Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp
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The MiniCompany with its manufactured press<br />
Employees<br />
On the December 31, <strong>2009</strong> cut-off date, the machinery and plants business unit employed 1,614<br />
people. Furthermore, 69 trainees (2008: 63) were employed. Although the total number of employees<br />
is the same as at the end of 2008, against the background of personnel changes within the business<br />
unit, this number is not a static one. Due to the acquisition of Hombak, the number of employees<br />
increased by 52. At the Krefeld location of the machinery and plants business unit, the number of<br />
employees rose by 12 from 2008 to <strong>2009</strong>. In contrast, on the cut-off date, <strong>Siempelkamp</strong> Handling<br />
Systeme (SHS) employed 54 people less than in 2008. Normal personnel fl uctuation also caused a<br />
slightly lower manpower at our Wuxi production location compared to last year. We are still focusing<br />
on centralizing our know-how at our Krefeld location. Thus, our customers benefi t from shorter<br />
turnaround times, high effi ciency, and our ‘all from one source’ principle.<br />
A new position in the area of personnel development was created in Krefeld in <strong>2009</strong>. This position<br />
focuses on succession planning in a targeted and structured way and pursues the effective positioning<br />
of the <strong>Siempelkamp</strong> label in the job market. Six recently hired young engineers, who are supported<br />
within the scope of a mentoring program, are contributing to the long-term safeguarding of the<br />
Krefeld location.<br />
Our trainees also play an important role in our employee strategy. We have reorganized our training<br />
and education program which is now tightly integrated into our personnel development at the<br />
Krefeld location. This allows us to manage more effectively that every trainee will fi nd the optimal<br />
position in the right job and at the right location. <strong>2009</strong> was the second year for our virtual trainee<br />
company ‘MiniCompany’ (MiCo). Here, trainees from all business units engage in projects that are<br />
modeled after actual <strong>Siempelkamp</strong> projects. These projects which focus on transferring knowledge,<br />
gaining practical experience, and learning how to network within the company are enthusiastically<br />
implemented by all trainees. They have contributed to the fact that in <strong>2009</strong> we have once again<br />
been awarded with the title ‘Best apprenticing company’ by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry<br />
Krefeld/Mittlerer Niederrhein (lower Rhine region).