The corporate aims

Customer satisfaction

Employee satisfaction

Extension of market share

Successful innovation strategy

Environmentally sound policy

Interest return on capital invested

SCHERDEL, a market leader, now in the

third generation

Today SCHERDEL is active in Europe, America and Asia

with its own production plants and sales branches.

In relation to its special fields, the SCHERDEL Group

occupies a leading position in the international market.

The following production and service divisions benefit

from synergy effects:

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SCHERDEL worldwide

Factories:

Germany

Seifhennersdorf Treuen Waldershof France

L´Arbresle Portugal Slovakia

Czech Republic Brazil Sorocaba Mexico

León USA China Japan Nagoya

SCHERDEL Service Centers (SSC):

Germany

France Great Britain Inkberrow Worcester

Poland Sycow Sweden Askim Slovakia

Czech Republic USA

China Shanghai Korea

SCHERDEL – a family enterpriseCorporate philosophy

and management principles

of the SCHERDEL Group

Progress based on tradition

Growth thanks to innovation

In all our activities the focus is on people!

SCHERDEL GmbH

Scherdelstr. 2

D-95615 Marktredwitz

Telephone +49 (0) 9231 603-0

Run by the founder’s family

for generations now

always played a particularly important part in the eventful history of

the SCHERDEL enterprise. For more than 100 years now, SCHERDEL

economic challenges.

Right up until the present day, the managing directors of the

enterprise have traditionally been descended from the family of

the founder Sigmund Scherdel.

family is now in charge of the business.

Company founder Sigmund Scherdel The sons Rudi Scherdel ... ... and Max Scherdel Walter Bach, the founder’s grandson

General principles of our

business policy

prise.

We want to be active in the market as a group of

companies, using the established product names.

the individual locations and the synergy available within

our customers.

development of our business activity, making use of the

products and markets with which we are familiar, both

at home and abroad.

We want to make a profit which will be sufficient to

guarantee the growth of our enterprise and which will

enable us to achieve our other aims.

In respect of technology and costs, our aim is to be one

of the leading suppliers in the markets available to us.

We attach great importance to creativity and innovation

and we will always make use of new technologies as a

range of products we are prepared to participate in

other companies and to enter into cooperations.

Attitude towards the market

supported by our wide range of products and our global

to win and maintain their confidence.

It must be evident to the business partners of each

company belonging to the SCHERDEL Group that they

are dealing with a single enterprise and that the same

standards and principles apply to each of the various

divisions of that enterprise.

The customer must know that we understand his

find efficient solutions to his problems.

tion team – to act as a fair and reliable partner for our

customers, suppliers and competitors, in accordance

with customary business practice.

Attitude towards employees

We will use every means at our disposal to ensure that

The individual achievements of the employee should

personal satisfaction.

personal responsibility of our employees by ensuring that

relation to the achievement of clearly defined aims.

We attach particular importance to ensuring that each

fications and that he receives optimum vocational and

running of the Company and to take part in regular voca

Attitude towards the environment

We want to meet our ecological and social obligations

in respect of our environment and future generations.

We regard it as our duty to adopt a responsible attitude

to the use of raw materials and energy and we endeav

mental compatibility.

contribution in respect of training and employment

measures as well as in relation to sport, culture and the

community in general.

We support the idea that our employees should be active

in institutions, associations and corporations which serve

the welfare of our community.

processes and working routines in our Group of com

panies must be shortened. If the tasks are to be carried

demonstrate initiative and a readiness to accept respon

which is determined by descriptions of the relevant func

tions, he is given the necessary freedom of action and

“Every employee acts as an ‘entrepreneur’ at

his workplace!”

Each employee has the responsibility to see that all the

tasks in the Company are dealt with by himself or by his

colleagues. This applies particularly when these tasks

are not clearly assigned or not clearly delimited. This

involves keeping a constant watch on the actual state

of the Company, with the aim of achieving a continuous

improvement of all processes.

make mistakes – as long as these are not repeated

to make changes which result in progress. However,

from the start.

and obliged to carry out managerial and coordinating

function and where different company divisions overlap.

In respect of all actions and measures, superiors and

employees are obliged at all times to observe the envi

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As far as the teamwork of our employees is concerned

ing. These form a constituent part of our management

strategy. In detail, they consist of the following duties

and rightswhich each employee has to fulfil and to which

each employee can refer:

Duties and rights of the superior

Aims and coordination

It is the duty of the superior to provide all the employees

sulting from this have to be set and priorities determined

in cooperation with the employee concerned.

Appointment of staff

The superior has to ensure that the posts assigned to

by the appropriate employees. Here he has to ensure

that trainee staff members have sufficient development

potential and that those already holding a post develop

their activity on a continuous basis.

The superior has to coordinate the activities of his staff.

Any decisions which affect the work of colleagues must

be coordinated with them.

Observance of areas of delegation

The superior has to guide the employee, in accordance

with his degree of maturity, in relation to a particular

task or function. This guidance is aimed at helping the

Here, as far as possible, the superior should allow the

employees to make decisions and to act independently

within their sphere of duties.

Information

The superior has to provide the employees with instruc

tions in relation to their sphere of duties. He must inform

carry out the tasks independently.

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The superior has to hold regular discussions with the

employee regarding his work in general, as well as for

discussions relating to the setting of targets and to cur

that the work is progressing and that the aims are being

achieved.

ment report on the employee’s work.

Provision of support

The superior has a duty to support the employees, in

accordance with the assessment report, in order to deal

with any weak points in their current field of activity or to

prepare the employees for other tasks.

In addition he has the task of continuing to further his

training for himself as well as for the employees.

Management strategy

for themselves and the employees for whom they are

term corporate aims and aspirations for the future can be

developed. Strategies and aspirations must be supple

be taken to ensure that these are achieved. The individ

ual style of management should demonstrate a balance

between consideration of the employee concerned and

the targets of the task in hand.

We attach particular importance to the idea that the

concerned.”

Above all it is the future that interests me because that is

Making decisions and carrying them out

that they should be carried out without hesitation.This is

leagues and their viewpoints.

their views. However, once a decision has been made it

must be carried out without reservation. Here, team work

is our method of choice but we ensure that responsibili

ties are clearly defined at all times.

Duties and rights of the employee

Information / report to the superior

The employee has a duty to obtain information from his

term aims and to participate in decisions about what his

individual aims should be.

perior and his colleagues with sufficient information and

in good time, so that they are in a position to decide and

act appropriately. Furthermore he must inform, without

delay, all those involved and his superior about funda

mental deviations and unusual events, and to provide

them with regular information about the stage he has

reached in dealing with tasks which have been assigned

to him. The employee must provide this information on

his own initiative!

Independent decision-making and acting

Within the sphere of his duties the employee has to

decide and act independently. Any procedures which lie

he is uncertain about which decision to make, must be

presented to his superior so that the latter can make the

decision. Here, the employee must provide his superior

with the relevant information and advice.

Decisions which have been made must be precisely and

clearly defined and documented so that they can be

carried out effectively.

Continuous improvement

employee has to check the necessity of the individual

tasks, the suitability of the working routine and the suc

cess of his work with regard to the attainment of optimum

results. Improvements affecting his own field of activity

are to be made by the employee himself; if the improve

ments affect other areas he must submit appropriate

suggestions to his superior. The employee is encour

aged to make use of the suggestion scheme so that the

Company may benefit from all his ideas and proposals.

Provision of advice

The employee has to provide his superior with relevant

advice at all times. Here, he must approach the problem

as if he were to make the decision himself. The advice

includes appropriate criticism of the ideas and actions of

the superior.

Further training

ments in his own particular sphere of activity. He has a

courses so that he can carry out satisfactorily the work

assigned to him now or in the future.

possibilities for further training and make corresponding

suggestions to his superior.

Corporate guiding principles

applies to both superiors and employees:

“Think and act in a positive manner!”

”Never express a wish for something without acting!”

”Never act without an aim in view!”

”Never undermine or delay the carrying out of decisions

made by superiors!”

and wish you every success in the tasks which await you.

Corporate philosophy of the SCHERDEL Group Management principles

“Every employee acts as an ‘entrepreneur’ at his workplace”