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The European Football Championship is over - it's time to congratulate the winners of our internal betting game. 26 colleagues, some with a lot and some with less knowledge of football, took part and in the end there was even equal opportunity: footballer and fan Nichlas Lütke-Harmölle and non-fan André Kolhoff tied for the first place. Our conclusion: no matter how much football knowledge you have - the main thing is that we do something together! Authorized representative Stefan Haget congratulated and presented prizes to the top five.
In the picture: Nichlas Lütke-Harmölle (107 points), Andreas Kiewe (105 points), Thomas Schütz (96 points), Jürgen Frieler (93 points), Stefan Kolhoff (107 points), Stefan Haget.
May we introduce you? This is Jürgen Frieler, our new colleague in the work preparation department for our Aircell air chamber panels. He creates parts lists and work plans, determines various data in production, analyses it and, above all, ensures that our machines always have enough material. Jürgen Frieler knows what he is doing, having worked in the furniture industry for many years in production, quality assurance and work preparation. He is now becoming familiar with the diverse possibilities of our hollow chamber panels and is looking forward to the new challenge and his new colleagues. We are also looking forward to working with him and say WELCOME to the team, Jürgen!
A local sporting event at which donations are collected for roterkeil.net (a great organisation against child abuse) - WISCHEMANN is happy to support this with a donation. At this year's Ochtrup cycling marathon "Burning Roads", 620 participants set off on the 210 or 330 km route from Ochtrup across the Münsterland region and within the 330 km even far beyond Osnabrück. Times were not measured; as every year, the focus was on fun and teambuilding among the riders.
In the picture from left: Rebecca Kockmann (WISCHEMANN), Michaela Wernsmann (Burning Roads) and Christiane Strathaus (roterkeil.net)
During the three weeks of the nationwide “City Cycling” campaign, 24 WISCHEMANN colleagues left their cars parked several times. On the way to work, on vacation, on Whitsun tours with friends or at a cycling event in the Netherlands - the WISCHEMANN team pedalled diligently and covered a total of 6,458 km together. There was an internal reward for the most hard-working cyclists (from left to right): a 50 euro voucher from Hotel & Restaurant Althoff for Christian Selker (893 km, no e-bike!), a 25 euro voucher from Fleischerei & Grill Oelerich for Berno Wellmann (707 km) and a wireless charger for Heinz Focke (628 km). Congratulations!
She was part of the WISCHEMANN team for 24 years, and now Marlies Scho has been given a well-deserved retirement by department head Berthold Janning and production manager Markus Sondermann (from left). Her direct colleagues in production had also planned a surprise for her. The picking and packing of our goods is now over for Marlies; from now on she can devote herself entirely to her animals and grandchildren and go on many bicycle tours with her husband. The WISCHEMANN team wishes her a lot of fun and says THANK YOU for all these years with us!
WISCHEMANN Kunststoff GmbH has been awarded the bronze medal by EcoVadis, the world's largest provider of sustainability ratings for companies. It was the first time that we had worked through the extensive catalogue of questions and we now know even better which screws we can still turn to become even more sustainable and environmentally conscious as a company.
EcoVadis has assessed more than 100,000 international companies since it was founded in 2007. The evaluation is based on 21 corporate social responsibility criteria, which are divided into four areas: environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
How often does it happen these days that someone has been with a company for over 30 years? She has been with WISCHEMANN Kunststoff GmbH from the very beginning and has been part of every development, but now Brigitte Mense has reached the end of her career. HR Officer Ute Mitzinnek, Managing Director Stefan Ossendorf and her department manager Stefan Ermke (from left) bid her a festive farewell as she retires. Instead of assembling customer orders, she is now looking forward to spending more time with her grandchildren and her new dog. The entire WISCHEMANN team says THANK YOU for everything, Brigitte!
It's a long way to the beginning of Michael Volkert's employment with the company, because he had even been employed at the VACU-form predecessor company since the 80s. For an impressive 42 years he gave his all, especially on the thermoforming machines and in assembly, and now production manager Stefan Haget and managing director Christian Herdering have bid him farewell on his well-deserved retirement. A real team player with a big heart is leaving us; some may still remember his fundraising campaign in favour of the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey. From now on he can devote himself entirely to his wood decoration hobby and if you miss him, you can certainly meet him at the Christmas market. The VACU-form team wishes you a lot of fun sawing and carving and says THANK YOU for everything, Michael!
