When we’re convinced of a project, we grab it by the horns

There’s much we want to accomplish

Interview with Markus Ungricht


Through UFO (the UNGRICHT FURTHER TRAINING OFFENSIVE), we have gone on an offensive which has long been overdue but is still not too late. For changes which focus on targeted improvements, one of the first steps that needs to be taken is to be realistic in assessing where we stand at the company, in every department and with respect to our managers and employees. Such an assessment needs to be factual, be geared towards determining improvement potential and be born of optimism. It is important to us that the truly decisive benchmarks of good management do not fall by the wayside: efficacy, performance, humaneness and, above all, the issue of management accountability. This is where UFO is being used to tackle such issues.

We are convinced that we are on the right track with UFO. The first workshops for our managerial staff which were held in September and November 2005 have shown that we have dedicated and motivated employees in our ranks – employees who can develop their own ideas, locate weaknesses and come up with solid solution approaches. Through UFO we are seeking to build upon and foster this knowledge and existing experience: even more efficient management policies, tasks and tools should be developed and implemented. Whilst meeting certain fundamental functions – such as the ability to define goals; good organisation and communication; the capacity to appraise and nurture employees in their performance – do not guarantee that a good management team will materialise, these fundamental functions are nevertheless vitally important. We at UNGRICHT can only attain our goals if we ensure the efficacy of our managerial staff at every level.

This is precisely the challenge that we are seeking to meet in launching UFO, since in times of saturated markets and increasing competition and price wars, good managers and employees - inspired by the managers to tap their full potential - are the best means of guaranteeing competitiveness and putting our company in the ideal position on the global market. Our strategy, which wholeheartedly focuses on benefiting the customer, is the best recipe for complex and stag-nating markets. Providing customer benefit will secure a defendable market and is therefore a vital prerequisite for the profitability of our business.

And most importantly of all: The outlined goals and strategies must be embodied – by all of us who belong to UNGRICHT: each and everyone at his and her working place. We are all called upon to make an active contribution! Markus Ungricht

Contakt:
A. + E. UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG
Roller + Engraving Technology
Carmen Kottke
Karstr. 90
41068 Mönchengladbach
Tel.: +49 2161 359-0
Fax: +49 2161 359-100
E-Mail: pr@ungricht.de
www.ungricht.de

Ungricht was established in 1892 and is today one of the leading suppliers of rollers and their engraving. Today, the fifth generation of this family-run business is seeking a top position worldwide by continuously investing in the future.


The Ungricht site comprises an area of 60.000 m2 with modern machinery and equipment. The total area for production, warehouses and administration alone amounts to 45.000 m2.

Today, Ungricht has 340 employees at its sole site at Mönchengladbach. The roller production consists of the manufacture of the roller body including its construction and engineering, surface treatment and various engraving departments as well as all important aspects of galvanic processes and plasma-ceramic coating.

Since 1998 the company has been restructured, future-orientated steps have been undertaken and the company size has been increased with the acquisition of a number of companies.

Contakt:
A. + E. UNGRICHT GMBH + CO KG
Roller + Engraving Technology
Carmen Kottke
Karstr. 90
41068 Mönchengladbach
Tel.: +49 2161 359-0
Fax: +49 2161 359-100
E-Mail: pr@ungricht.de
www.ungricht.de

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