How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? We have adapted our pace of operation to market conditions. We have always stayed in business so that we are always there to support our customers who needed it during this complicated period. We have taken the opportunity to invest in developments that are now coming to maturity. Which innovation(s) or product(s) have you developed in 2020 and would like to highlight ? 3 main novelties : -New (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? Priority has been given to maintaining production activity in order to be able to meet our current orders. For this purpose, a very strict sanitary concept was developed and immediately implemented. After a week’s break at the beginning of the pandemic, employees were able to return to work safely thanks to the redesign of the work areas, the provision of hydroalcoholic gel, the introduction of (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? Faced with this pandemic, so sudden and unexpected, we were not prepared ! However, thanks to the professionalism and kindness of everyone at NGL, we instantly deployed our employees to telework to reduce the risk of contamination and protect them. We also needed to ensure continuity of our services. A small team therefore remained on site to ensure production, warehousing, quality control, customer (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? Faced with this real shock wave, we had to react quickly and in a reasoned manner. Within a few weeks, priorities and needs had completely changed and we were sailing within sight. In order to avoid being subjected to the situation and to participate in the collective action, we organised our teams, deployed our forces and used the raw material in stock (aluminium and PET profiles) to meet the high (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? Within a week, all our training courses and customer appointments were cancelled. We sent everyone home and introduced teleworking. We have not escaped the reduction in working hours, but we have organised ourselves so as not to put developers out of work in order to finalise ongoing projects and develop new products. In addition, Alphacam and MW-DNC support was maintained throughout this period. (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? The coronavirus is an ordeal for all of us, whetheron a human, social or business level. However, I find that our volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous VUCA world did not wait for COVID-19 to call into question many of the principles of corporate conduct. The pandemic, however, reveals much more clearly to us entrepreneurs that agility is becoming the norm. We must constantly question ourselves, (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? Overnight, the pandemic prevented us from visiting our customers and checking the condition of water-miscible cooling lubricants on site. Fortunately, Motorex had several digitalization projects underway for the automation and monitoring of machining equipment before the pandemic. These include the Motorex Easy Monitoring coolant monitoring system, which is particularly useful in today’s conditions. (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? As an important supplier in the medical/energy sector, we could resume partial production after a short lockdown. Of course, we used the possibilities offered by the government to organize production flexibly (short-time working) in order to save jobs despite order reduction. Even during the travel ban and the border closure, we maintained regular contact with customers, either through direct (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? Countless interviews and surveys, both in Germany and abroad, have helped us to make the right decisions for the market and to prioritise the health of all stakeholders. In the end, it proved necessary to change the dates of all the industry trade fairs in our 2020 portfolio. We had to postpone AMB (International Machining Trade Fair - from 13 to 17 September 2022), T4M (Medical Device Technology - (…)

How have you reacted to the new period, marked by the pandemic, that has started in 2020 ? We reacted quickly with our global maxon COVID-19 working group and initiated protective measures. The most important thing then was and remains the well-being and health of our employees. In addition, we have introduced a secure shift production organisation and stabilised the supply chain with our partners to guarantee deliveries to our customers. It seems simple in retrospect. However, it has not (…)