Bohlender GmbH: Year-end Cermony 2015 with review and forecast to 2016

GRUENSFELD/ LAUDA: An eventful fiscal year comes to an end, which is traditionally celebrated at BOHLENDER GmbH. CEO Volker Bohlender invited his employees together with their partners in an event locality called “Pfarrscheune” in Lauda.

After a short stand-up reception with an official welcome of the employees and their partners, the Christmas buffet started. Afterwards, the CEO of the medium-sized enterprise started with his annual review 2015:

The first six months 2015 were affected by the construction of the new production hall being 1.780 qm large. Beforehand, there had to be made an enlargement of the premises which was big effort. After the official ground-breaking ceremony together with a whole slew of representatives of public authorities and the involved construction companies in April, the production hall was built up quickly. Already in September, the first CNC lathes went into service in the new production hall, in October the whole SICCO production moved to the hall to produce desiccators, drying cabinets and glove boxes. Corresponding to the entrepreneur´s high demands to the environment, the building is designed conform to the latest environmental aspects. "Many windows provide natural illumination and together with the modern building installation and an optimal ventilation system, it contributes significantly to the protection of the environment" says Volker Bohlender in his review. On the roof, 728 photovoltaic modules are installed. They provided a moment of shock in August when some of them caught fire. However, bigger damage could be avoided thanks to an attentive neighbour and the quick operation of the voluntary fire brigades of Gruensfeld and Tauberbischofsheim. In the context of the building project, also the outdoor installation in front of the office building has been redesigned. It now welcomes the visitors of BOHLENDER GmbH in a modern and friendly ambience.

A successful fiscal year of the BOHLENDER GmbH also includes the participation in in-house exhibitions. Amongst others, the Sales Team visited the LAB-SUPPLY in Leverkusen and Hamburg as well as the OMNILAB in Bremen which are both trade fairs for laboratory technology. The highlight this year was the international leading show for the process industries taking place every three years, ACHEMA in Frankfurt. For five days, BOHLENDER´s employees presented the wide range of products from BOLA (professional high-performance fluoroplastic labware) and SICCO (functional desiccators, drying cabinets and glove boxes) to the professional audiences from the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. Here, Volker Bohlender especially complimented the team effort of his "exhibition team" that provided a successful and trouble-free course of the exhibition.

New methods in the winning of junior employees were tried. For the first time, in May 2015 an information day took place, for the apprenticeship to become an Industrial Mechanic, at BOHLENDER GmbH´s premises. Young people from all over the region of Gruensfeld came to inform themselves. The apprenticeship of young qualified personnel is still an important part of BOHLENDER´s corporate philosophy. This is why BOHLENDER hired again two apprentices who passed their exam successfully in February. Furthermore, two new apprentices were officially welcomed in the year-end ceremony by the CEO. In total, BOHLENDER currently has five apprentices to become Industrial Mechanics.

At the end of his extensive annual review, Volker Bohlender honoured his employee Maximilian Bingel for his five years´ anniversary. Also, he has trained at BOHLENDER GmbH.