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We have many fit and dedicated employees in the WISCHEMANN team, but one recently stood out with a world record: Matthias Barkling covered a 10-kilometer distance on the Skywalk in Willingen in an impressive 61 minutes and 34 seconds with fellow firefighters in full firefighting gear. This outstanding achievement not only demonstrates exceptional fitness and team spirit, but also social commitment, as it was a local charity project. Congratulations on your great performance and the world record, Matthias!
A new training year has begun and two young professionals have joined our team as apprentices on 1 August.
Michelle Wesselmeier has attended the business school in Steinfurt and is now starting her apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at WISCHEMANN. Here she gets to know the various departments and processes of our administration and is already very satisfied with her start in our purchasing department.
Justin Husken is more interested in the practical side of things: he is starting his apprenticeship as a plastics and rubber technologist with us and is thus familiarising himself with the various areas of our production. In his first few days with us, he has already learnt how EPS expands (known as "styrofoam").
We say Welcome to the WISCHEMANN team and wish you both a good start to your careers!
Left photo: Michelle Wesselmeier and her trainer Frank Kösters
Right photo: Justin Husken and his trainer Berthold Janning
It started for Nico Volkow at the beginning of the year when he was hired as a temporary worker in our production, but then an idea grew on both sides: how about an apprenticeship as a plastics and rubber technologist? Nico likes the diversity and the different departments in production: “There is no time boredom there”. And so, since the beginning of August, department head Marius Sowa and apprentice Nico have been going into a little more detail when discussing the production processes. We are happy and wish you an exciting apprenticeship at VACU-form, Nico!
In the photo from the left: head of department Marius Sowa, apprentice Nico Volkov
14 footballers hitting a ball onto a goal wall made of our Aircell® air chamber panels - it's not every day you see a picture like this in our halls. The B youth team and their coach Jörn Eversmann from FCE Rheine visited us this week to find out more about VACU-form and the career opportunities we offer. After the company tour, there was pizza for everyone, a lot of ambition at the goal wall and once again proof of the versatility and stability of Aircell®.
Thank you for the nice visit!
This week it was time again: the annual apprentice day took place. Every year, the WISCHEMANN Group invites the apprentices from WISCHEMANN Kunststoff and VACU-form to a full-day surprise trip with their trainers. This time, the programme included a very interesting visit to a long-standing WISCHEMANN customer, where they learnt what happens to our products once they leave our company premises. In the afternoon, our trainees and trainers were then put to the test in an escape game in a wild forest. Chained (or velcroed) together, they had to reconstruct what had happened ‘last night’ at the campfire and gradually free themselves from their bonds. Fortunately, they were able to solve the puzzle and arrived safely back in Ochtrup and Salzbergen. To summarise: it was a great day - and there will definitely be another trainee trip next year!
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.
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!
