A-TEC INDUSTRIES AG

Human Resources: Machine Tools Division

Sophisticated high-tech products and quality services have propelled the Austrian EMCO Group and Germany’s Dörries Scharmann Technologie, which make up A-TEC’s Machine Tools Division, to the forefront of the European machine tool industry. Maintaining staff training and development programmes across all sites and companies is central to the division’s strategy.

The EMCO Group continued its drive to expand staff training and development programmes, and strengthen customer focus. A major priority was training courses for after sales staff. The division’s apprentice trainee programme has been an integral part of its HR activities for several years. Young potential employees are identified and given specialist training. As befits an international group, language courses are at the heart of the training effort, along with familiarisation with standard computer applications. Partnerships with schools, universities of applied science and universities create ties with potential staff members while they are still undergoing secondary and tertiary education.

The need to work off order backlog and good prospects for increased order intake at DST Group led to an increase in head count in 2008, particularly at the Bielefeld plant. Faced with a growing shortage of specialist staff, needs-based training and development – especially in technical trades – was an important means of maintaining the supply of skilled junior staff and thereby preserving competitiveness. The main focus of staff development activities was on training in the use of EPLAN engineering design software and the Solid-Works 3-D mechanical CAD program. 

For further details and vacancies visit the “Enterprise/Job & Career” area of the EMCO site at www.emco.at and “Company/Jobs” at www.ds-technologie.de.