Gerresheimer Werkzeug- und Automatisierungstechnik is one of the “Excellence in Production” category winners

Wackersdorf/Düsseldorf, December 20, 2011 - Following up on its success in 2009, Gerresheimer Werkzeug- und Automatisierungstechnik GmbH again scored top marks in the “Excellence in Production“ German tooling award. Of the 291 companies that applied to take part, only 7 reached the final. The specialists from the Wackersdorf facility, which is part of Gerresheimer’s Medical Plastic Systems division, came first in the “Internal mold maker with less than 100 employees” category.

Gerresheimer Werkzeug- und Automatisierungstechnik GmbH, the company is one of the best mold engineering companies in the German-speaking regions of Europe. The Wackersdorf specialists triumphed over a very strong field of competitors. The judges evaluated the entrants according to a list of criteria that had been specifically developed for mold engineering on the basis of the proven EFQM quality management model. They included financial results (20 %), customer-specific results (10 %), product-specific results (5 %), processes (20 %), resources (25%), organization (15 %) and management (5 %). Teams of experts visited the companies to perform on-site audits of financial results, process efficiency and effectiveness and to assess their technical and organizational strengths.

In their talks with the employees of Gerresheimer Werkzeug- und Automatisierungstechnik, and in their analyses of the data and facts, the jury identified a series of special strengths. One of these was the company’s clear and detailed strategy and the employees‘ firm orientation on this strategy. Excellent organization permits a high number unmanned sink erosion shifts and considerably reduces the number of rush jobs. The auditors were also impressed by the company’s resource handling, the high degree of production automation, its excellent qualification matrix and the high level of employee motivation. They also gave a positive rating to the high employee suggestion rate. Outstanding time efficiency in every area is another outstanding achievement that helped Gerresheimer Werkzeug- und Automatisierungstechnik to achieve the highest score. On the customer side, satisfaction levels are very high, the company integrates customers in the engineering process very early on and it has excellent adherence to deadlines. The tools that are produced are highly complex with extraordinarily low tolerances.

The awards, which are sponsored by the RWTH Aachen University‘s Tooling Laboratory (WZL) and the Aachen Fraunhofer Institute for Pro-duction Technology (IPT), were presented in 2011 for the eighth time. Representatives of industrial and engineering associations, the scientific, business and political communities formed the expert jury. All tool and mold manufacturing companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria are eligible to apply for the German Tooling Award. A differentiation is made between independent companies (“external mold engineering“) and departments within a company (“integrated mold engineering“), and between companies with more than or less than 100 employees.

Tool manufacturing at Wackersdorf at a glance

Gerresheimer Werkzeug- und Automatisierungstechnik GmbH in Wackersdorf manufactures sophisticated injection molds for clean room-compatible medical plastic products and special lines and machines for automation technology applications. The team of 80 mold makers at the Wackersdorf facility is affiliated to the German Technical Competence Center (TCC), where Gerresheimer Medical Plastic Systems pools its technical expertise, covering the entire product development process from initial conception right through to large-scale production by means of simultaneous engineering. The integrated mold engineering department focuses on the production of injection molds, hotrunner molds, stackmolds, round table molds and multicomponent molds.

About Gerresheimer

Gerresheimer is an internationally leading manufacturer of high-quality specialty products made of glass and plastic for the global pharma and healthcare industry. Our comprehensive portfolio of products extends from pharmaceutical vials to complex drug delivery systems such as syringe systems, insulin pens and inhalers for safe medication dosage and application. Together with our partners, we develop solutions which set standards and have role model status in their respective market sectors.

Our Group realizes revenues of around one billion euros and has around 10,000 employees at 45 locations in Europe, North and South America and Asia. We use first-rate technologies, convincing innovations and targeted investments to systematically consolidate our strong market position.

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