities in the field of energy management and requirements. What is more, we also in industrial washing facilities provision of 100 billion dollars per year from 2020 – energy saving are now being enhanced by the start- see it providing us with a significant • Reuse of melting furnace exhaust 2025 for less financially sound states to allow them up of our own new combined heat and power plant. competitive advantage. gas heat for pre-heating chambers to implement the agreement. This step allows us to save the amount of energy used for aluminium bars to be melted annually by 1,000 family homes and, at the same • Use of exhaust heat in the melting This milestone in the environmental politics marks time, makes us more competitive for the future. We furnace to heat the AIDA washing the turning point in a global economy based on the are thus underlining our commitment and social bath use of fossil energy! responsibility toward the region in which we all live • Automatic shutdown of energy- and work. intensive equipment before re aching defined peak load values -> Avoidance of expensive current Our mission: peaks emotion for mobile worlds Carsten Schubert • Vacuum distillation plant for pro CEO duction of water: -> waste disposal At the same time, we are taking the opportunity to Managing Partner with reduced volume & re-usage establish ourselves in the growing e-mobility sector. Chairman of water 4 5 NEW BUILDING OF A CHP I Our own combined heat and power plant! I The assembly period

On 30.06.2016, our combined heat We would like to and power station went onto the present our motivation, network. It is only for our own use. energy efficiency The energy generated is available targets, construction as electricity and heat and covers work and the opening CHP a significant portion of our annual on the next few pages. demand.

Signature marathon Interior work, cladding, pipeline construction

Civil engineering underground: piling foundation & floorplate Assembly of stacks

Delivery of heat storage tank

Steel construction ... and motor

6 7 NEW BUILDING CHP I VOIT relies on its own combined heat I An interview with Christoph Langehenke and power plantwerk

An interview with CTO – Chief Technical Officer And it must do this within an amor- Sustainable use of resources is one of our concerns investments. It therefore makes sense to take the for various uses. Almost 100% of and Managing Director Christoph Langehenke tisation framework which pays off and a commitment towards our region and towards burden off the public utility company in order to the 2 mW of thermal energy that is about this large-scale energy project and about within a short time. subsequent generations, whether concerning secure secure the future electricity supply for all of those created during the process can be the further energy management and the res- jobs or a clean environment. who live and work here. used by VOIT for internal heating/ ponsibility of industry for society in the Bliesgau What objectives are you cooling. In doing so, approx. 500- biosphere reserve. aiming at? A lot of companies cooperate with the local town or What exactly has been built? 600 kW of electricity are substitu- public utility companies. Why don’t you do this? ted by using waste heat. Herr Langehenke, why has VOIT built its own com- It is our aim to ensure that we The VOIT CHP operates with natural gas and, unlike bined heat and power plant? What were the reasons retain our competitiveness by low- We actually do, in spite of the fact the CHP was built many other CHPs, it operates according to the prin- Where does the potential saving lie? behind the decision to invest 5.5 million euro? ering our energy requirements and under our own direction since the first feasibility stu- ciple of cogeneration of power, heat and cooling. This energy costs as well as securing dy showed that there could be no economic solution provides an opportunity to generate power and heat We are replacing expensive elec- Our ability to compete not only depends on our our energy supply. This is parallel in cooperation with the public utility company. It is with a high degree of overall efficiency. The useful tricity with electricity we produce technical know-how, first-class components or the to a huge reduction in CO2 emis- important to have a secure supply for electricity both heat which is thus produced is used to heat industrial more-cheaply ourselves using radiance of our brand, the technology company VOIT. sions. However, we not only see an for the town and for VOIT! In this regard, one should washing baths to clean our parts as well as to heat natural gas and using waste heat and, at the same time, are con- Ultimately, cost-effectiveness is decisive. Increasing economic necessity here but also, know that there is a so-called “industrial ring” around halls and provide hot water. Using absorption plants, siderably improving our energy energy costs significantly exacerbate the ability to en- to the same degree, a social task for the town to which local companies are connected. cooling energy can also be generated and used, for balance. The electrical energy of sure cost-effectiveness. If an automotive supplier like the biosphere region. Around 50% of the utility service goes to VOIT alone. example, for industrial cooling processes. The electri- approximately 13.5 GWh corre- Voit wants to remain at its headquarters – and we are The company is expanding and requires energy. The city which we produce ourselves covers a considera- sponds to an annual electricity emphatically committed to this – it has to have plenty limits of organic growth would also be clear to the ble part of our overall annual electricity consumption. consumption of approximately of ideas how to save energy or to procure it at low cost. town meaning they would have to make considerable It is fed into the company’s network and is available 3,300 four-person households. ->

8 CHP 9 NEW CONSTRUCTION CHP I VOIT relies on its own combined heat and I An interview with Christoph Langehenke power plant

“Taking the year 2012 as the basis, we have set ourselves the target of re- ducing the overall energy consumption/emissions by 20% by the year 2020 with a wide range of measures. The CHP is one CHP of these”

With a saving of approx. 2,700 tonnes of CO2 per year, The team includes Klaus Deckarm, The VOIT company headquarters lie right in the the facility makes a contribution to the company’s Aline Meyer and Nico Schmitt who middle of the biosphere region of Bliesgau. own sustainable and resource-saving supply. Besides was also the Project Manager for Do you feel responsible for the biosphere reserve? implementing its own targets, VOIT is thus making an the construction of our CHP. In additional contribution to reducing the effects on the addition, the team develops Of course! Our headquarters are in the middle of environment and therefore also contributing to the proposals how all employees can the town. We gladly take on the special challenge of transformation in the energy supply system. be sensitized so as to get involved. producing highly complex automotive components here using the technologies of aluminium pressure die The combined heat and power plant is embedded The basis of all of the measures casting and forming technology to produce, for ex- in an extensive energy management concept. was the setting up of an online ample, transmission components for driver assistance Can you give us some details? What are your measurement network with which systems. Naturally, we adhere in an exemplary fashion long-term plans all consumption of water, electrici- to all regulations regarding emissions into air, noise emissions and emissions into soil. Many intermedi- In selecting a cooperation part- Key data ty, gas and pressurized air can ner, you mainly chose regional Taking the year 2012 as the basis, we have set ate targets could already be achieved – good air, for First feed into the network: 30.6.2016 be controlled in real time on all partners for the combined heat ourselves the target of reducing the overall energy example. But also without the CHP, the environment Planning period First idea: 2012 machines. This makes it possible to June 2014 - Dec. 2014: Feasibility study was saved from approximately 1,250 tonnes of CO2 in and power plant. Why is this? The electrical energy of consumption/emissions by 20% by 2020 with a intervene quickly and to recognize 2015, taking the year 2012 as a basis. This corresponds Construction time March - July 2015: Tendering phase wide range of measures. The CHP is one of these. further potential for energy saving. We are delighted to have found the Sept. ‚15 Assignment of the project to approximately 13.5 GWh to the annual electricity consumption of around 990 Kraftanlagen Hamburg Our energy efficiency team is working on this topic Incidentally, since 2013, VOIT has perfect mixture of a high degree of family homes. Sustainable, resource-saving action for First network synchronisation: 31.05.2016, which is generated with numerous projects, many of which have already been certified according to DIN project competence and economic Trial operation: 16.06.2016, the environment as well as investments in energy do Planned and actual completion: 30.06.2016. been implemented and each employee is committed EN ISO 50001, an energy manage- efficiency in our general contractor corresponds to the to energy saving both morally and by carrying out not per se contradict the obligation to save costs but, Investment: 5.5 million including approval, periphery, ment system. rather, pay off and make a contribution to safeguard- Kraftanlagen Hamburg together delivery points, conversion of the washing measures. with excellent local companies facilities of production and hall heating annual electricity ing the company’s future. with district heating, conversion of cooling for this construction project. The Measures include, for example, a new energy-saving facilities to incorporate absorber cold. consumption of companies in the Saarland have a lighting concept in all production halls. Or the use As the largest employer in the town, how do you Persons responsible On behalf of VOIT Automotive: Nico Schmitt high level of expertise. We greatly for the project On behalf of general contractor: Frank approximately 3,300 of waste heat in our aluminium melting furnace fulfill your responsibility towards the people who Boehnke, Kraftanlagen Hamburg appreciate this and are very happy to preheat aluminium bars before melting and for live and work in the Bliesgau biosphere? Partners for the General contractor Kraftanlagen Hamburg that we were able to find this four-person heating washing baths. Or targeted switch-off plans general contractor Bautra construction company St. Ingbert, As a technology company with global operations and a competence directly in the town planning & Stahlbau Ziemann (Wittlich), Stadtwerke and automatic switching off of cooling circuits... A Saarbrücken Consulting, building, consultant households. family tradition as well as being an important employer and within the biosphere. However, construction plant of this size with around 1,000 employees offers management engineers Rejek (Düsseldorf), Architect in the region, it is, of course, our social responsibility we would also like to thank our St. DeGiuli + Lavall (St. Ingbert), Kalkoffen numerous possibilities if one actively looks for them. architects (Saarbrücken), Weber engineers to safeguard attractive jobs here in the long term. Ingbert employees, in particular The energy costs thus saved annually are therefore in (Homburg) However, we can only produce here economically if the VOIT energy efficiency team the six figure range. Description & gas motor: MTU 16V4000 GS we reduce our production costs significantly. We have and the person at VOIT who was performance data Electrical power: Output 1999 kW, thermal output: 2000 kW Cooling capacity: 1600 You put together a special energy team for this high energy costs but they are below the value that is responsible for the project, kW, thermal output of boiler: 1400 kW, CO2 saving per year: 2700 to CO2 purpose. What is the team’s task? required in order to be exempted from the apportion- Mr Nico Schmitt. ment of costs in accordance with the Renewable Ener- Classification: VOIT can now produce a significant propor- tion of its annual electricity consumption Our Environmental & Energy Management Team gy Act. Just a few kilometres away in France, electricity Thank you very much for the itself: 2 mW of electrical power. The 2 mW

developed and set up our energy efficiency concept only costs a fraction of the price of German electricity interview! of thermal energy which is incurred during and so we need to have quite a lot of ideas in order to the process can be used to almost 100% for in 2012. The team comes together on a regular basis Interview & photos: Astrid Wilhelm-Wagner internal heating/cooling purposes. At the reduce our technology-related energy requirements as same time, approximately 500 – 600 kW of to develop ideas and implement measures. Amortisation: efficiently as possible. electricity are substituted by use of waste 10 4.5 - 5 years heat. 11 ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY I New vacuum distillation plant I On the way to effluent-free production

95% purified waste water for re-use in production

Which effluents are incurred during operations at What is the technical highlight of the plant? In which places is it used? VOIT? What differentiates it from other plants? We would like to use it as rudimentary water or We differentiate roughly between three different We believe that the new plant offers us optimum supplementary water in washing baths. types of effluents: treatment of the waste water so that this is suitable - effluents from production such as releasing for returning into the production system, for subse- How long did it take from planning to completion? agents or cooling lubricant emulsions quent filling of washing baths, for example. This - effluents from discarded washing and rinsing baths could mean that our production is effluent-free but Approx. 9 months. - soil washing water until now - that is still a dream for the future. How high was the investment and in how many How have these been disposed of until now? How much “waste water” can be treated per year years will the investment amortise with regard to in the vacuum distillation system? the costs saved? Until 2005, process effluents were disposed of by an external disposal company. After 2005, a service Approximately 8,000 m3 can be treated per year. The investment costs amount to approx. € 430,000. provider treated the effluents using a vacuum At VOIT, approximately 6,500 m3 currently incur With an annual saving of approx. € 100,000, the distillation plant. The treated waste water then annually. project will therefore amortise within 4 years. flowed into the public sewage system. What is left over? In which ratio? If the distilled water can be fully used as process What was the reason for carrying out this change? water, we also save costs for fresh water and waste Approximately 90 – 95% of what is left over is Klaus Deckarm water. How high are the costs that can thus be Since the plant was not run under our own direction, purified waste water and approximately 10-5% Industrial Health & Safety, saved each year? high costs were incurred during the operation for is oily sludge. Environmental & Energy Management treating the water. Furthermore, as a result of its age, This would mean that an additional approx. €30,000 the plant was less efficient than new generations of What amount of disposal material have we had could be saved. facility. per month until now and how much in future? How does this component fit into the VOIT What was therefore purchased? As a result of the expansion of production, there environmental and energy management concept? When did the plant go into operation? will be larger amounts of industrial waste water in future. Due to the better concentration in the This is the step towards waste water-free production Instead, a new, modern and more energy-efficient modern facility, however, we won’t have a higher – a claim that only few companies can make. In vacuum distillation plant was purchased and it has amount of concentrate to dispose of. addition, it is a measure in order to achieve our been managed by our own personnel since April. energy saving target and, at the same time, to make What will happen to the two residual a contribution towards saving resources. How does this vacuum distillation plant work? components in future? What further projects is your department working The liquid is made to boil under vacuum using a low In the best case, the water will be returned to the on at the moment? temperature. The steam that develops is cooled down process or let out into the sewage system and within the plant, condenses and is captured. The heat the oily sludge will be passed on to an external They are working on building a combined heat and gained during the condensation process is fed back disposal company. power plant, the use of modern LED technology to into the plant. What remains is a thin liquid residue illuminate the halls and workstations, renewal of the which is disposed of externally and the purified waste How will the distilled water be reintroduced for drinking water pipes and much more. water. further use?

If the result of the trials is positive, pipelines will be laid from the plant to the consumers in production.

12 13 TRADE FAIRS I EUROGUSS emotion for mobile worlds

Since 1996, every two years, at EUROGUSS, the largest trade fair of its type in Europe, it has been all about innovative solutions for pressure die casting processes such as aluminium, magnesium, or zinc pressure die casting. The range of topics on offer is round- ed off by subject areas such as rapid prototyp- ing, CNC machines, metal alloys, pressure die casting moulds, peripheral equipment, joining processes, process optimisation, energy efficiency, material testing, pressure die casting machines or 3D printing.

The trade fair for pressure die casting attract- ed precisely 578 exhibitors in 2016 (470 in 2014) and 12,032 trade visitors from home and abroad (around 11,000 in 2014) to the fair venue of Nuremberg to obtain informa- tion from die casting foundries and foundry equipment suppliers about technology, processes and products. With this new record, it is now the largest EUROGUSS that has ever taken place.

The parallel trade congress “International German Pressure Die Casting Day“ and special exhibition “Forschung, die Wissen schaf(f)t“ (Research that creates knowledge) and the “Surface technology pavilion“ had a very good number of visitors during the whole course of the fair.

266 of the 578 exhibitors came from Germany, the other 312 were international exhibitors. With the visitors, it was the other way round: 7,592 came from Germany and, after all, 4,440 guests were international.

EUROGUSS is the most important fair for VOIT and fits perfectly with regard to the customer portfolio and new initial business contacts as well as for information about new technolo- gies and processes.

For instance, 38% of the visitors are from the automotive supplier sector, 26% from die casting foundries, 12% from plant enginee- ring and construction, 11% were automotive suppliers and 10% from mould design and construction.

According to a survey of exhibitors, 98% of the visitors were satisfied with what was on offer, 97% of the exhibitors were able to reach 12. 01. to 14.01.2016 their most important target groups and 94% Visibly passionate about what they are doing: were able to make new business contacts. Our good-humoured VOIT trade fair team at the These are excellent key figures for a fair which very successful EUROGUSS 2016 in Nuremberg are concurrent with our very positive results. For this reason, VOIT will also be participating again in 2018.

14 15 Technology & Strategy I Manufacturing on I With structure & strategy to worldwide success world-class level

New in the casting centre: Frech DAK 1600 Fully automatic casting cell with a closing structure force of 1,600 tonnes follows function New in the large press centre: AIDA 2 Progressive press with a pressing force of 1,900 tonnes. In order to be successful How is an automotive supplier like VOIT able (autonomous driving/driver assistance systems) and Since the beginning of the year, a new investment Factor 3: Technology transfer It will also pay off within the North- to successfully assert itself on the international powertrain. But not at any price. Taking personnel in the already 30-strong fleet of casting cells in St American economic zone (NAFTA) on the global automotive automotive market on world-class level? and financial resources into account, the focus is on Ingbert, (VOIT Polska: 8 casting cells) has been made This applies in particular to the AIDA press that was and, in the next step, at the end of market, it is necessary to ranges of components and applications where we and a new casting cell has made it possible to cast far newly constructed in spring 2015 and to the VOIT the decade, also on the Chinese The mainstay of any success is the service portfolio. It are particularly familiar with the requirements of the larger components than before. It uses an innovative, large press centre at the headquarters in St Ingbert, market where it is planned to manufacture on a world- should be subjected to revision at increasingly short- component and particularities of the application. frequency-regulated control and convinces with a Saarland that was extended to include an additional increase commitment since er intervals with regard to the range of products and large number of new features. An additional advan- AIDA press in winter 2015 with an investment of the automotive trends towards class level. This applies processes. Are the services on offer still in international These include, in the aluminium pressure die casting tage is to be found in the partially shorter process 21 million EUR. Here, on transfer presses and deep automatic transmissions, hybrids to the required quality demand for the rapidly advancing development in division, for example, ready-to-install customized steps and better flexibility of utilisation coupled with drawing presses of up to 24,000 kN, steel coils with etc. are of a global nature. mobility and what direction is the market developing powertrain components for double clutch and a considerably more positive energy balance during material thicknesses of up to 8 mm are cold worked. With each further step in this as well as to the product in? Is the range of products moving forward within automatic transmissions as well as for future trans- production. The reason for this investment was The whole product range in the forming plants in direction, the necessary global defined, promising future fields? Can a wide range of mission concepts: intermediate plates, pistons, cups both the desire on behalf of VOIT to position itself St. Ingbert and Mexico comprises components for footprint is being achieved that costs. articles still be efficiently manufactured in that scope and hybrid components. In addition, the portfolios better in the field of e-mobility with components for planet carriers, locked or hydraulically/electrically large automotive manufacturers and does it make sense? of the headquarters in St Ingbert, Saarland as well as energy-efficient drives or internal gear components lockable differential transmissions, axle drives and expect today from their suppliers. in Poland also include electronics housings for the as well as a large order from a renowned OEM for automatic transmissions as well as subassemblies of VOIT would like to and will fulfill However, for small and The process technology is important to the same start-stop system, injection pump housings, board a very complex drive component. The prototype transmission components, converters, disk carriers this by expanding existing and degree. How can the process efficiency be increased carriers, cooling elements for the steering and power manufacture will be promptly followed by large-scale and disk engaging mechanisms with further joining further locations with a high medium-sized compa- and thus costs reduced? And how can one transfer electronics as well as, for steering, motor housings for production both for the new product types and for and refining processes, assembly and testing services. degree of economic profitability. nies, there are often one’s high technology standard securely to one’s electric power steering and bearing brackets. In the current series production. The new facility is extremely In addition, housings for hybrid electronics and international subsidiaries? Let’s look at some of these next few years, the target product range will extend flexible and redundant meaning that current series electric drives as well as for brake power boosters. limits to personnel and SME issues taking VOIT Automotive as an example. to include internal gear components, housing struc- productions can be mapped. Thus a further point for Autor: Astrid Wilhelm-Wagner Head of Public Relations & Marketing financial resources. How tures for e-mobility, housing structures for power efficient manufacture has been mentioned, which is Continuous process optimisation at the main plant in Factor 1: Product portfolio: Specialisation in electronics, electric motor housings and components increasingly running through the whole production: St. Ingbert is also a factor in the worldwide success. does a medium-sized complex products which require specialist for energy recuperation and fuel cell stacks, partially standardisation. Standardisation by having a group- With these large plants and existing facilities in the knowledge with active liquid cooling. wide production system which comprises machines, divisions of forming technology and aluminium automotive supplier like tools, procedures etc., leads to a significant reduction pressure die casting, a new standard is being created VOIT succeed in persist- With three large technology divisions under a single Factor 2: Specialisation and high level of in process inefficiencies, a reduction in complexity with the aim of worldwide technology transfer to roof, that is to say, cold and hot forming and alumini- standardization of manufacturing processes and a decrease in stocks throughout the whole value all VOIT companies: duplicatable, maintainable, ing on this market? um pressure die casting, and with 140 million compo- chain. expandable. Standardisation & technology transfer nents per year, a lot can be done here. The real skill lies By specialising on just a few manufacturing processes are decisive criteria for international success. For this in doing the right thing. Lucrative products don’t come for highly complex products, VOIT is a partner that is in A further point is the simplification of the range of reason, at the headquarters, optimized and estab- out of the blue but rather must be made into such with high demand in this field for high-volume production articles. This not only improves the cost structure but lished organizational structures and manufacturing hard work. For this purpose, VOIT redefined its “Future with a reliable process and is further extending its also simplifies the manufacturing processes. Simpli- and standardization processes are increasingly being fields” some years ago and is purposefully pursuing leading edge in technology with new facilities. fication of the manufacturing processes also leads to transferred as a new standard to all companies in the strategy of generating new business fields on the manufacture of “similar” parts and components. the VOIT group and expanded. This is carried out the future markets of lightweight design, efficiency, The process expertise can also be transferred to new with great care and with great commitment by all Composing & photos comfort & safety products so that the series launch can be carried out employees. @ Astrid Wilhelm-Wagner, VOIT smoothly and manufacturing with stable quality can be achieved more quickly. 16 17 From the departments I Employee satisfaction I VOIT, an attractive employer

How satisfied are the employees of VOIT Procedure for the employee survey Automotive and BTI in their everyday working lives? What is going well and where is there a Employee communication is promoted with the aid need for improvement? In answering these and of an employee survey. The method used here of many other questions regarding their working carrying out a complete survey, gives each employee environment, the employees surely have the the chance to freely communicate his opinion. Each most honest answers. employee receives a questionnaire. This is given to them by their superior together with their payslip or In order to get to know precisely this point of view, or sent to their homes together with a stamped or iion the first round of the employee survey at VOIT started addressed envelope. The employees have time to nn in 2014. Many will have wondered at the outset just return their completed questionnaires within a pre- oniion exactly what they were in for, why there was such defined period. Questionnaires can be returned by r iion a survey and what impact it would have for them, post or by throwing them into urns which have been n o personally. marked for this purpose. no rr rinin Focus: Strengthening employee motivation & Communication instrument: anonymous and orin increasing job satisfaction voluntary osr

The focus of the employee survey on the company Participation in the questionnaire is voluntary and side was on questions about how employee moti- anonymous. There is no possibility to assign a returned vation could be strengthened and job satisfaction questionnaire to a certain person. Beforehand, the increased. In order to achieve this, this year, for the questionnaires are only classified according to division. third time in a row, the employees will be asked to This classification is necessary so that corresponding give their opinions. Once a year, all employees within measures can be derived after the data has been the VOIT corporate group can evaluate the strengths evaluated. Only if it can be recognized in which area a Confidentiality of the data and How is the new questionnaire structured? and weaknesses of the company from their point of problem exists, for example with communication, the transparency of the results view. The employee survey serves as an instrument work climate or job satisfaction, can this be improved The first part of questionnaire consists of four here for systematically surveying the opinion and by taking appropriate measures. This is the only way Guaranteeing anonymity is an blocks of questions. The categories are: attitude of the employees. With this analysis, deficits in which each employee can actively help to shape important aspect in creating the can be localized, approaches to change can be his world of work and thus improve the quality of his employee survey. Further impor- • Workplace & Work Situation worked out but also possibilities for improvement can workplace and tangibly improve the working envi- tant issues in order to carry out a • Management & Communication be illustrated. Not only weaknesses but also strengths ronment. Due to the guaranteed anonymity, there is successful survey are transparency • Exchange of Knowledge & Further Training in the individual areas can be filtered out. greater willingness to disclose problems openly and and confidentiality. When the • Overall Situation & Working Atmosphere honestly than in a personal dialogue. The quality of deadline for returning the ques- Trend of the last few years and benefit for 2016 communication within the company and the way tionnaires has passed, the answers To answer these questions, the employees’ personal the employees communicate with each other can be on all forms are recorded. This opinion is expressed by placing a cross. Here, the In order to be able to compare the data and thus make assessed freely. The employees know best where data is promptly evaluated and employee has the choice between “Not specified” developments visible, in 2014 and 2015, the same something is wrong and what is to be done in graphs are created from it. These and the scale from “Satisfactory” to “Unsatisfactory”. questionnaire was used. This way, measures which had order to allow them to work better and have better graphs are made available to all been derived and implemented from the last survey dealings with each other. The employee survey builds employees in a notice. The notice At the end of the revised questionnaire, there is could be examined as to their effectiveness. The quotas upon this knowledge. also shows the quota of question- an open question. Here, the respondent can freely of participation of the employees in the survey were naires returned. All questionnaires write down all of his thoughts, impressions, received are only processed by a also compared. In the area of VOIT Automotive, the criticism and praise concerning his everyday small group of people who were number of participants from 2014 (43.6%) decreased working life. selected in advance. The data is in the second run in 2015 (39%). In the case of BTI, treated confidentially. When evalu- however, there was an increase in participation from From 2016 onwards, there is a clear structure in all ation has been completed, all the 2014 (16.9%) to the year 2015 (31%). question categories in fixed questions that come up questionnaires are destroyed. again and again every year and a topic of focus that For 2016, the questionnaire has been thoroughly changes from year to year. The topic of focus can be revised. It is shorter, more clearly structured and it derived from the answers to the open question. If can be answered more quickly. The aim is to increase there is a recognizable trend here, this is taken for the number of returned questionnaires in the whole the survey the following year. This makes it easier corporate group. The more employees participate, to specify and pinpoint problems. If measures have the more meaningful the results are. Only those who already been carried out as a reaction to these join in can help to shape their personal working problems, their effectiveness can be checked again. environment. ->

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FROM THE MISSION STATEMENT From the results of the previ- You should set an example for The employee is asked to evalu- ous year regarding the training your employees, be able to act as ate the circumstances from his OF THE VOIT CORPORATE GROUP course “Leading at VOIT” on the a moderator and thus help your point of view. How satisfied is he topic of focus 2016: Manage- employees to communicate better or she with the current working ment & Communication with each other. These training environment? Are knowledge EMPLOYEES courses were provided by Professor and skill sufficiently called for This year, attention has been Hans Joachim Schmidt from the and promoted? What is the turned to the topic of Manage- training centre “Festo Lernzen- employee’s personal emotional We are committed to the ment and Communication. This trum”. Entitled “Leading at VOIT”, state when the employee thinks topic was derived from positive the course consisted of training in about his employer? performance principle. and negative feedback from conflict management and individual surveys over the last few years coaching on specific issues. Active participation: We support each employee and the result was then retrieved spontaneous and intuitive to utilise his talents and skills in 2016. With the survey 2016, in the largest block of questions, it is checked By answering questions of optimally in the interest of the VOIT invested a total of twenty whether precisely these measures this type, the employee can thousand euros in measures for have led to an improvement make a contribution to actively company. improvement. The main action concerning the development of participating in shaping his was to revise internal communi- communication and management daily working life. The employee cation. behaviour. survey serves as an instrument We stand for mutual trust and for feedback here to check the openness, personal responsibility Habitually practised Invest seven minutes of your employees’ satisfaction with VOIT Mission Statement Dear colleagues, take the communication time: for your own benefit! their work. This is the only way opportunity and participate. The and entrepreneurial action. for the employer to clearly In its mission statement in 2012, questionnaire has been reduced In order to make this a reality, VOIT The three further blocks of ques- recognize what motivates his the VOIT corporate group already to the essentials. A maximum started a series of seminars on tions were concerned with the employees and where there is a set down the importance of the of seven minutes is required to We draw our motivation from the topic of communication. The topics of the work situation, need for change. employees for the company. Only answer the questions. You are change was initiated by a training exchange of knowledge and those who work towards an objec- welcome to fill in the question- joint success and enjoyment of course for the managers. further training as well as the For this reason, it is particularly tive with enjoyment, motivation naire during your working time working atmosphere and, in important that the respondents and who, above all, work as a team, and throw it into an urn directly work. connection with this, the overall do not think too long about can be successful. In order to after work. We can only achieve situation in the company. their answers but rather place achieve just this, talents and skills change together. Your opinion is their cross spontaneously and must be appropriately support- important to us! intuitively. ed and also called for. Trust and openness are decisive in achieving The effort you require is within mutual success. The employee sur- limits. Your benefit exceeds them! vey helps to check whether the set targets have also been achieved. Vanessa Zinke On the other hand, it is becoming Human Resources clear which changes are necessary to meet the targets. Problems in the field of communication, flow of information, satisfaction and motivation are mutually depen- dent. Employees usually see prob- lems before their line manager notices them. By participating in the survey, they are integrated into the process of detecting prob- lems and, at the same time, into solving the problems. When else do employees have the opportunity to have direct and also effective co-determination and active participation?

20 attractive employer 21 From the IT department I Protection from internet threats

The enemy is looking on!

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The criminal methods At the top of the negative “hit list” of threats from What are trojans and how do they work? can be downloaded and installed Countermeasures the internet, risks recently published by the trade without being noticed. In the case association Bitkom, are so-called drive-by downloads A trojan is a computer programme which disguises of some types of ransomware, the for accessing important Take affected systems off the network of malware with trojans/worms. Often we are induced itself as a safe or useful programme. In the back- malware also sends manipulated customer data are by an email to follow a link. This can link to a manipu- ground, without the knowledge its user, it carries out emails to the victim’s complete list The affected PC should be taken off the network lated website or may specifically download or execute damaging functions and, for example, secretly installs of contacts so as to promote the immediately! After that, the network protocol becoming increasingly malware. We, too , are affected by the growing increa- malicious software. Popular ones are spyware such spreading of the virus. should be checked in order to ascertain which cunning and more se in threats. as e.g. Keylogger, unnoticeably records keyboard other systems could potentially also be affected. entries from which passwords can subsequently be Since September 2015, the threat difficult to recognize. Extensive controls at VOIT: reconstructed. In doing so, the trojans make use of situation due to ransomware has Reinstallation and restoration of data cunning techniques to obscure their real function. 1.7 million scanned emails in 3 months with significantly intensified. While It is recommended that the whole system is The possible damage is around 4,000 detected viruses/cases of malware They hide behind programmes that otherwise seem the number of crypto-trojans has to be useful, for instance, to distract from their actual reinstalled in infected computers. This is the only increased by a factor of 6, over way to ensure that all trojans and malware are immense. In the first 3 months of the year alone, 3710 cases of damaging function. Another trick that is common is the same period of time, it has in- deleted. If backups were made on a regular basis malware or viruses were found by our virus scanner. to distract from an actual attack by having a type of creased ten-fold in Germany. 1,701,416 emails were scanned and, in doing so 4,439 file that seems to be harmless such as disguising a file before, at least a large amount of data can be recovered with data restoration. Your IT department helps attachments were blocked. Accessing a link in an that can be executed as an image file (JPG). email, permitted a crypto-trojan to infiltrate a com- you with expertise and puter and it then began to encrypt the user directory. There is currently a boom with so-called macroviruses Block suspicious data formats Since it was recognized by the user and reported to that are hidden in manipulated Office files and are XLSX, XLSM, PPTX, DOCX,... improved technology. the IT department early, worse consequences were activated when macro mode is initiated. The conse- averted. The computer had to be re-installed and, due quences can be loss of data, manipulation of data and Increase employee awareness transfer of information. This puts the three basic aims However, both at work to the daily back-ups made, it was possible to recover In times when your own employees are enticed the missing files from the user directory. of information security at risk i.e. availability, integrity and in your private life, and confidentiality. in ever more cunning ways to install encryption trojans, training of your own employees and the greatest form of It is therefore even more important, besides taking technical security precautions, to raise understanding New risk: Ransomware making them aware of the current risk situation protection is you, among all colleagues. It is not sufficient to rely on tech- play a decisive role. nical precautions but rather, each employee must be A new type of trojan is currently experiencing a yourself! Be alert! obliged to make a significant contribution to reducing boom: encryption trojans (including Locky, Crypto- the risk. So as to be able to react correctly (or, to put wall and TeslaCrypt) and so-called ransomware. These it a better way, security-consciously), it is helpful to aim at encrypting the data on their victim’s PC. The know how e.g. trojans work. result is that the user no longer has access to his data. The attackers exploit this situation by blackmailing the user into paying ransom for release of the data. Ransomware is generally smuggled in as an email attachment in phishing mails. The victim is deceived into opening the attachment because a trustworthy sender and legitimate subject are feigned such as e.g. an invoice.

Alternatively, the email provides a link to a contami- Jörg Irsch nated website. If the recipient follows the link, in the IT-Manager VOIT Group | CISO course of so-called drive-by exploits, a damaging file 22 23 WORKS COUNCIL I Digitalisation of work – Industry 4.0 WORKS COUNCIL I How we are extending co-determination! Image: © Mimi Potter - Fotolia.com Image: © Mimi Potter

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Industry 4.0 What does this mean for VOIT? What must we do? NEW: The VOIT Supervisory Board

Even just a year ago, most people could not imagine In production and not only there, a lot of things will The key to the new technologies When the company Willy Voit GmbH & Co. KG became However, one thing did become absolutely clear for what the term 4.0 means at all. Today, in mid-2016, change in future. And this will not only happen in the is qualification. the company VOIT Automotive GmbH in 01.01.2015, me during the meetings: almost everyone has heard about it and an increasing distant future but has, in fact, already begun. I asked myself what effect this would have. number of colleagues know at least something about The works council and the For co-determination, as a whole, it is absolutely it or even know precisely where the expression comes Where can we already see it today? management must develop a new Actually none. Everything will just carry on as before! essential that the employee’s mandate position on from and what it means. According to the so-called concept together how it is possi- the supervisory board is filled by employee represen- New production facilities are already connected to experts, there have already been three industrial ble to involve today’s employees But then I heard about a law which applies to limited tatives. The information which can flow into decisions the manufacturers using the internet. It is thus pos- revolutions. This is, however, often doubted by other and further train them so that companies (in Germany, GmbHs) with 500 employees by the works council through this mandate is extremely sible to read out the causes of malfunctions, mainte- experts. For this reason, it is now time for the fourth one. nobody falls by the wayside. For or more. valuable and, through me, the information will always nance plans and programmes and change these at this purpose, all of those involved, be used for the benefit of our colleagues. any time. With modern sensor technology, which is the works council, management The 4 waves of the industrial revolution. The German One Third Participation Act: already 10 times cheaper today than it was just a few and, not least, the employees years ago, this trend will be accelerated further. The I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank The 1st industrial revolution was the development should show willingness to allow This act states that the company must form a aim here is to avoid having any periods of standstill at those who voted for me and my colleagues on the away from complete manufacture of goods by qualification and engage in it Supervisory Board with a minimum of three mem- all in the production facilities because you already works council for their support. Special thanks go to individual people to collaborative manufacturing because without qualification, it bers. Some weeks later, after comprehensive research receive a message in advance, i.e. before a malfunction my deputy Sandra Dellmann and to Wolfgang Stalter, in the course of the emergence of steam engines. won’t function. and many queries, it became clear how that works. occurs, the spare parts are ordered automatically and who both covered quite a few kilometres to support We, the employee side, must carry out a full-blown my election during the election campaign and carried Roland Marx The 2nd industrial revolution was then the use of the repair work is planned for times when there is no I think that no one needs to be election while the employer side can simply appoint Chairman of the Works Council electrical energy and the introduction of line production. This is not just a dream of the future! afraid of the future developments out discussions with many of you. its representatives for the Supervisory Board at the Member of the Supervisory Board production. Here, Henry Ford can be mentioned as but we should be prepared for the shareholders‘ meeting. a pioneer. Our new combined heat and power plant also has new world of work that is coming! In this edition of VOIT Inside, the members of the components which already have 4.0 compatibility The earlier we start with this, the Supervisory Board of VOIT Automotive will be intro- It then still took until April 2016 to complete the The 3rd industrial revolution was the introduction and these can be extended at any time. In the pres- better we will be able to shape duced elsewhere which is why I am not doing it now. election process with all of the periods of notice that of electronics and IT in manufacturing. Here, sure die casting division, for example, our partners the route to this new world of However, I would like to wish the Supervisory Board programmable logic control can be named as an Bühler and Frech are able to log into our system on work together. If you say that “The have to be adhered to for an election, and then, of that its decisions and recommendations promote the example. their equipment by means of remote maintenance factory of the future will be just as course, a little election campaigning. continuation of the company VOIT Automotive as and read out the causes of malfunctions or carry empty of people as today’s offices well as safeguarding the preservation of jobs. The 4th industrial revolution is now just ahead of us. out programme changes. You can also see the first are paperless” (Bernhard Diegner The shareholders of VOIT Automotive then also It means the use of so-called cyberphysical systems. collaborative robots (robots that are no longer within ZVEI), then empty factories will not managed to appoint their two representatives in April This means linking production and business processes fencing but side by side with people) at VOIT. be the case any more than it is true 2016 using the internet. In this process, products can that less is printed out in depart- communicate with machines, machines with ma- What will change? ments nowadays but the world of For the first time, we had a Supervisory Board! chines and people with machines and products work will certainly change. using the internet. It sounds complicated but it is Many things will also change for the better at work- In the meantime, two meetings of the Supervisory actually quite simple. All of those involved in the places where it is still very physically demanding for Board have taken place and, I can tell you, these two manufac-ture of a product can exchange informa- people. Here, the robot at the human’s side takes meetings were very strenuous for me. I even had a tion with each other in real time i.e. always when on the taxing tasks. Many of our workstations, such lot of work after these meetings to clarify expressions something happens and, where necessary trigger as inserting parts to be processed, visual checks or and issues for myself that I did not know or hadn’t actions or have actions triggered automatically. re-work will be partially or completely eliminated. In understood. the so-called administrative area, routine tasks will

also be replaced completely or partially by software systems (Apps). 24 25 CSR I Wave of readiness to help: help for little Amelie I VOITians donate 1,290 hours of time to a colleague

There, to make matters worse, she became infected, as for their health. Amelie had a little luck at last, both it turned out later, by a fellow patient who wanted to parents were possible donors. Due to the more help with EHEC (enterohemorrhagic escherischia coli). suitable anatomical circumstances, the decision was On the very day she was released, her condition taken for the mother to donate. “Suitable” means that worsened dramatically - sickness and diarrhoea the new piece of liver must correspond to the size of in the form that is typical for the illness. Just a few the lost organ as exactly as possible so that it can serve hours later, Amelie had to back into intensive care its purpose and grow correctly in the body. It did not where doctors fought for her life. Damaged kidneys, present a problem for Amelie’s mother Myriam, to do- inflamed bile ducts, liver values very bad. It was nate the organ. She went fearlessly into the operating later discovered that, as a serious complication from theatre with a calmness that was as incomprehensible EHEC infection, Amelie had HUS (hemolytic uremic as it was admirable for her husband Georg and the syndrome). HUS destroys blood cells and damages operations were successful. the kidneys and liver. Meanwhile Amelie is 16 months old and has had Nasty diagnosis – at last, a little luck numerous hospital stays in Heidelberg, the transplan- 1,290 tation centre in Essen, Hannover, Freiburg and in the Amelie was taken to a clinic in Heidelberg, fatally ill. Marienhausklinik St. Josef in Kohlhof. But her condi- The doctor there had only heard of a single case of tion has improved. Every 3 weeks, she has to go to this type worldwide. The problems came to a head as Heidelberg, every week to Kohlhof and every 3 weeks the life-saving medicines (where the dosage is difficult she has to receive medicine against platelet depletion hours for such small children in any case) took their toll. The and medicine against rejection of the donor liver. Each little girl, just three months old, was connected up to dosage costs € 6,000, which, thank goodness, is paid Help for Amelie who is The little daughter of our BTI employee Georg Meier in a way that VOIT had never seen before. Everybody Amelies story the dialysis machine and had to be fed through tubes. for by the health insurance company. What remains suffers from cutaneous mastocystosis and, as a wanted to help. Often not just one or two hours were Her liver already had a histology of 5-6 – that means are many scars, the skin problems, muscles that are still sick secondary disease, from “HUS” (hemolytic uremic donated but even a whole day or two per colleague. Amelie was born healthy, the the final stages of liver cirrhosis. This makes a trans- too weak for her to crawl but also a fighting nature! syndrome). These are very rare skin diseases which Our colleagues with a Turkish background were problems began in the first plantation unavoidable. And for such a sick child. Due This child is tough and will assert herself in life! This, unfortunately require vitally essential medicines with particularly generous, often donating two days and weeks and months and a chain of to the mastocystosis, her back was already just one along with best possible health, is what we, all the An unprecedented organ-damaging effects on the kidneys and liver. offering to donate more time if this wasn’t sufficient. It unfortunate events within a very large blister and so she had to be placed in a special employees at BTI and VOIT, wish Amelie who we all A serious bout of illness with complications along with makes us very proud to have such colleagues! short time put her life at risk. At position, a total of 2 kg of water had collected in the meanwhile practically see as a “Godchild”! wave of readiness to an unfortunate series of events almost cost the girl her just 3 months of age, Amelie was body of the three-month old baby and had to be life and turned the lives of Georg and Myriam Meier Susanne Luckas immediately carried out the transfer help by BTI and VOIT then fatally ill and needed a new removed and, a new liver had to be provided, as soon and their three year old son Jan, completely upside from the various employee time-off accounts. And liver. as possible. Her father and mother were examined by employees is currently down. On the following page, you can read what so Mr Meier could hardly believe his eyes when an a medical commission for a whole week with regard to exactly happened. incredible 1,290 additional hours suddenly appeared How could things go this far? their overall health condition as well as mental stability on his time account all at once! It was hard to com- benefitting little Amelie regarding the consequences of an organ transplant Report: Astrid Wilhelm-Wagner A great idea from a colleague prehend - the gift of so much life time on full pay and and her family. There job guarantee from the VOIT management who also In Amelie, the mastocytosis led At the peak of the crisis, Mr Meier’s BTI colleague gladly made their own contribution and gave the to intensified formation of mast has never been such Patrick Bleyer had a really great idea and also instantly project their full support. cells in her skin. This manifests commitment of this found strong support with member of the works’ itself as a painful rash in the form council Wolfgang Stalter. What Mr Meier really needed The time is now sufficient to allow Georg Meier to of hundreds of small blisters kind at VOIT and it fills most was time: time to look after the family and, in dedicate himself to his family: Amelie and Myriam that cover the whole body and particular, Amelie. And so, to this end, the campaign who have just had operations and their son little Jan which have to be opened with us all with great emo- “Donate Time for Amelie” was initiated. Employees from the beginning of April until the end of November each nappy change. This wear- tion, amazement and wanted to donate days of holiday and thus provide 2016 without any obligation to work. The time- ing procedure requires such a Mr Meier with more time. However, this was not so consuming care and many, many hospital stays and lot of effort that, at that time, a gratitude. easy, of course, as, according to the collective wage examinations of the little girl. nursing service had to be called agreement, holidays cannot be donated. However, in. The increased production of the Head of Human Resources, Alexander Wörner, Thankyou! histamine which accompanies this VOIT employees have wanted to help the colleague by all means and found illness not only makes everything the solution in a donation of time from employees’ Our colleague is deeply grateful to us all for this, he worse but also leads to constant spontaneously donated time-off accounts and permitted the colleagues Bleyer still cannot comprehend it and is overwhelmed by inflammation of lower layers. This and Stalter to set off to speak to colleagues during so much readiness to help. He would like to take this illness is treacherous: the “cuta- 1,290 hours of working working time in Mr Meier’s working environment: opportunity to say “THANK YOU!!!” to all of those who neous” form (variant with skin i.e. in Plant 2 at BTI, VOIT und in Logistics as well as in donated. He doesn’t know how he can make it up to rash) can heal in children whereas time for the caring Plant 1 in Tool Making. them but he doesn’t have to. Such actions give the so called “systemic” mastocytosis donor the special and good feeling of having done father. can become leukemic. In a phase, Wave of emotion and readiness to help something important, right and good. We can all be very thankful and also a little bit proud to work in a in which these symptoms were What then started was a wave of emotion and readi- company like BTI and VOIT where there is such com- particularly bad her parents took ness to help that brought tears to some people’s eyes radely team spirit and such readiness to help. 1,290 her to hospital, Amelie had to go Meier : @ Familie hours! Wow. into intensive care. Photos 26 27 CSR I VOIT receives an award for being “Regionally committed” € 14,000 & € 2,000 I VOIT makes a further donation to the ward for premature babieson

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Award for committed companies in the State The following people attended the presentation of the In June 2016, the friends’ associa- Chancellery of the Saarland in Saarbrücken donation: the Managing Partner and Chairman of the tion was pleased to receive a Board of the St. Ingbert-based company VOIT, Carsten further private donation. Schubert, the Deputy Chairwoman of the friends’ According to the motto: Money for VOIT is one of the companies in the Saarland that are VOIT was among them. The certificates were present- association “Kangaroo Kids”, Ursula Haier, Assistant the Premature Baby Ward, the committed to their employees’ concerns and to ed by Dirk Stocksmeier, Chairman of the Board of Doctor Sigrun Berger, Deputy Chairwoman of the Managing Partner Carsten resource-saving work within the company but who “Companies for the Region”. VOIT is now entitled to Works’ Council, Sandra Dellmann, Chairman of the Schubert requested donations of are also involved in the region. This is because, use the logo “Regionally Committed”. Works’ Council Roland Marx, the Head Doctor of the money instead of gifts for his whoever invests in the region and in the people of the Clinic for Paediatrics and Youth Medicine Professor special birthday and, together region, also invests in the basis for their own success. “Companies for the Region” is an association which Jens Möller, the Chairwoman of the friends’ associa- with his wife, Kerstin Schubert, supports entrepreneurs in their social dedication and tion Silvia Huy and the Head of the children’s intensive he gave them to two charitable On 7th June 2016, the forum “Employer Brand Region commitment within their region and which, having The Managing Partner of the St, Ingbert company VOIT, care ward Eva Vogelgesang. organisations and was thus able – Responsible partners the Saarland and Trier” took been initiated by Liz Mohn in 2007, is now a project Carsten Schubert, together with the Chairman of the to hand over a donation of 2,000 place. The premier of the Saarland, Annegret Kramp- of the Bertelsmann Foundation. The paramount Works Council, Roland Marx, handed over a cheque for Among those benefitting from the additional equip- euros. Karrenbauer, opened the event. objective is to promote numerous good examples 14,000 euros to the children’s intensive care ward of the ment provided by aid money are e.g. premature and commitment with transfer of expertise and make clinic in Saarbrücken. babies such as the cute twins Noah and Mats who This special evening was co-organized by the Chamber them visible e.g. with the map of commitment, the are meanwhile thriving magnificently. of Commerce and Industry, the Trier Chamber of campaign “Regional committed” or in the nationwide The chairman of the friends’ association “Kangaroo Crafts, the initiative Region Trier, the nationwide competition “My Good Example”. Kids” of the Saarbrücken clinic, Silvia Huy, and her company network “Companies for the Region”) and deputy Ursula Haier received the cheque on the CSR service point of saar.is. The knowledge partner 20.01.2016. The money will be used for important for the event was the Bertelsmann foundation. The You can see the video sequence about the presentation of the new purchases including dimmable OP lights, regions Saarland and Trier had a celebration to seal certificate to Astrid Wilhelm-Wagner and her short version of the inhalers and a monitor for observing the VOIT CSR concept in this video at 36:18 - 38:51 minutes. their collaboration on the topic of Corporate Social https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK-8U97luZ8 respective small patient. The employees of Responsibility (CSR). VOIT have been supporting the friends’ association since 1997 with the proceeds You can see a description of the project here: The highlights of the evening were the keynote http://unternehmen-fuer-die-region.de/projekt/wir-bringenkluge- of their annual Christmas tombola. Since speaker Professor Alexander Brink of the University koepfe-zusammen-damit-neues-entsteht/ this time, they have supported the friends’ of Bayreuth on the topic of “Responsible partners to association with a total sum of 144,000 euros! responsible partnerships – the outset of new era with a new generation of interregional responsibility” and the presentation of the certificates.

In this context, 20 committed companies from the 2016 Saarland and Rheinland Pfalz were presented with awards for their exemplary regional commitment and REGIONAL ENGAGIERT

28 29 Employee I Hans-Jürgen Göritz in the Linde Forklift Cup ’16 New from Tool Making I GOM optical measuring system, 5-axis simultaneous milling machine, wire eroding machine

CNC vertical eroding machine Optical measuring system

Herr Göritz, we heard that you have taken part in a Do you also learn anything for your daily work? transport them through a narrow, An interview with Stefan Magar - BTI in St. Ingbert, VOIT México and VOIT Polska in the forklift competition several times. winding course and finally deposit Head of the Tooling Division long term. The three machines are a 5-axis simultane- What type of competition was that? Besides the sporting aspect, an improvement in them precisely on a predefined ous milling machine, a CNC wire eroding machine and health and safety in the participants’ workplace is spot. Mr Magar, what is the main task in the Tool a GOM optical measuring system. That is the Jungbluth Forklift Cup ’16 by the convey- one of the crucial concerns of the organizer. In the Making department? ing technology company Jungbluth Fördertechnik. competition, questions are asked about all of the What is particularly difficult? What does the 5-axis simultaneous milling machine The organizer is Linde Material Handling. It takes part appropriate regulations which apply in companies and The main task is to procure operating materials and offer? every year alternately in Kruft near Coblence and here these must be adhered to promote their application I find the glass stairs particularly carry out repair and maintenance (punching and in Riegelsberg. This year in May, I was in Kruft. as a matter of course in everyday life. To put it in a difficult. Here, the forklift drivers forming dies, clamping devices) taking the economic With this machine, the possibilities for processing can nutshell, there is safety training there at the location that work at breweries or wine efficiency, customer orientation and standardization be significantly extended and, at the same time, our A company event or a championship? in the morning and, without this, participation in the cellars have a real home advan- into account. Of course the tasks in Tool Making also own added value can be regenerated. Furthermore, competition is not permitted. This safety instruction tage. include process development and optimisation. VOIT is hugely extending its competence, expertise It was the regional championship, that means a course is a regulation by the German Federal Associ- and competitiveness in the field of machining. The What is most fun in the event? qualifying round for the finale. 60 male and two ation. But there is also a certificate for this and that is How many people work here? advantage of the new system is that everything can female forklift drivers competed in the regional even free. That is also valuable for me for the work at be processed more quickly and effectively with just The event is absolutely fantastic, How many in Mexico? championship of the Jungbluth Forklift Cup on 21st VOIT of course. one machining. May 2016. The two best drivers qualified for the finale all round, a great festival with lots to see, enjoy food inexpensively The competence centre for tool making in the corporate of the German Championship of the Forklift Cup in Approximately how big is the event? What are the advantages of the optical measuring and with attractions for the whole group is located in St. Ingbert. Currently, around 85 Aschaffenburg in September 2016. system? family. There are, for example, races employees work here. In Mexico, there around 55 About 60 people take part, the event in Kruft has employees. Have you participated often? about 500 people and the one in Riegelsberg perhaps with a Hako cleaning machine The optical measuring system makes it possible to and, for kids, a remote control 5-axis simultaneous milling machine half of that number. We are in good company there: Which departments belong to Tool Making? record the geometry of the components comprehen- Yes, I have already competed enthusiastically three the colleagues come from e.g. Schaeffler Friction forklift course which is great fun sively. By displaying results in different colours, it is for them. There are also Sedge- times. It is not only the competition but there is also Products, Tenneco, Continental, ZF TRW, Opel, ISL Tool Making consists of the departments Design, possible to attain a clear and fast statement about ways, a Carrera race track etc: a lot to see and it’s a great festival. This year it was Automotive, Goodyear, SAS Autosystemtechnik, Ville- Mechanical Processing and Assembly and the geometric construction of the components. a great programme, a great atmo- possible to participate for the first time as a company roy & Boch and there are a lot of transport companies Maintenance of the forming and punching dies. Any deviations from the specifications are therefore team. or companies from beverage production & logistics. sphere. shown up immediately. There is a comparison of a 3D model to the component actually manufactured. Are you going there next year What is Tool Making’s motivation? Was your participation supported by VOIT or was Has VOIT already reached top places? again? it your own private initiative? To provide the production areas Pressure Die Casting and What was the reason for purchasing the new wire No, not until now, but that could change. After all, Of course! And I hope that a lot of Forming Technology with optimum support across all eroding machine? I am a specialist for warehouse logistic and work in the one who beats all the others in skill, speed and VOITians will then come as visitors. locations and adapt to the latest requirements. The Tool Plant 2 in the Logistics centre as a forklift driver. It precision gets € 500, the second € 300 and so on. The You should certainly look on the Making department will also develop its employees It works 25% to 30% faster and parts of larger is fun for me to measure my skills as a forklift driver one who is best in each course gets a model forklift internet what goes on there. There through training and qualification measures in the dimension can be processed against others and VOIT has always registered me for and each participant receives a present. But, above all is a great video on www.stapler- new fields of application of power train and punching the competition at my request. it‘s about participating. It’s simply great fun. cup.com/footage/Jungbluth-2016. technology in order to fulfil customer requirements. How does the new wire eroding machine work? mp4 Can anybody take part? What stations are there & how many? What were the challenges and objectives which Using EDM electro erosion, conducting materials of Herr Göritz. Thanks very much for led to procurement of the three machines? any hardness can be processed with a precision of Optical measuring system So far, I am the only VOITian. But anybody who has a There are three courses and a final round for the 10 this great information and best up to a thousandth of a millimetre without any valid forklift/industrial truck licence can take part and best finalists. At the steering wheel of various forklift wishes already for your success in The aim is to supply the internal customers (Produc- mechanical processing. With the AC Progress VP, visitors are always very welcome in any case. models from the organizer Linde Material Handling, 2017. Your colleagues will certainly tion, Pressure Die Casting and Forming Technology) finishing work with a high surface grade of Ra 0.2 μm the participants have to stack boxes, box balls and come in May 2017 to cheer you on optimally with benchmark prices, to adapt in order can be achieved. As a result of these characteristics, fill glasses with water. The participants must be able enthusiastically. After all, Riegels- to fulfill new requirements and thus to safeguard the electro erosion is one of the key technologies in to load various loads with millimetre precision and berg is just around the corner. competitiveness of the locations VOIT Automotive and making moulds and tools. 32 33 SPORT I St. Ingberter Town Run VOIT-fit4run running training

As part of increasing body and health awareness and to promote enjoyment in running and therefore enthusiasm for physical exercise, in 2016, VOIT has once again provided its employees with free professional running training. You should certainly take this opportunity!

We were able to gain the equally charming and professional trainer Julia Brengel-Keck for this task. She is a local running and sport icon, marathon runner and experienced trainer for triathlon, nordic-walking, spinning...

In 2015, she was already able to provide support and advice to VOITians who enjoy running but have different performance levels: from complete beginners to VOIT top runners, from trainee to VOIT senior.

So, if you have always wanted to make a start, like receiving tips on technique & nutrition, want to improve a lot with a very low risk of injury or would like to refine your running technique, here you have the perfect opportunity for a unique training-mix!

With the Wallerfeld stadium, we have found a very good facility close to the company in green surroundings which can be used all year round due to its flood lighting. The stadium has a so-called „tartan track“ which is both kind to joints and provides grip when running You should certainly take this opportunity!

Your contact is Thomas Feis

9 VOIT employees were at the starting line of the St Ingbert town run which took place at the end of April 2016 and thus opened the running season 2016.

34 35 SPORT I Homburg Company Run

12 VOITians tried the Homburg company run on 23rd June 2016 for the first time and it was clear to see that they enjoyed the new running environment.

36 37 SPORT I Football made by VOIT

Do you like playing football? Would you enjoy having a little tournament now and again against football teams from other companies? Kalle Gebhardt & Dirk Schnur are pleased to welcome new players.

Tournament of SG Hassel, Sports field am Eisenberg – 25.05.16 Company team tournament, Sports festival Ottweiler-Fürth – 15.07.16 Company team tournaments 2016: Tournament of SV Rohrbach, Sports field SV Rohrbach – 06.05.16 38 39 Tournament of FC Viktoria 09 St. Ingbert, Betzental stadium – 14.05.16 JOB FAIR, GUESTS & COMPANY TOURS I

connect@htw | The company contact fair 22.06.16 Guests: VSB – Association of Mining Engineers in the Saarland It is always a great pleasure for us to welcome guests who are as interested in technology as the twelve former mining engineers, led by 1st Chairman, Mr Reinhard Marian. Seven of them are from the district association in Hamm, one of 42 district associations in the association of German mining engineers with background knowledge in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, measuring technology and process technology. What we don’t think about so much in the former coal fields of the Saar region is that it is not only coal which is mined but that there is also a wide range of other raw materials that need to be taken out of the ground e.g. limestone or rare earths. The VSB was very impressed by our high-tech products, the competent presentation and the tour by our CTO Christoph Langehenke as well as by our state-of-the-art technology. In future, the present from the guests, a little statue of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners will watch over the multiplication of our “yield”. A very warm thank you for that and For the fifth time already, on 22 June 2016, companies 03.06.16 “Glückauf!” (German miners greeting) from the region came together to get in touch with students from the University of Applied Sciences of the Saarland. In discussions with students from a wide Chinese delegation from Shandong visits VOIT on 16.06.16 range of faculties, we spoke about fields of activity, As an initiative by gw saar and special requirements and career perspectives with under the auspices of State Secre- us. In addition, we took the opportunity to advertise tary Jürgen Barke, a high ranking the current practical work placements on offer. This delegation from Shandong year, for example, we were able to award the various visited us: Managers of renowned advertised topics on the occasion of our participation production companies under the in the fair. The success of last year in being able to fill leadership of Mr Weidong Wang, a large number of practical work placements in this Envoy and Counsellor of Embassy, way, therefore continued. At the same time, our stand Head of the Department of the was noticeably popular so that the overall outcome Economy and Trade of the Chinese for us was thoroughly positive. Embassy in Germany and Mr Junpeng Duan, from the De- partment of the Economy of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. Besides 30.03. & 08.08.2016 VOIT, only one other company was visited and the German Research V&B - Benchmark Production system Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Having had their attention drawn by VOIT inside and a text it contained about our Lean Management, Villeroy & Boch contacted us. They were especially interested in our VPS - VOIT production system in Final examination for machine and systems operators in our company 21.06.16 order to see if it contained any incentives, stimuli and good ideas for V&B, to cause them to further develop their production system in this direction. Due to the size of our production, its complexity and roots in the Saarland, our company is seen as a benchmark and sparring partner.

The kick-off was carried out by a delegation of three visitors from the Tableware division on 30.03.16. This was followed up by a further visit for intensification on 8.8.2016 with a cross section of visitors consisting of approximately 20 managers, heads of department, engineers and team leaders, incidentally with a gratifyingly large proportion of women. Furthermore, a return visit to V&B is planned by the VOIT-VPS team and further colleagues for the autumn since the aim, after all, is to mutually inspire one another and learn from one Saarlander to another.

Mr Schwarz, specialist subject teacher from the occupational training centre BBZ in Sulzbach and Mr Noe, trainer at ZF, in their functions as examiners of the final examination for machine and systems operators on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry on their tour through the production. 40 41 CHRISTMAS PARTY 2015 I I Great atmosphere in the new venue “Alte Schmelz” Plants 1&2 celebrate together for the first time

12.12.15 42 43 OUR APPRENTICE WORKSHOP I Girl‘s Day OUR APPRENTICE WORKSHOP I Project days of AMR

GIRLS‘ DAY at VOIT Automotive − 28.04.2016 VOIT trainees at AMR (Albertus Magnus School) project days − 01.02.2016

Girls’ Day – This girls‘ future day is a day for occupational orientation for girls that takes From 1 - 2.02.2016, project days took place at the Albertus Magnus school. Pupils from the place on an annual basis. School pupils from the first class in secondary school can visit 9th and 10th classes visited VOIT Automotive and were able to find out more there about companies and institutions on this day in order to gain a practical insight into jobs in IT, the fields of work and processes. Pupils from the 5th – 8th classes took part in projects crafts, natural sciences and technology as well as in further jobs that are mainly filled by either internally in the school or externally. For example, robots were programmed, men such as in business and politics. substances for soaps or flavourings were manufactured or jewellery made. In return, VOIT trainees went to the AMR to get involved in the project days. Girls’ Day supports girls in getting to know „atypical“ jobs and investigating whether they find MINT jobs interesting as a future career option.

At the same time, the action day gives participating companies and institutions the opportunity to gain an impression of the commitment and skills of young women in areas dominated by men and speak to potentially interested budding female employees.

The project is financed and supported by a cooperation for action consisting of the Fe- deral Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Ministry for the Family, Pensioners, Women and Youth, the Federation of German Employer Associations, the Confederation of German Trade Unions, the Federal Employment Agency, the Federation of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Federal Association of German Industry, the Central Association of German Crafts, the Federal Parents‘ Council and the initiative D21. Constant guests in the steering committee are the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs and the Conference of Ministers for Equal Rights and Women.

Every year VOIT offers girls the opportunity toget a taste of the company. They are looked after “on eye level” by our trainees. We would be delighted if more young girls wanted to do training with us because the girls achieve top results and feel at home here.

44 45 OUR TRAINEES I AMR Lego boxes and VOIT best in class I Charity Project Wooden Horse – Albertus Magnus Secondary School

VOIT Automotive supports Albertus Magnus Secondary School with LEGO boxes with teaching materials – 19.05.16 Project conclusion “AMR Horses” on 25.06.2016: Aid and joy for children north and south of the equator

On 19.05.16, VOIT trainees, who used to attend Albertus An especially nice example of the cooperation between AMR and VOIT Magnus Secondary School themselves, handed over in which VOIT was able to get involved in a supporting role, is the AMR LEGO boxes with teaching materials to their former horses, a charity activity with multiple benefits. 30 wooden horses, school together with their trainer Jörg Walzer. School suitable for outdoors, approved by the German technical monitoring headmaster Thomas Bonerz and physics teacher Marc agency “TÜV”, were built and artistically decorated by school pupils, Gothe were visibly overjoyed because such attempts are teachers, parents and volunteers - a very nice didactic school activity a great way of making science subjects such as Physics which forges community spirit. VOIT trainees worked on the design attractive and a hands-on experience. plans and VOIT covered the cost of the metal parts. The trade and business association supported the activity with a competition. From Under this motto, the VOIT trainee workshop presented 06.06. to 18.06.2016, the wooden horses could be inspected in selected the Albertus Magnus Secondary School with a gift of shops in the pedestrian zone in St. Ingbert. 17 of these horses were three LEGO boxes with teaching materials. These high presented to all of the nursery schools in St Ingbert and its satellite value boxes contain, for example, solar modules and villages on 25.06.2016. Furthermore, 13 wooden horses were auctioned to those who offered the highest price. The total net proceeds of € wind power turbines with electric engines and charge- 3.200 go to the AMR‘s aid station in Uganda to build urgently needed able batteries. The otherwise somewhat dry topic of sleeping quarters for boys. It may be hard to believe but over there, the „Renewable Energy“ can now be conveyed to the pupils cost of this is € 6,400. Dr. Maleika and Father Robert can use the money in a much more interesting way and creates enthusiasm. to make up exactly the amount that is missing in the financing and the building work can now commence. Photos: © Albertus Magnus Secondary School There are also benefits here for the cooperation partner VOIT. If an interest in technology has been awakened in especially these pupils from AMR, perhaps they will be interested in doing an internship and, after that, quite a few will commence training and a career at VOIT. For this reason, VOIT and AMR are always in close contact with each other with the consequence that there are several activities each year.

The best in their class 2015 for their subject at the vocational schools BBZ Sulzbach, TGBZ Saarbrücken and BBZ Homburg

Maik Lauer Fabian Paul Thomas Marcinkowski Marek Kalamucki Tool mechanic Electronic technician for Foundry mechanic Machining mechanic production technology

Congratulations and keep up the good work! Such activities are a wonderful example of social commitment. If a fantastic new play equipment and, in Uganda, sleeping quarters can large number of people are committed together, something very big be built. So children on both sides of the equator have been helped. comes out of it. All of the nursery schools in St. Ingbert now some VOIT is very proud to have been part of this project.

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