HANDTMANN DELIVERS 10 MILLIONTH OIL PAN GD01456 TO THE VOLKSWAGEN GROUP
Success story: Today’s oil pan generation GD01456 has its origin in 1992
10 million oil pans generation GD01456 (shown here as a blank) have already been delivered to the Volkswagen Group alone.
Around one third of the annual tonnage output in the high-pressure die casting division is accounted for by the production of oil pans for the Volkswagen Group. The first oil pans were cast and machined at Handtmann in 1992. Today, round and about 5.5 million next generation oil pans leave our facilities per year. From them about 7,000 oil pans generation GD01456 in peak hours per day alone. These are produced in 20 die-casting cells in each of our light metal foundries in Biberach (Upper Swabia), Annaberg (Saxony) and Košice (Slovakia), for installation in a majority of the vehicle models of the Volkswagen Group, with its brands VW, Seat, Škoda and Audi A3.
The 10 millionth oil pan in its current GD01456 version was now delivered to Salzgitter in December 2017. In addition, around 4 million units of the GD01713 successor model have already been delivered. Last year, we were awarded contract by the Volkswagen Group also for the next oil pan generation GD01971. This time around, in addition to “Casting” and “Machining”, the scope of supply could even be extended by the process step “Assembly”. The supply volume should then be around 1.7 million units per year.
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Sources: Siegfried Brombeis, Peter Gassmann, Helmut Hirt, Erwin Kind, Werner Kugler, Hubert Lamprecht, Florence Mintenbeck, Martin Schühle
E.WA RISS TO SUPPLY HANDTMANN WITH NATURAL GAS
Thomas Handtmann and Dietmar Geier sign supply contract for 2020
Thomas Handtmann and e.wa riss Managing Director Dietmar Geier sign the contract.
Last year, the Biberach company Handtmann and e.wa riss sealed an agreement about the supply of natural gas for 2020.
Company Director Thomas Handtmann and Dietmar Geier, Managing Director of e.wa riss, signed the contract for an order volume of 100 million kWh. The gas supply covers all Handtmann companies at the Biberach site. e.wa riss was awarded the contract by the Handtmann Group of Companies as a result of its annual invitation to tender. “We are pleased to once again be able to place our order for 2020 with e.wa riss after being forced to award the gas supply for 2019 to an external competitor. With e.wa riss, we have therefore acquired a local provider again, as in 2018,” explained Harry Giesler (Head of Purchasing at Handtmann Metallgusswerk).
Both contractual parties are faced with a very difficult competitive situation in the market. Despite this, the negotiations were always conducted constructively and fairly. “We explored every possibility to the full and we found an economically viable solution for both sides,” confirmed Dietmar Geier. Handtmann alone requires approximately 20 percent of the gas capacity of e.wa riss.
Author: Lisa Schröder; Source of photo: Elvira Bucher
DOING THEIR BIT!
School pupils work for charity
On 5th December – the “Mitmachen Ehrensache” charity drive day – a total of four school students worked for a morning at Handtmann Metallgusswerk or at Handtmann Maschinenfabrik. As part of this fund-raising drive, the students did not accept payment for their work; instead they donated the fee agreed with the company to selected regional social projects and aid schemes.
Handtmann supports the commitment shown by the students
“When our teacher told the class about this charity drive, I decided to take part in it straight away,” Hannah (14 years old) told us. And her classmate Juliane explained, “The money that we earn will then be donated to the food bank in Riedlingen.” The amount of work put in by the students is manageable but the donation is extremely important for the Riedlingen food bank and for the voluntary support it provides for the needy. “We’re both working in the Marketing department of the Handtmann Metallgusswerk today from 8 a.m. to noon, that’s 4 hours,” explained Hannah. The two girls would have earned around € 53 for this. “The food bank will be really pleased with the donation. And there are further amounts of other pupils as well,” added Juliane (15 years old). Apart from this, the drive is a chance to experience something new and is a change from a morning in the classroom. They are currently in 9th grade at the Riedlingen grammar school. Their job at Handtmann is to pack gifts for customers and address them. Their assignment at Handtmann Metallgusswerk will then come to an end with a communal lunch. “The employees at Handtmann were very friendly to us from the start and we feel happy here,” said the two grammar school students, summing up their experience.
Malte and Luis are currently in 7th grade at the Bischof-Sproll-Bildungszentrum grammar school in Rissegg. They worked at Handtmann Maschinenfabrik on the charity drive day. Preparing work step slips for the filing department, packing order documents in their envelopes for production, filing delivery notes and change memos, and taking folders to the filing department were Luis’s jobs in the Production Control/External Processing department. On the charity drive day, Malte helped the secretaries of the Head of Production to sort files, prepare documents for shredding and label folders. Also, they were both taken on a tour of production where they found out more about the production methods and product range of the filling and portioning systems manufacturer; before their assignment came to an end with a communal lunch, too. The wages for the work of the two young people, once again around € 53, will be donated to charitable projects.
Wages benefit charity projects in the region
The Handtmann Group of Companies is very happy to support this drive as it encourages young people to work voluntarily for good causes. The “Mitmachen Ehrensache” charity drive day is aimed at school students from 7th grade upwards at Baden-Württemberg’s general education and vocational schools. More information is here available.
Author: Melanie Bächtle; Sources: Sabine Engel, Stefanie Ludescher