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Academy training at Tratos

An academy to further develop the skills of the Knowsley, UK, employees of cable manufacturer Tratos will deliver the first of its training modules this year. The idea for the academy prompted an in-depth survey of the Merseyside workforce, an exercise which revealed significant optimism about the future of the plant and Tratos’ ambitions for the company as a whole. It also helped assess current skills and knowledge and included views of senior management and the sales team as well as the Knowsley workforce. Described as an education approach, the academy’s structure will allow modules to be delivered anywhere across the company around the world, and will be open to long-standing colleagues as well as new employees. Investment in professional development has been singled out by the senior management team as particularly important, with work rapidly completed on delivering the content for the academy’s modules. “Tratos has such ambition, and it recognises that to succeed at the highest level it has to develop its people rapidly so there is in-depth expertise and a strong understanding of the product and the direction for the business,” said Tratos Ltd CEO Maurizio Bragagni. Because Tratos is in a high-growth cycle, its training has to keep pace. Consequently the project which was decided upon late last year is already up and running. While Tratos also manufactures in Italy, and the academy’s courses will be delivered across the board, it is its UK plant that has been first to see it in action. Training and assessment programmes New communications chief Ulrich Steiner has taken over as head of investor relations and corporate communications at Schmolz + Bickenbach, Lucerne, Switzerland. He succeeds Stefanie Steiner who has left the company. The 51-year-old from Zurich joins from speciality chemicals group Clariant, where he was head of group communications and investor relations. Prior to this he held several management and specialist functions in industry, finance and academia. Mr Steiner holds an MSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Technical Sciences (Dr sc techn), from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ).

for Tratos are seen as highly positive investments, particularly at the Knowsley manufacturing base. Longer term, the plan will be to increase the scope of the academy. The initial stages of the work involves skills alignment with the Tratos culture and ambition – and the values so important to its Italian owners – integrity, transparency and putting people first. The preparatory survey examined the staff’s views on the company’s stance on unethical behaviour (zero tolerance), its optimism for the future, collaborative working, trust and fairness, knowledge, expertise and more. Graduates of the Tratos Academy will receive internal recognition and qualifications, with many having the option to undertake additional training. ▲ ▲ Employees who attended the recent training module at Tratos’ academy in Knowsley, UK

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▲ ▲ Ulrich Steiner, the new head of investor relations and corporate communications at Schmolz + Bickenbach AG

Schmolz + Bickenbach AG – Switzerland Website : www1.schmolz-bickenbach.com

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