The magazine of AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG December 2008 Division Heating Technology and Sanitary Equipment Heating Technology Successful in business – Heating Technology and Sanitary Equipment responsible in action Heating Technology Heating Technology Division Kitchens and Refrigeration Kitchens Refrigeration Kitchens Division Windows and Doors Windows and Doors Doors Windows and Doors Division Steel Technology Precision steel tubes Profile systems Division Surface Technology n Heating Technology and Sanitary Equipment Pages 12 – 19 n Kitchens and Refrigeration Pages 20 – 27 Surface Technology n Windows and Doors Pages 28 – 37 n Steel Technology Pages 38 – 43 Logistics n Surface Technology Pages 44 – 49 Logistics Vision Page 4 Premiere Page 29 Growth Page 37 AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG Amriswilerstrasse 50 · P.O. Box 134 AFG is committed Two AFG Slovaktual: CH-9320 Arbon T +41 71 447 41 41 · F +41 71 447 45 88 to sustainability companies eleven new items [email protected] · www.afg.ch supply SFS introduced Surface Technology 49 Contents n Prelude n Windows and Doors Editorial ............................................................................ 1 Premiere in façade engineering: perfected competence ..... 29 EgoKiefer thermography campaign ................................... 30 n In a nutshell 50 years EgoKiefer in West Switzerland ............................. 30 News ................................................................................ 2 980 EgoKiefer XL® windows for the Trio building complex 32 EgoKiefer wins innovation prize 08 .................................... 33 n Focus RWD Schlatter supports «Bimboli» day-care centre ............ 33 AFG: sustainably into the future ........................................ 4 «The future of the economy is ethical – or it has no future at all.» .................................................. 34 n AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG Cash Employer Award: RWD Schlatter in fourth place ........ 34 AFG provides sustained sponsorship in education .............. 8 PFAP-48G SD57 EI 30 S200 C5: what does this mean? ...... 35 «Bilanz» rating: AFG placed 33rd and 34th .......................... 9 Police safety advisers at RWD Schlatter .............................. 36 AFG takes an active hand in promoting sailing as a sport ... 10 Nomination as the «Manager of the Year» ........................ 36 Slovaktual: eleven new dealers .......................................... 37 n Heating Technology and Sanitary Equipment Kermi flat panel radiators: 50 million times innovation ....... 13 n Steel Technology Golden elegance ............................................................... 14 Forster gains new chances from the automobile crisis ........ 39 In future, STI | Hartchrom will focus on micro- and nanodispersions as well as coatings with nanocrystalline structures. Second Kermi Research Camp: female grammar school Fire protection certificate requires comprehensive tests ...... 40 students discover technology ............................................ 14 Factory network: www.forster-profile.ch ........................... 41 12th TGA Congress on the Kermi premises: French architecture for an English park .............................. 42 norms, safety and ecology ................................................. 15 Forster Profile at the BAU 2009 ......................................... 42 Ice cold politics in blissfully warm rooms ............................ 16 Forster unico is mobile in Italy ........................................... 43 were looking for surface functions with high problem-solving Aqualux equips a naval school ........................................... 16 and cost-reducing potential. The special exhibition NanoPubli Miele Kitchens and Kermi: a joint appearance in London ... 17 n Surface Technology was designed for the technically minded public and featured Heating. Ventilation. Cooling: Hard chrome surfaces: also in demand in the food industry 45 the title «Experiencing Nanotechnology». The conference Arbonia expands its product programme ........................... 18 Future shipbuilding means efficiency and environmental under the heading «Nanoregulation» was addressing the re- A top executive with profile and experience ....................... 18 compatibility ..................................................................... 46 duction of risk through voluntary measures. This is important IHK Forum with Minister Dr. Markus Söder at Kermi .......... 19 Nanotechnology: venturing into the world of the smallest . 48 in nanotechnology because, as yet, it is a field with hardly any laws and regulations. Nanotechnology works with extremely n Kitchens and Refrigeration small particles. It offers many opportunities for technical appli- Miele Kitchens once more in the limelight cations but also involves risk, about which little is known to at the Küchenmeile A30 .................................................... 21 Imprint date. « Forster steel kitchens at the St.Jakob’s Tower in Basle ......... 22 AFG WORLD, the magazine of AFG Arbonia-Forster- Holding AG, appears three times a year in four Multengut complex in Berne: Forster steel kitchens languages in Switzerland, Germany, the UK, the leave a lasting impression .................................................. 22 Czech Republic, in Slovakia as well as in other countries around the world. A Forster steel kitchen for Pope Benedict XVI ..................... 23 Circulation 23,000 Miele Kitchens opens flagship store in Zurich ..................... 24 Miele Kitchens: an order worth millions in value Editorial address AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG from Russia and Hong Kong .............................................. 25 Editorial AFG WORLD Dr. Christoph Schönenberger Kitchen renovation with Piatti: minor details – major effect .. 26 P.O. Box 134 «Since 2002 STI | Hartchrom Frauentalweg residential estate goes for CH-9320 Arbon T +41 71 447 41 41 has been using elegant Piatti kitchens .......................................................... 27 F +41 71 447 45 88 [email protected] nanotechnology.» Production Concept/Layout/Text Editorial: E,T&H Werbeagentur AG BSW, CH-9401 Rorschach Printing: Druckerei Flawil AG, CH-9230 Flawil Title image: AFG is now committed to energy conservation to be sure that comfort and well being is still possible in the future. STI | Hartchrom works with nanochrome coatings reducing the required cleaning by 85%. 2 FocusIn a nutshell news 3 Kermi: the triple plus Piatti kitchens in Westside So young and already successful: the shower enclosure series Atea by Kermi The Westside leisure and shopping centre in Berne combines the functions of marketplace and place of adventure. Here, in the has conquered the comfort class with its excellent value for money. Atea nursing home SeneCasita with 95 close care apartments, live wins you over with its elegant design, exclusive complimentary features and, in young-minded senior citizens who enjoy the advantages of a Piatti kitchen. In this development the senior citizens maintain their addition, a triple plus: 1. The comprehensive serial mass programme of four Atea own household, but can also call on a wide range of care services as base models offers individual options. 2. The Atea side wall with its uncomplicated well as a 24-hour emergency service with appropriate care provision. The apartments have a modern and friendly feel about them due to the combination profi le ensures that it is extremely effi cient to install. 3. What is new, clever selection of colours and materials. The Piatti kitchens chosen blend is that the Atea side wall can also be fi tted over the bathtub in a shortened version. in with the style of the modern, playful architecture used in the Westside development. In this outstanding project Piatti was able to show once This means that in the future, there are three additional good points in favour of again that economic solutions can provide a high degree of fl exibility as A real hit: the Atea shower enclosure. Atea. « well as meet top aesthetic requirements. Bert Poeckes, Senior Manager of ARGE TU Westside Rhomberg Bau AG/Strabag AG, explains why Piatti The nursing home SeneCasita in Berne’s Westside: was awarded the contract: «Piatti won us over with its good value for young-minded senior citizens enjoy cooking in stylish Piatti kitchens. money and timely delivery.» The strong performance and fl exibility of this market leading Swiss company are until now unsurpassed. « Managing Director as author Roger Herzig, Managing Director of RWD Schlatter AG, has written a book entitled «Der Schlüssel zum Tao Te King» (The key to Tao Te Ching). The main character, William, is an entrepreneur who visits a Chinese sage to ask him to explain the secret of the Tao Te Ching. This determines the clear structure of the book: on the left are the old Chinese texts. On the right the dialogue be- tween the sage and William unfolds. The book provides valuable insights for all that are interested in sustainable company management (Roger Herzig, «Der Schlüssel zum Tao Te King», R.G. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt/Main, Kermi: 50 million ISBN 978-3-8301-1133-7). « «Der Schlüssel zum Tao Te King» builds flat panel radiators! bridges between old Chinese wisdom and modern company management. In 2008 Kermi manufactured its 50 millionth fl at panel radiator. This impressive fi gure reminds us how, over a 40-year period, the company has developed from a well- reputed craft workshop into a leading supplier of heating For excellent prospects: EgoKiefer