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Information from SCHÄFER WERKE and EMW for customers and employees

EMWSteel for large-scale products from the Westerwald

Issue 01/May 2014

Container Systems A SCHÄFER KEG with its own signature

Perforated MetalGreat variety in machining services

IT-Systems Special racks forDATEV

SCHÄFER Industrial Solutions

The specialistfor customer-specific housing solutions

EDITORIAL

MARKET

03 Secure business processes at SCHÄFER03 2014 trade fair calendar

TOP TOPIC

04 Industrial Solutions on course for growth

MARKET

Interior Systems06 Organization is half the battle

IT-Systems08 SCHÄFER IT-Systems manufactures special racks for DATEV09 The SCHÄFER IS-1 rack solution: profiting from innovative features09 The 5-Star Data Centre: “full speed ahead”

Container Systems10 A SCHÄFER KEG with its very own signature11 The self service Party-KEG

IBC12 SCHÄFER extends container manufacturing

EMW14 Steel for large-scale products from the Westerwald 15 New circular blanking machine at EMW

Perforated Metal16 Great variety in machining service

INTERNAL

18 Successful training at SCHÄFER18 Tributes to long-serving staff 19 SCHÄFER WERKE supports the Neunkirchen food banks19 Environmental and energy management: Certified according to DIN ISO 50001

EDITORIAL

Published by: SCHÄFER WERKE GMBH Responsible: Rainer Bröcher, Sebastian Hilpisch, Christine SchollEditorial address: SCHÄFER WERKE GMBH, Pfannenbergstraße 1, D-57290 Neunkirchen Telephone: +49 (0) 2735/787-01 Fax: +49 (0) 2735/787-249 E-mail: [email protected]: www.schaefer-werke.deLayout: conception Kommunikationsagentur GmbH, Siegen Print: braundruck GmbH, NeunkirchenPicture credits: S. 4 SIEMENS AG Nürnberg; S. 14 MENK GmbH, Bad Marienberg; S. 15 DIMECO, E-OiartzunReproduction with permission free of charge

Credits

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Rainer Bröcher

2013 was a successful year for the SCHÄFER WERKE group of companies. There was a very

favourable development in all divisions and we are now focussing all our efforts on

continuing this positive trend in 2014.

What has this success been based on? First of all in this connection, we have to mention

our staff, as they are the ones who have dedicated themselves with great motivation and

commitment to achieving our common objectives. Many thanks for this great effort!

Behind this performance are common values and aspirations which unite all divisions in

the group – right across all the different markets our diversified operations take us to.

For instance, we aspire to offering you, as our customers, maximum reliability and

dependability in supplying you quickly and punctually with slit strips and cut-to-size

blanks from our EMW Steel Service Centre, perforated metal sheets for a great variety of

sectors and applications, container systems for the food and non-food industries and

also with housing and enclosure solutions for use in the IT and industrial fields, office and

administration as well as in workshops and factories.

In this issue of dialog, we hope to show you how we put this into practice on a day to day

basis – with interesting news items and projects from our different divisions.

We hope you enjoy reading the magazine and wish you all a warm Siegerland “Glück auf”!

Rainer Bröcher Michael MockenhauptManaging director SCHÄFER WERKE Managing director EMW Steel Service Centre

Dear readers!

Michael Mockenhaupt

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Secure business processes

at SCHÄFER The increasing penetration of IT into

all business processes makes us ever more dependent on the availability of the systems in operation. However, as the total failure of the Telekom communications exchange in Siegen last year made us all so painfully aware, this increasing interdependence of economic operating processes also means increased risks for all business partners. These risks can only be countered by com-panies implementing forward-looking infra-structure concepts. If secure IT-based business processes are to be guaranteed, a much wider view needs to be taken. With all the cross-company processes, especially in the modern supply chain, focussing solely on the infrastructure in your own company is no longer sufficient. Applications and systems of supply-chain partners and all others involved in the entire process must be looked at as well. As an important link in this cross-company process chain, SCHÄFER WERKE has recog-nised what is needed and has made massive investments in IT security solutions over the last few years. Two new state-of-the-art IT data centres were built in Neunkirchen and Betzdorf and SCHÄFER also has so-called GranITe-Room.cert rooms from the com-pany RZ-Products. These IT security rooms provide extremely high levels of physical protection for IT infrastructures.The in-house expertise of SCHÄFER IT-Systems could be used to good effect in the design, construction and equipment of the rooms. All data centres were equipped with modern climate control technology, efficient early warning fire detection systems and the latest monitoring functions. The primary data centre was fitted with an emergency power generator to guarantee availability in the event of power failures. The strong dependence on external network operators will be eliminated in the coming months by all German production sites and the data centres being linked with each other by means of their own fast microwave transmission network. This private network will then provide back-up in the event of a serious problem in the provider's network structure. To make internet connectivity

more or less permanent, a redundant connec-tion is made available by second provider. Thanks to these, in some cases, very costly measures, regional deficits in telecommu-nications infrastructure can be remedied for the benefit of SCHÄFER customers. The internal IT environ-ment has also seen con-siderable investment in recent years, with the purpose of increasing availability and impro-ving processes in emer-gency situations. The central SAP-ERP system at SCHÄFER WERKE runs with high availability in two dif-ferent data centres. Should one system or location fail, everything transfers to the other location without interruption. Emergency IT concepts, restart plans, data back-up sce-narios and the like were all stored in a new software system and are permanently being updated, adapted and monitored, so they can be activated around the clock in the event of emergencies.

Trade fair calendar for 2014METALFORUM Exhibition for the metal working industryPosen/PL, 03. – 06.06.2014

ISC Int. Supercomputing Conference Leipzig, 23. – 25.06.2014

EuroblechInt. Sheet Metal Working Technology ExhibitionHanover, 21. – 25.10.2014

Brau BevialeCapital goods exhibitionfor the beverage industryNuremberg, 11. – 13.11.2014

Enclosure for the new data centre in the Betzdorf plant.

All these measures are geared to consolida-ting and improving the status of SCHÄFER WERKE as a strong and reliable partner for their customers.

www.schaefer-werke.de

The SCHÄFER Industrial Solutions division began life as a manufacturer of customized special housings and enclosu-res for industry. The expertise gained in this division has meanwhile led to the deve-lopment of two new products, which are currently being produced in series. Firstly from 2014, SCHÄFER will be converting its standard server racks to the IS-1 design, which was developed by the Industrial Solutions division. SCHÄFER also produces

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Industrial Solutions

on course for growth

customized cabinet solutions based on the IS-1.And secondly, also in 2014, SCHÄFER Indu-strial Solutions will be launching the series production of a special switching cabinet for pumps and ventilators. The market maturity of this cabinet is the result of joint research and development between SCHÄFER Indu-strial Solutions and a large globally operating enterprise. The cabinet is specially tailored to pumps, ventilator fans and compressors with

Investment in new machines, increasing the workforce and the introduction of two new product lines

are reinforcing the expansion of our youngest division; SCHÄFER Industrial Solutions.

square load characteristics and its robust design makes it ideal for use in the often rough environment of the energy and water industries.

Reorganisation and investmentWith these new products in mind, SCHÄFER Industrial Solutions has invested in new machines and restructured its manufactu-ring processes. The repositioning of all spot welding machines reduces the paths the

Special switching cabinet for pumps and ventilator fans

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n Standard and made-to-measure

Housing solutions

n Complex metal assemblies

n Machine cladding

n Punched and bent parts

SCHÄFER Ausstattungs-Systeme GmbH

Pfannenbergstraße 1 · D-57290 Neunkirchen

Sales and Production

Industriestraße 41 · D-57518 Betzdorf

Tel. +49 (0) 2741/283-780

Fax +49 (0) 2741/283-798

[email protected]

www.schaefer-industriegehaeuse.de

cabinets have to take from pre-assembly to the paint shop.Alterations have also been made to the paint shop itself and to the chain conveyor. In the paint shop they resulted in the reduc-tion of plant components and energy input. A new Trumpf laser cutting machine with 5000 Watts of laser power was purchased, as well as a robot cell with a sealing foam unit. This is used for sealing components with PUR foam, which is also of great importance for the pump and ventilator cabinets. To guarantee the efficient operation of the newly installed equipment, SCHÄFER Industrial Solutions has provided specific training for its staff working in this field. All employees were given on-the-job training at the different workstations and can now be employed universally. Young employees in particular were involved in the alterations to the assembly lines, and consequently the division was able to retain three trainees per-manently. To further increase efficiency in the interests of rapid processing of customer projects, shipping tasks were also transferred to the group's own service specialists SDL (SCHÄFER DIENSTLEISTUNGEN).


The new list of services – ask for it now!

As a systems supplier for industry, SCHÄFER Industrial Solutions devel-ops, designs and produces customized punched and bent parts, machine clad-ding, special and standard housing and enclosure solutions and complex assem-blies made from metal. You can find more information on our products and services in the new cata-logue “From product idea to market suc-cess – standard and made-to-measure solutions in metal.” Available for down-load at www.schaefer-industriegehaeuse.de 1

From product idea to market success – standard and made-to-measure enclosure solutions in metal


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Laser cutting machine in the Betzdorf plant

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Organisation is half the battleSCHÄFER Interior Systems and SCHÄFER SHOP are offering their customers

an overall concept for archiving systems. The joint project is proving to be a great success.

At the beginning and end of each year, the task of archiving is on the agenda for many companies. So a selected group of SCHÄFER SHOP customers were sent a special flyer dealing with this very topic – along with the new annual catalogue containing the top selling products from all categories. The shelf units and materials cabinets adver-tised at special prices in the flyer all come from

the SCHÄFER Interior Systems product range. And the bonus is that all the cabinet “interi-ors”, such as standard and suspension files – all of which come from the SCHÄFER SHOP range – are included in the price.SCHÄFER can provide any customer seriously thinking of investing in archiving with a con-venient package to set up an archiving system which is fast, easy and good value for money.

The reaction among customers seems to sug-gest that SCHÄFER is onto a winner with this service-oriented concept, as orders for the offer keep rolling in!

www.schaefer-werke.dewww.schaefer-shop.de

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Organisation is half the battleSCHÄFER Interior Systems and SCHÄFER SHOP are offering their customers

an overall concept for archiving systems. The joint project is proving to be a great success.

n Furniture systems for

office and administration

n Equipment for workshop

and factory


Pfannenbergstr. 1 · D-5729 0 Neunkirchen

Sales and production

Industriestraße 41 · D-57518 Betzdorf

Tel. +49 (0) 2741 / 283-770

Fax +49 (0) 2741 / 283-798

[email protected]

www.schaefer-werke.de

SCHÄFER Interior Systems

High benefit comes from functional versatility. Almost any interior design con-cept can be realised with combinable elements. Flexible interior systems create space for more productivity and individually tailored solutions.

The specialists for manufacturing steel furniture for workshop and factory, office

and administration and for customized equipment and furnishing solutions

Our office and administration range includes:n Office and archiving cabinetsn Presentation systemsn Catering systems

Our workshop and factory range includes:n Multi-purpose cabinetsn Workstation systems and workbenchesn Drawer, wardrobe, locker and changing room cabinets

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SCHÄFER IT-Systems manufactures

special racks for DATEV

In the latest fitting phase at the fourth DATEV data centre location, 27 SP server racks with a Cold Section cold aisle enclosure were installed. The racks measure 800 x 1,200 x 2,200 millimetres (W x D x H) and supple-ment the identical SP racks that were installed in the data centre with two other Cold Sec-tion enclosures when it was put into opera-tion in 2011. The constant growth of new DATEV business fields, such as Application Service Providing (ASP), IT security and data back-up solutions and IT outsourcing made it necessary to extend the data centre area to 1,000 m². Due to the specific situation in the building and the structured cabling requirements, DATEV selected the 800 millimetre racks to avoid conflict between ventilation and cable routing. With appropriate cable manage-ment aids, provided as rack accessories by SCHÄFER IT-Systems, the cables were bundled vertically and horizontally on the cabinet frame, which allowed the maximum possible space for warm air outflow and cold air inflow. DATEV made use of other accessories to clearly separate IT cables from power supply cables. To do so, a cable duct was installed in the raised floor for the redundant connec-tion of the server racks to the power supply, while a second duct was installed in the rack roof for the data cables. In the current extension work on the data centre, DATEV also installed a special cold aisle enclosure which can also accommo-date room pillars and electrical distribution panels, as well as server racks. This had to be done because of the specific nature of the power supply in the DATEV data centre.A redundant uninterruptible power supply unit was set up by the landlord. The down-stream conductor rails to connect to the electrical distributor were installed by DATEV.

For connecting the 27 server racks, redun-dant electrical distributor panels were also installed. With production to specification and pre-assembly, SCHÄFER IT-SYSTEMS contributed the tight installation schedule for the new components being maintained. Profile rails, partitions, shelves and cable guiding rings were all assembled in advance according to a carefully worked out plan. More time

was saved by the drill holes in the rack roofs, needed for fixing the IT cable ducts along the top of the racks, also being made in advance in the SCHÄFER IT-Systems production plant.

www.schaefer-it-systems.com

The IT service provider and software producer DATEV has equipped its latest data centre

in Nuremberg with specially designed server racks from SCHÄFER IT-Systems.

This production to customer specification supports their innovative infrastructure concept.

Cold-Section cold aisle enclosure to support the infrastructure concept

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n IT rack solutions for server and

network cabinets

n Data centre and water-cooled server

cabinet solutions


Industriestraße 41

D-57518 Betzdorf

Tel. +49 (0) 2741/283-770

Fax +49 (0) 2741/283-798

[email protected]

www.schaefer-it-systems.com

The ★★★★★ Data Centre: “full speed ahead” Due to the great success in the previous year, SCHÄFER IT-Systems is again present-

ing an information event on the subject of “the 5-Star Data Centre”. In two podium discus-sions, experts from SCHÄFER, Wagner, E-Tec, Stulz, Datwyler and eco-Verband, will be dealing with the topics of “Scalability of data centres and data centre conversion”, “Plan-ning and construction of small data centres and server rooms” and “Data centre service and maintenance”. But there's something special about this year’s event: In keeping with the slogan “The 5-Star Data Centre: full speed ahead”, the venue is on board of a ship. On June 24th in Frankfurt am Main, SCHÄFER IT-Systems will be welcoming their guests on board an excursion vessel of the Nautilus Primus Line, and the whole event will take place during a trip down the Main. For more information and the chance to register for the event, visit www.www.schaefer-it-systems.de/seminare

Profiting from innovative features:

the SCHÄFER IS-1 rack solution The people who profit from our con-

tinuous innovation and the uncompromis-ing improvement of SCHÄFER products are customers and users. If products are discon-tinued, it’s always done to create technical

or economic benefits for them. The IS-1, the new range of 19-inch IT cabinets for server and network components, is replacing SCHÄFER IT-Systems’ classical SP racks. Maintaining the external height of two metres

means that the IS-1 can be integrated into existing SP rack installations. With 43U at a height of 2,000 mm, the IS-1 offers more height units than its predecessor and has a greater useable internal width. Thanks to its profiled framework, the cabinet is very strong, with a load bearing capacity of 1500 kilos, and it is also designed to enable extremely fast assembly. After a changeover period, SCHÄFER IT-Systems will be presenting the entire new range of IS-1 products in a new catalogue.

SCHÄFER IT cabinet IS-1 – as individual as your applications


A SCHÄFER KEG with its very

own signature Breweries are increasingly becoming aware that beer packaging makes a

significant contribution to building the brand. In this respect, the ECO KEG from

SCHÄFER Container Systems has an enormous potential.

The ECO KEG is the combination of a stainless steel liner with exchangeable top and bottom rings of coloured poly-propylene. The branding colours for the rings can be chosen by customers and they can then be provided with illustrious slo-gans or labels as required. Decoration can be applied to the stainless steel surfaces on the top, bottom or side of the Keg by means of spray painting, silk screening, laser printing, labels/sleeves or electro-chemical signature. For applying the electro-chemical signa-ture, SCHÄFER Container Systems has a highly specialised manufacturing robot. In this process, any image, such as the brewery slogan or logo, can be applied to the KEG’s metal surface directly in the shortest possible time. It looks more like die stamping than printing and in fact, the electro-chemical signature is actually a related process. The impression is one of high quality and it makes the KEG un- mistakable, in the truest sense of the word. In America, too, customizing ECO KEGs is growing more and more popular. In the booming American craft brewers market, small breweries need to be very distinctive to be noticed and KEG design can make an important contribution. The ECO KEG offers ambitious, marketing-oriented craft breweries the chance to establish themselves as a brand in the minds of their customers very quickly.

Laser printing works on the bottom of the KEGs Electro-chemical signatureColoured top and bottom rings


With the name Party-KEG, SCHÄFER Container Systems now produces a new keg type, in sizes of 10, 15, and 20 litres with all current neck and fitting types, to provide fresh draught beer on all manner of occasions. With a bung hole to take a tap, this keg enables all revellers to tap their own beer at parties or other events. A special spring valve closes the keg auto-matically, once the tap is removed, which makes it very convenient to use. The insula-ting keg coating of CFC-free polyurethane (PU) keeps the beer cool and fresh for seve-ral hours. Designs of one or more colours can be printed on the coating or the entire coating can be printed with the brewery logo, for example. The beer’s freshness and the self-service idea of filling your own glass have led to

The self service Party-KEG

these Party-KEGs achieving high levels of acceptance among consumers. For breweries, the keg offers the prospect of increasing turnover, because, as a rule, people tend to consume more on occa-sions when beer is on draught rather than in bottles. With this new Party-KEG, SCHÄFER Container Systems is helping breweries tap into this turnover potential. And cus-tomizing the kegs’ design in the breweries’ colours and logo makes them ideal brand ambassadors. Besides, the PU-coating offers a range of logistic benefits, as these robust and stable kegs can be stacked and transported very easily.

www.schaefer-container-systems.com

n Reusable container systems

for the beverages industry

n Food containers

SCHÄFER WERKE GMBH

Pfannenbergstraße 1

D-57290 Neunkirchen

Tel. +49 (0) 2735/787-418

Fax +49 (0) 2735/787-493

[email protected]


The features that make the ECO KEG ideal for price-sensitive small breweries are its particularly economical costing and the logistics benefits. ECO KEGs are lighter than conventional stainless steel KEGs and their intelligent design enables them to be stacked in a space saving manner. A 36 % weight saving means 6 % more load in a 40-foot container and the low material use contributes to saving resources. The shock-absorber effect of the polypropylene top and bottom rings prevents damage if the KEG is dropped, as they allow it to bounce when it hits the ground.


For fresh draught beer, whatever the occasion


This is the company’s response to the continually increasing demand for containers for special requirements, such as transport-ing hazardous goods and aseptic reusable containers in the food sector.The production plant in Ledeč nad Sázavou has traditionally had a high level of welding expertise, covering both manual skills and automated methods with the latest machines. In 1995, the German-Czech joint ven-ture SCHÄFER SUDEX s.r.o. began in Ledeč nad Sázavou with the production of stain-less steel KEGs for the international beverage industry. Since 2002, stainless steel containers have also been manufactured here and the posi-tive development and rapid growth of this business area soon required the extension of production capacities.

SCHÄFER Container Systems is investing in new machines and welding equipment

for the production of stainless steel containers at the Ledeč nad Sázavou plant in the

Czech Republic.

Sudex production plant in the Czech Republic

SCHÄFER extends

container manufacturing


The construction of a new production hall in 2004 set the company on course for further growth. Meanwhile, the production of IBCs and spe-cial containers make up a significant propor-tion of the production volume at the Ledeč site. To consolidate this in the long term, SCHÄFER Container Systems is bringing its manufacturing facilities up to the latest technical standard. Another hall was built in 2013 to create space for a new generation of welding robots for container production.

This extension offers the opportunity to introduce the latest technologies and also to reorganise work processes more efficiently, as it also includes a warehouse for storing semi-finished welded products. In addition to stainless steel KEGs, SCHÄFER SUDEX in Ledeč also manufactures stainless steel hazardous goods containers for solid and liquid substances, especially for sectors with sensitive requirements for transport and storage. The range of safe and reliable container systems covers officially appro-

n Standard and Special containers in

stainless steel

n Hazardous goods containers

n Ion exchanger cartridges

SCHÄFER WERKE GMBH


D-57290 Neunkirchen

Tel. +49 (0) 2735/787-578

Fax +49 (0) 2735/787-580

[email protected]


Produktion site and Visco Jet representation

for Slovakia and Czech Republic:

SCHÄFER-SUDEX s.r.o.

P.O. Box 62 · CZ-58401 Ledeč nad Sázavou

Tel. +420/569 711-220 · Fax +420/569 711-226

E-Mail: [email protected]


ved standard systems like tank, round and silo containers, heatable and aseptic containers, as well as tailor-made special container solutions. SCHÄFER SUDEX is currently developing a new aseptic container with a diameter of 800 millimetres for use in the food industry.


Manufacturing expertise in the Sudex plant

Ion exchange cartridges for regenerable resin mixturesContainers for the transport and storage of hazardous goods


Steel for large-scale products

from the Westerwald

A company with a long tradition, MENK was founded in 1949 has gained a leading position worldwide in a number of sectors. The company specialises in large-scale pro-ducts made of steel. At its headquarters in Bad Marienberg, Menk doesn’t only manu-facture the casings for transformers, but also corrugated oil tanks and cooling radiators. Five other plants with different specialisati-ons in the USA, Malaysia, China, as well as in Prague and Plzen in the Czech Republic, produce motor casings, containers and parts for mobile cranes, excavators and mining ma-chinery. From its various locations, MENK supplies customers in some 50 countries around the world.

Transformer casings for substations and intercity express trains come from Bad Marienberg (Westerwald).

Every month, MENK Apparatebau GmbH processes 4,500 tons of steel – some of it from the EMW Steel Service Centre.

Cooling radiators for cooling oil in power transformers

Casing with cooling fins for cooling oilin distribution transformers


New circular blanking machine at EMW

Like SCHÄFER, MENK is also characterised by the culture of the small or medium-sized business, which focuses on manufacturing quality and customer relationships based on partnership. The Czech subsidiary Schäfer-Menk s.r.o. carries the organisational connec-tion with SCHÄFER WERKE in its name, while the companies in America and Asia operate under the name of MENK. Business relations between MENK and EMW have existed since 1976. EMW only supplies the main plant in Bad Marienberg, but the short 30 km distance from Siegerland to Westerwald means there are great logistics benefits for MENK and they can profit from EMW’s great storage capacity, which then relieves the burden on their own capacities. The actual logistics process is carried out by an external freight forwarding company which organises the on-demand integra-tion of the steel into the MENK production process. In 2013, EMW supplied around 5,000 tons of cold rolled, non-lubricated slit strips and coils of various dimensions for MENK coo-ling radiators.

www.emw-stahlservice.com

The EMW Steel Service Centre has extended its service range and will be supplying circular blanks as of now. The new servo circular blank cutting machine in the Steel Service Centre manufactures circular blanks from all metal types. The round discs made of steel, stainless steel or aluminium are used to manufacture all manner of different products, such as hub caps, satellite dishes, beer kegs, housings for brake boosters, frying pans or traffic signs. EMW’s machine can cut metal sheet of between 0.75 and 4 mm in thickness and the product range includes blanks of up to 730 millimetres in diameter. As the blanks are cut straight from the coil, no pre-slitting is required. EMW’s preference for mechanical cutting with a pressing force of 250 tons is superior to laser cutting in terms of speed and economic efficiency, as laser lines take much longer to produce the same number of blanks. In addition, EMW’s so-called scrap-optimised stamp-ing not only contributes to a good price/performance ratio, but also to eco-friendly and sustainable production. The circular blanks are then packaged and dispatched in customized formats and batch sizes, exactly as the customer ordered.

n Coils

n Slit strip

n Cut-to-size blanks

EMW Stahl Service GmbH


D-57290 Neunkirchen

Tel. +49 (0) 2735/787-02

Fax +49 (0) 2735/787-484

[email protected]

www.emw-stahlservice.com

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Great variety in

machining service

At the company’s main plant in Neun-kirchen/Siegerland, another punching and nibbling machine from the sector’s leading manufacturer Amada was installed. In addition to six wide presses, the produc-tion machinery includes sheet processing lines, a punching centre, a laser cutting line, a stud welding system and machines for powder coating and foam sealing. Invest-ments were also made in other manufac-turing machines and tools. The plant’s new equipment doesn’t only extend the nature of the range in the field of perforated sheet machining. With its broad manufacturing spectrum, SCHÄFER Perforated Metal can fulfil almost all machining demands of its customers from a single source: laser cutting, notching, bending, degreasing, powder coating and anodising. On request, the qualified staff at SCHÄFER Perforated Metal can offer even more machining solutions. This means customers can cut out unnecessary invest-ment and utilize the space in their own pro-duction plants for more profitable activities.

SCHÄFER Perforated Metal is investing in a sheet metal working centre for customer solutions

and has extended its service range for perforated metal sheets.

So that perforated sheets from customers can be processed quickly without any delays, they must fulfil specific standards in each individual case. Stainless steel per-forated sheets for a screening line in food

n Coil to coil perforation

n Perforated sheets to

customer specifications

n Machining service

SCHÄFER Lochbleche GmbH & Co. KG


D-57290 Neunkirchen

Tel. +49 (0) 2735/787-05

Fax +49 (0) 2735/787-528

[email protected]

www.schaefer-lochbleche.de

Machining service at a glance

n Perforatingn Laser cuttingn Bending n Notchingn Punchingn Degreasingn Powder coatingn Lacqueringn Anodisingn Welding

Other processing possibilities avail-able on request

Perforated metal solutions machined to customer specifications

processing must be completely grease-free, whereas perforated facade sheets for a new football stadium in club colours need to be powder coated. The machined perforated sheet solutions are then integrated precisely into SCHÄFER customers’ workflow. Both in its machining service and in the field of per-foration patterns SCHÄFER Perforated Metal is keen to work together with customers to develop new product design possibilities for realising unique solutions. 400 different perforation patterns is the standard range of choice for SCHÄFER Perforated Metal customers, and on top of this, SCHÄFER develops perforated sheets to customer specifications. This doesn’t only apply to perforations for entire coils, but also for cut-to-size blanks. Sheets of up to 1,500 mm in width and 6,000 mm long can be manufactured on customer request with strip perforations, field perforations, a com-bination of both or with perforation-free edges.www.schaefer-lochbleche.de


Design and function – the applications for perforated metal sheets are unlimitedWhether it is used as ceiling, wall or balustrade panelling, furniture, designer objects, sun or noise protection, visibility screens, as a partner for the automotive industry, for IT applications, screening technology, for counters or bars, as room partitions, in filter technology, trade fair stands or shop fittings – perforated metal is an outstanding construction material for a wide range of sectors thanks to its high-strength and robust material properties and its design-orientated visual qualities. Let the great variety of perforated metal applications inspire you! You can find even more examples at: www.schaefer-lochbleche.de/applications

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Tributes to long-serving staffThe management of SCHÄFER WERKE and of EMW would like to thank all those celebrating long-service anniversaries for their many years of support and commitment.

25 years

SCHÄFER WERKEBernd Schrepfer 01.01.1989Bernhard Heinze 01.03.1989Carola Boller 01.01.1989Christian Baumunk 01.01.1989Christoph Weinbrenner 01.01.1989Frank Wiezorek 28.03.1989Hans-Jürgen Schmidt 03.04.1989Markus Häbel 01.08.1989Martin Abend 01.08.1989Thomas Kempf 01.04.1989Ulrich Flender 01.09.1989

EMWFranz Hödl 16.01.1989Jürgen Gorlt 01.01.1989Nedim Karabina 03.04.1989Peter Luckenbach 17.04.1989Silvio Lanza 18.10.1989Stefan Böttcher 01.03.1989Torsten Brüggemann 01.08.1989

30 years

SCHÄFER WERKEBurkhard Bayer 09.07.1984Dirk Schneider 01.08.1984Helmut Koehler 08.10.1984Kurt Miller 20.02.1984Martin Schardt 26.04.1984Michael Ernst 01.10.1984Michael Lücker 01.08.1984Norbert Schäfer 28.03.1984Peter Taxacher 05.10.1984Rudolf Koster 23.05.1984Wolfgang Petri 01.04.1984

EMWFrank Jung 01.08.1984Heike Tschersich 02.10.1984Ingo Alandt 22.03.1984Jürgen Grosser 01.08.1984Markus Daub 20.08.1984Stephan Lieber 01.08.1984

35 years

SCHÄFER WERKEAndreas Leonhardt 01.08.1979Dimitrios Doulios 17.09.1979Franco Salvio 22.03.1979Gunter Dax 01.10.1979Hans-Dieter Schnell 20.08.1979Hans-Peter Nolden 13.06.1979

EMWAntje Eickhoff 04.01.1979Birgit Schmalfuss 01.08.1979Dirk Dornhöfer 01.08.1979Dieter Schmick 04.04.1979Ibrahim Asan 04.10.1979Lothar Dehnst 05.06.1979Noureddine Jendoubi 21.05.1979Reinhard Kölzer 10.09.1979Roger Sauer 01.08.1979Rüdiger Schneider 22.08.1979

The results of the final exams at the end of the training period have once again been well above average and the start into working life at SCHÄFER went smoothly for our former trainees. The 14 new trainees in 7 different professions were welcomed to the Pfannen-berg on August 1st. to begin their training and on December 20th,

Thanks and appreciation

Successful training at SCHÄFER

2013, the management invited them to the Christmas party in the workshop.After a few words from Mr. Theo Schäfer to his young apprentices, pre-sents were handed out by the company management. In reply, the trainees’ representatives expressed their thanks and appreciation.

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Since October 2007, there has been a food bank in Neunkir-chen, a society that takes perfectly good food that has been thrown away by retailers and distributes it to those in need. The Neunkir-chen food bank is the result of a private initiative supported by the Christian community and the food distribution takes place on their premises. It is perhaps surprising that a food bank is even necessary in a community like Neunkirchen, which can hardly be called poor. And yet, there are people living in

Helping fellow citizens directly

SCHÄFER WERKE supports the Neunkirchen food banks

Environmental and energy management:

Certified according to DIN ISO 50001 Work to introduce an energy manage-

ment system in accordance with ISO 50001 was successfully completed in September 2013, with the certification of SCHÄFER WERKE GMBH, EMW Stahl Service GmbH and SCHÄFER Ausstattungs-Systeme GmbH by the TÜV Rhineland. The energy management system organi-ses the procedures for energy data acqui-sition, identification of relevant consumers and monitoring energy consumption. Any deviations are systematically identified and permanently remedied. Energy-saving efforts are supported effi-ciently by clearly defined energy targets which are then pursued persistently and constantly evaluated. All the company’s employees received an information leaflet as part of the certifica-tion process, calling on them to actively support our efforts to save energy.

Increased efficiency through energy meteringKnowing your own energy consumption is the basis for energy-efficient operation. If you know what you use, you’ll know where you can reduce it. That’s why setting up a

network for measuring energy data was one of the first tasks of the energy manage-ment team in introducing the energy management system. The first step was installing heat and gas meters in the hea-ting systems at the Betzdorf and Pfannen-

berg sites. The data acquired here led to a series of energy saving measures in the first few months and helped to optimize the newly installed heating systems and the CHP plant for the administration and pro-duction buildings in Neunkirchen, making them as energy-efficient as possible. In the next few months, electricity meters will be

installed at various points, to enable a more precise assessment of the production machines’ energy consump-tion.All readings can be retrieved by radio on an hourly basis and stored and processed on a server. The data can also be accessed via a WEB interface. From this data, a monthly energy report can be compiled, which can then be pre-sented to the responsible “energy managers” in the various divisions. Any deviations from normal con-sumption levels will be recognised early, enabling corrective action to be taken immediately.

poverty for a variety of different reasons. When the Schäfer family first heard this, some family mem-bers immediately decided to sup-port the food bank by helping actively or donating money or supplies. The food bank cafe also provides the opportunity for con-versation and reflection. And, of course, regular donations are made by SCHÄFER WERKE to ensure the food bank can continue its good work.

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Head office and production site at Neunkirchen (D)

Plant Betzdorf (D) Plant Ledec nad Sázavou (CZ)

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SCHÄFER WERKEBased in Neunkirchen in Germany’s Siegerland region, the SCHÄFER WERKE group of companies is owner led and comprises for different divisions: SCHÄFER Perforated Metal, SCHÄFER Container Systems, SCHÄFER Interior Systems/IT-Systems and the EMW Steel Service Centre. The work of each of these divisions is based on high quality thin steel sheet. The processing of this material is one of the core competencies of this enterprise.

As one of Europe’s largest independent Steel Service Centers, EMW supplies coils, slit-strip, cut-to-size formats and standard formats to the manufacturing industry. The company, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2012, combines decades of experience and expertise in steel services with the very latest in logistics. In over 32,000 m2 of storage space, EMW has around 100,000 tons of fine steel sheet and almost all current market grades permanently in stock.

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