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ThyssenKrupp VDM Awarded Health Management Certification
08/10/2011 - ThyssenKrupp VDM is the first and to date only company in Germany to be awarded health management certification by the TÜV NORD inspection agency.
ThyssenKrupp VDM is the first and to date only company in Germany to be awarded health management certification by the TÜV NORD inspection agency.
“We’re very pleased to have received the certificate because we’ve been working intensively in this area for years,” said Dr. Jürgen Olbrich, CEO of ThyssenKrupp VDM. “The certification process was therefore an ideal opportunity to put our system to the test. We can now see where improvements can be made.”
The company was certified in connection with the nationwide health-at-the-workplace initiative HAWARD launched by TÜV NORD with the support of BARMER GEK and other companies to promote and assess company health management systems. The Werdohl-based company was selected as the first of around 130 companies who took part in the initiative.
“Overall ThyssenKrupp VDM has a very good health management concept which is lived out in all areas of the company,” said Ulf Theike, chief executive of TÜV NORD CERT, when presenting the certificate.
ThyssenKrupp VDM (Werdohl) manufactures high-performance materials, including nickel alloys, special stainless steels, and zirconium and titanium mill products. ThyssenKrupp VDM has been supplying sheet, plate, rods, ingots, strip and wire for more than 80 years, and its main customers are in the engineering, energy production, oil and gas, electrical, electronics, automotive and aerospace sectors. ThyssenKrupp VDM employs roughly 1800 employees and has German production sites in Werdohl, Altena, Unna, Siegen and Essen as well as two plants in the USA. The company also has a global sales and distribution network.
