departments for the factory floor says Wolle nick Besides creating special quality products this makes life more difficult for the world s copy cats When he took the helm in 2007 such de partments existed at several major Schaeffler locations but all of them were working in isola tion Wollenick reorganized them and merged the individual departments into a global unit with standardized processes and work principles He went on to drive the internationalization of the special purpose machinery unit primarily in Chi na and Slovakia Today the largest facilities of the global network are located there The move to Er langen in 2017 with a concentration of diverse skill sets in a new headquarters with space for 650 em ployees marked another milestone Campus life promotes collaboration As soon as you enter the building you can tell that this business unit lives collaboration and inno vation on all levels Colleagues whether engi neers or skilled workers from diverse functions and across department boundaries work togeth er in shared spaces Everything has been designed according to the New Work concept from shield ed multi spaces to writable walls None of the em ployees has a permanently assigned workspace We look for a place that fits the requirement and constellation of the team and project work that s important to us says Wollenick This was a novel ty at Schaeffler and the concept has produced a no ticeable increase in efficiency and innovation We guarantee that our plants operate like Swiss clockwork Bernd Wollenick Head of Special Purpose Machinery Engineering at Schaeffler The 1 800 specialists in the special purpose machinery unit deliver everything from a one stop shop from the initial idea to the development design and production of machines 71 Here and now

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