Our Values

Passion

We are passionate.

Passion is emotion. It drives us to become better. We inspire ourselves and our customers worldwide with new ideas. We are modest, down-to-earth and look into the future with confidence.

In what actions, attitudes, concrete behaviour is this value reflected?

  • We commit ourselves wholeheartedly to our work.
  • We nurture a desire to find new ways of thinking and acting.
  • We treat challenges as new adventures and experiences, and we do not allow ourselves to become discouraged by setbacks.
  • We flexibly adapt to changing market conditions and customer needs in order to provide our customers with innovative solutions and products.
  • We are creative and create new solutions to optimize processes, technologies and products.
  • When forming project teams, we focus on a diversity of skills so that our employees can contribute their individual talents.
  • We are proud of our products, our company, and what we have achieved. We also show this pride.

Result orientation

We act in a sustainable and results-oriented manner.

We set ambitious goals, make sustainable decisions and create value. By doing so, we conserve resources and avoid waste.
Our success is based on the continuous development of our skills.

In what actions, attitudes, concrete behaviour is this value reflected?

  • We implement the company’s strategy by focusing on concrete goals. We define, develop and implement coordinated tasks, projects and activities accordingly.
  • We know what impact the work of individual professional areas and departments has on the achievement of established organizational goals. We combine our activities to achieve synergies and efficiencies.
  • We regularly monitor defined and measurable objectives (KPIs).
  • We prepare for new challenges by providing resources and training opportunities to continuously improve our expertise.
  • We work in a solution-oriented way: we define, implement, check and improve measures.
  • We take care of natural resources in the workplace: we save energy – when we leave the office, we switch off the air conditioning, computer and monitor. We save paper – we don’t print when we don’t need to – we use e-document systems. We separate waste.
  • We organise and/or actively participate in environmental campaigns.

Responsibility

We take responsibility.

How goals are achieved is important to us. We accept and demand our social and corporate responsibility. Our competencies and experience enable us to make decisions and implement them consistently. We stand by what we say.

In what actions, attitudes, concrete behaviour is this value reflected?

  • We make decisions taking into account the interests of all employees, customers and the company.
  • We support decisions made by others for our team, even if we disagree. We are able to distance ourselves, as a team we are united.
  • We regularly verify our suppliers and collaborate only with reliable providers.
  • We utilize the health and lifestyle activities offered by our employer.
  • We maintain exemplary relationships with schools, universities and non-profit institutions and other stakeholders.
  • We identify problems and take responsibility for decisions and their consequences (at all levels). In our area of responsibility, we make decisions independently.
  • You can rely on us: we consistently deliver on the challenges we have taken on and committed to.
  • As a team, we openly and honestly point out mistakes, work out and introduce alternative solutions together.

Respect

We behave respectfully.

We listen to understand. We treat everyone with respect, recognize achievements andtreateachother fairly. Mutual open-mindedness and honesty are the prerequisites for this.

In what actions, attitudes, concrete behaviour is this value reflected?

  • We listen to others, we talk to each other, werespecteach other’s opinions.
  • We analyze problems from multiple perspectives and learn about different opinions/positions. We talk about the problem, not the person.
  • We argue with facts, not opinions.
  • We are sincere and expect sincerity from others.
  • We provide regular and respectful feedback.
  • We regularly thank others for the support/help provided.
  • We reward the submitters ofthe best improvement ideas.


Cooperation

We are one team.

Cooperation is at the heart of everything we do. We talk to each other, not about each other, and share successes and setbacks. We support each other as a team, across departments and locations, and beyond national borders.

In what actions, attitudes, concrete behaviour is this value reflected?

  • When we take action in our own area, we consider the impact on others.
  • We actively participate at meetings.
  • We benchmark, share knowledge, experience and solutions between departments and locations, in interdisciplinary team.
  • We take cultural differences into account when dealing with employees and colleagues. We learn from other cultures.
  • We don’t criticize, we discuss objectively.
  • We are committed to honesty and a proper flow of information at all levels.
  • We welcome feedback from others and actively implement it in our daily work.