COVID-19: keep at it despite corona
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Already before the lockdown in Bavaria the Management of Loibl Förderanlagen initiated a crisis team taking necessary measures for the protection against Covid-19. Top priority was now to ensure the well-being of the employees whilst maintaining business operations. Since that time, the crisis team under the leadership of the former Managing Director of the Loibl Förderanlagen GmbH, Jules Fricke, and the executive managers maintain close dialog with the local authorities and the Company Medical Officer Dr. med. Zappe. “We adhere to the information recommended by the Federal Ministry of Health and train our employees correspondingly”, says Richard Stoiber, Manager Finance & Human Resources at Loibl.
Conversations at a distance. For the time being, customer visits and internal meetings take place via conference calls. “We are not the only company mostly working in the home office now”, tells Arnd Benninghoff, Sales & Marketing Director. Connection problems are only rare. The technical infrastructure of the company is excellent and the employees are well equipped. Nevertheless, for many employees the current home office situation is not always easy. “Who is sitting at home with the whole family, works twice as hard”, confirms Mr. Benninghoff. For him it goes without saying to be tolerant. “Patience and respect for the family environment is the best solution in these days. But the familiarization with the new working environment took place surprisingly quickly.”
Precautionary measures in all areas. Extensive measures have been taken in production as well. Incoming goods is supported by early orders to counter extended delivery times. Spare parts business is sufficiently secured. If a customer has problems, Loibl is immediately available. “In the energy sector we support customers all over the world, whose energy supply is essential to be ensured. After all, the different energy providers are system-relevant and the infrastructure necessitates that the plants are running“, says Thomas Altenburger Head of Aftersales.
The company responds quickly to official regulations. For example, we issued proofs of employment for all employees, which they needed on their way to work. ”Many of our service technicians are currently working on sites in Sweden and in the Netherlands. We try to make sure as far as possible that they also safely work over there and maintain an ongoing dialog with them“, adds Franz Böhm, Specialist for Occupational Health & Safety and Maintenance. They have an international health insurance and must always have a proof of employment and an order confirmation with them from the moment they cross the border.
Self-supply is the motto. The company introduced a new shift system in production some weeks ago to prevent contacts between the employees and to minimize the risk of infections. The production staff is now working in separate factory halls. This ensures that all teams can continue working, if an infection should occur. Additional protection is provided by the much coveted FFP2 and FFP3 PSA masks.” We still have a remaining stock for the production engineering requirements and endeavor to increase their quantity.” Disinfectants, however, will no longer be purchased. “We have sufficiently stocked”, smiles Franz Böhm. When stocks became less, the company quickly made its own disinfectant of bioethanol, hydrogen peroxide, glycerin and distilled water. “Loibl also does in chemistry now“, laughs Mr. Böhm.
Production team in the final assembly hall
With a proper distance (f.l.t.r.): Stefan Grzyb (production), Enrico Krottosch (production), Stefan Wasner (head of final assembly), Hermann Lehner (head of production), Christoph Meier (production)
Occupational safety specialist Franz Böhm (2nd f.r.) with colleagues
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