Schaeffler has officially opened The Schaeffler Academy, a new advanced training center to house its range of training courses in the new VIPA building. The Schaeffler Academy offers around 1,300 square meters of space, enough to accommodate around 200 training participants each day. Partners Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler and Georg F. W. Schaeffler, Member of the Executive Board Human Resources Kurt Mirlach, Member of the Executive Board Operations Oliver Jung, and Herzogenaurach’s mayor Dr. German Hacker attended the opening ceremony alongside a number of other guests.
“Our employees, with their knowledge and skills, their commitment, and their motivation, are the decisive factor in the success of our company. One of our company’s strengths is also the fact that everybody, from trainees all the way through to top-level management, possesses a thorough awareness of change and progress and of the need for permanent improvement – and that includes advanced training and lifelong learning”, emphasized Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler in her speech. She also pointed out that lifelong learning within the globally-active company refers not only to operational skills and knowledge, but also to intercultural expertise.
The opening of this new facility emphasizes the commitment that Schaeffler has made to the further training of its employees. “The Schaeffler academy is more than just this attractive new advanced training center. It is first and foremost a virtual platform and a worldwide network. All training activities in the Schaeffler Group will be bundled together here – even across national boundaries – one roof here”, explained Kurt Mirlach, Member of the Executive Board Human Resources at Schaeffler AG. Tanja Lederer, Director of the Schaeffler Academy, added: “This creates transparency and synergies, while allowing a long-term standardization of all company-wide qualification courses and processes according to high standards of quality.” In 2012, 3,700 qualification measures were carried out and 37,000 bookings made in Germany alone.
The highlight of the opening ceremony was the unveiling of the Schaeffler Academy lettering by Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler and Georg F. W. Schaeffler. The word “Academy” was manufactured from black-coated steel by four “Two in One” dual students in their first year of study, who integrated their own creative ideas into the project and deliberately kept the welding seams visible to symbolize the coming together of all training activities worldwide.
After the opening ceremony, the guests were able to view the Academy’s 16 teaching and computer rooms for themselves.
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