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As a result, EN 81-1:1998-A3:2009 und EN81-2:1998-A3:2009 norms were published to ensure that new lift installations are equipped with devices against unintended car movement.

In this respect, also existing lifts should receive the same attention; in particular, The German TRBS 1121, according to the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health, describes  a procedure for “change or important modifications of lifts” based on the norms.
This is the reason why Wittur decided to upgrade all the existing lifts in the Wittur building, installed in 2008, to the state-of-the-art from a safety point of view.

Dr. Nitidem is 46 years old and was born in Cameroon. After his secondary studies with integrated training in metal cutting technology at Technical School of Douala, he studied mechanical engineering with focus on product development and design at the University of Hannover.

In 1998, he gained his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools. He then joint industry and worked first as a Development Engineer for Hoisting & Lifting Technology, quickly moved to leading positions in Research & Development in international companies such as Mannesmann, Demag Cranes, Lenze, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag and was at last CTO of the LISEGA Group.

He was responsible within the Board for Production, Engineering and R & D. Among others, he has a long experience in cross functional and intercultural development of mechatronic products, automated systems, motion control, in the life cycle management of product and production data.

His office is located at Wittur Holding GmbH in Wiedenzhausen and he can be reached at etienne.nitidem@wittur.com.

Mr. Witte is a Brazilian-German Mechanical Engineer specialized in Production Management and holds Executive MBA Degrees from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Bentley College, Boston, USA in Project management. He has a wide experience in Lean Manufacturing and the Theory of Constraints. 

Before joining Wittur, he worked as Project and Product manager in Freudenberg Latin America and as Operations Director in Dorma Group for the Americas, both based in Brazil.

He is located in Brazil and can be reached at Andreas.witte@wittur.com

Mr. Miguel Marcos has joined Wittur Group on May 1st, 2012 as Corporate Director Supply Chain. Mr. Miguel Marcos graduated from Studies of Mechanical Engineering, University of Valladolid and holds a Master Degree from IE Business School in Business Administration.

Prior to accepting this position, he served as Purchasing Director in Grupo Antolin, Burgos/Spain. Purchasing Managers in our various entities will report to him. Mr. Miguel Marcos brings experience and proven track record of achievements not only in the Purchasing function but also in the areas of Engineering, Program Management and Operations, which will be of great value in meeting his new goals and objectives.

We are confident that Mr. Miguel Marcos will be an excellent match for the position and a strong asset to the supply chain team. He will be located in Wittur Spa Parma and can be reached at miguel.marcos@wittur.com.

Dr. Daniel Wiest has been appointed as CFO for the Wittur Group. Dr. Wiest has an extensive value creation background as CFO engaged with various Private Equity owned companies, most recently with KCA Deutag (International Drilling and Engineering Contractor) and APCOA Group (European Market Leader for Parking Services).
 

Dr. Wiest holds a PhD in Political Sciencefrom the University of Berlin and an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Munich.
 

Dr. Wiest succeeds Mr. Christian Witt, who for personal reasons has decided after four years to pursue his carrier outside the Wittur group.
 

Dr. Ing. Walter Rohregger, CEO of Wittur Group: “We thank Mr. Witt for his valuable contribution to the company growth over the last years and we are very pleased to welcome Dr. Wiest to Wittur, where his experience will be deployed for the further growth of the group.”

Colorno (Parma) - On March 25th, 2011 Wittur Spa got through the examination to obtain the Environmental management standard certification according to UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 norms.
Eng. Ilaria Tonella, Security Environmental System Manager in Wittur Spa, has replied to some question about the new certification as follows:


1) Why did Wittur Spa embark on Environmental management standard certification path?
Wittur group expectations, the whole market and our customers have been an incentive to take the path of Environmental management standard certification according to UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 norms.
As everyone knows, the attention to the environment in all its aspects is an issue of utmost importance in the logic of sustainable development that doesn’t compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Within the company, it’s important to reach a balance between raw material employment and the need to preserve the environment.
A structured Environmental Management System is a useful tool for managing legislative requirements and for our plant improvement in comparison with nearby communities.

2) What are the steps to achieve this prestigious award?
Wittur S.p.A. has been working for ten years according to the procedures that have ensured compliance with the norms, checking resources consumption and environmental management. Last year the management decided to revise the system to comply with UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 norms. The environmental management standard certification path took place during 2010 and finished in March 2011 with final audit of the system.
It was a project to revise and complete the exising documentation in order to to lay the foundations for management improvement through the development and the periodical targets review.

3) How have the employees integrated in the project?
From the beginning my colleagues have been well involved in the project. People are very sensitive to environmental issues, so it’s easy to raise their enthusiasm.
Therefore during the last training there was a great number of partecipants and a lot of improvement suggestions.

4) What are the next steps for the future development?
Wittur S.p.A. defines and organizes all the activities to target the Environmental Management System improvement. It will pay its attention to the production processes, the products, the suppliers and to the whole related activities.
Through the updating of the best available technologies Wittur S.p.A. aims to achieve both excellence in components and excellence in environmental matters according to Wittur group policy.