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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
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.
Tratos Cavi SpA – Italy
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Academy training at Tratos
▲ ▲ Employees who attended the recent training
module at Tratos’ academy in Knowsley, UK
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).
Schmolz + Bickenbach AG – Switzerland
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New communications chief
▲ ▲ Ulrich Steiner, the new head of
investor relations and corporate
communications at Schmolz +
Bickenbach AG
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