Nissen News 02 2015 english

NEWS-FLASH

Winter 2016

+ + + Newsticker + + + TMA / TTMA + + + 20 years of ISO certification + + + REMA Chairman Ilyas Sharif + + + Anniversaries + + + National Sales + + +

CONTENTS Page 2 aTMA / TTMA a 20 years of ISO certification + 1 year of environmental management

Page 3 aIlyas Sharif becomes REMA chairman aAnniversary BAS, Parkentin, Mack

Page 4 aSales National aFarewell to Marco Teikemeyer

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picture puzzle "product offensive” in the next weeks and months at our website www.nissen.de and be present at the finals at Intertraffic 2016 in Amsterdam, hall 1, booth 110 .

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A Happy New Year!

At the turn of the year, we would like to thank you for the pleasant cooperation and wish you a prosperous New Year.

Oliver Tauffenbach Commercial Director and Associate On behalf of the management and staff

Stagnation means regression The Nissen Group has been known for decades for steady progress and outstanding inno­ vations. With the help of our teams that are well-established in all areas, we can always offer our customers the right solution for every challenge.

As in the past, Nissen will also launch a product offensive through further and new developments in 2016, which you can look forward to. These developments offer us the opportunity, not only to score points with the known technologies in the fields of plastic products or LED and control technologies, but also to open up completely new markets and in doing so provide a fertile soil for further growth.

We have also strengthened our position in sales, in order to meet this growth, and it is our pleasure to introduce our new employees in this Newsflash.

We look forward to inform you soon about the future - in personal interviews on site or by phone, at trade fairs in Germany and abroad and through information material.

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TMA / TTMA European Committee CEN TC226 WG1/TG4 – TTMA and TMA Saving lives is as a road safety company more than our aim – it’s a mission. Nissen produces more than 50 years outstanding equipment to protect road workers and road users. Since our traffic is getting busier and thus more dangerous we use more and more TMA (Truck Mounted Atten­ uator) and TTMA (Trailer Truck Mounted Attenua­ tor) on our roads. These live saving products are a real investment in safety. As a road safety expert I followed the process of creating a new European standard for those devices in the last years for our company. Everything started years ago in US with the development of a guideline for work zones. They created recommendations which road workers­

should follow if they work on the road. The NCHRP 350 describes the use of a crash absorbing sys­ tem­to catch the crash energy during an accident.

If we do so then we protect the driver who hits the work zone truck and even more important we protect the people who are working in front of the work zone truck. Later the NCHRP was slight­ ly adapted in the UK by creating the TD49/07, a more EU minded rule. In US they created the MASH in the meantime. As we felt that a real test method for EU countries was necessary we asked the permission to Europe CENTC226 to start a work item by creating a technical specification for TMA and TTMA. Working Group 1 and Task Group 4 took care of this task and created an EN1317 regulated test method. This test method will use

vehicles who are representative on the EU mar­ ket at speeds which are driven on our continent.

After 5 years hard work, we are almost there and in a few months we will probably have our European test method. As road safety expert it is an honor to work in this group and create more safety.

At Nissen­ we will now develop this market and it is our and my task to save lives on the road.

Stefan de Craecker

Business development manager TTMA & TMA at Nissen

20 years of ISO certification (since 1995) Environmental Management for one year

ZERTIFIZIERT

EN ISO 9001 20 100 141371905 EN ISO 14001 20 104 141371904

TÜV AUSTRIA CERT GMBH

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High-quality products require the same level of production processes. For this reason, we decided more than 20 years ago to put our quality management system to the test and got it certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001. Today we can proudly look back on the first certification in 1995 and 20 successful re-­certifications / audits. Since we obviously feel very strongly about both, the ­environment and the health of our customers and employees, last year certification­ of our environmental management system according to DIN EN ISO 14001 was added to that.

Ilyas

Sharif became REMA Chairman

We are pleased to share that Mr Ilyas Sharif, Managing Director of Nissen UK Limited, has been appointed as a chairman of REMA – Retroreflective Equipment Manufacturers Association in the UK. This position was previously held by Mrs. Liz Newell-Hart of 3M.

mation, day and night, for both permanent and temporary traffic needs.

Founded more than 30 years ago it is the coordinated voice for companies involved in the ever-changing traffic safety industry. The Association has regular and ongoing contact In addition to being a member of ARTSM with government (DfT and HE), standards (Association for Road Traffic Safety & organizations (BSI and CEN), Enforcers Management participating in WG3 sub-­ (Police) and Users (Highways Authorities committee for Variable Message Signs), Ilyas and Public Utilities). All REMA members are has been a member of REMA for many years required by the constitution to manufacture and has been a chairman for safety lamps and supply products which fully conform to the latest standards, regulations and sub-committee. legislation.

REMA is the trade association for manu­ facturers of retroreflective road traffic safety Ilyas feels humbled yet proud to be given the products. The products provide visual infor­ opportunity to lead and serve the Association.

The new chairman of REMA: Ilyas Sharif

Congratulations!

This year we were able to celebrate two 25year anniversaries with our business partners.

Fahrzeug- und Karosseriebau Parkentin GmbH in­ vited to Bartenshagen-Parkentin in May. We were pleased to accept the invitation and our regional manager Nancy Töpper conveyed our congratula­ tions.

from left to right Nancy Töpper (Nissen), Marko Schrödter (Parkentin)

In June our business partner B.A.S., Leipzig branch, also celebrated its 25th anniversary. The branch in Leipzig was the first branch in the new federal states (former East-Germany) for B.A.S. and this was duly celebrated. Our congratulations were conveyed by our Commercial Director, Oliver Tauffenbach.

from left to right Ralph Görres, (B.A.S.), Oliver Tauffenbach (Nissen), Werner Sporleder (B.A.S.), Sven Röger (B.A.S.)

Mack GmbH had a special anniversary - 50 years of company history was celebrated in Burgheim in September. Our congratulations were conveyed by our Sales Manager Rainer Göttsche in the form of a commemorative plaque.

We thank you for the invitations, once again our congratulations and we wish you all continued good business for the future.

from left to right Karl Mack, Rainer Göttsche (Nissen), Bernhard Mack and Johannes Mack

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N ational Sales: From generalists to specialists Where the focus was previously on generalists in the con­ sulting service, Nissen now focuses on specialists and is increasing its team of consultants, aimed at more intensive customer proximity.

In the area of trade and service providers, experts have been hired, who have more than several decades of experience in these areas and who were operating successfully in their fields and continue to be.

Michael Henseler Sales Manager Retail / Service Provider old federal states Mobile: +49(0)151 145 38 140 E-mail: mhenseler@nissen.de

We would like to introduce you to your team of specialists in detail below: • Michael Henseler, Sales Manager Retail / Service Provider old federal states • Ronny Günther, Sales Manager Retail / Service Provider new federal states (former East-Germany), Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg • Egon Lechner, Sales South Retail / Service Provider We wish all new colleagues every success and a successful time in the Nissen team.

onny Günther, Sales Manager Retail / Service Provider R new federal states, Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg Mobile: +49(0)151 145 38 145 E-mail: rguenther@nissen.de

Egon Lechner Sales South Retail /Service Provider Mobile: +49(0)151 145 38 202 E-mail: elechner@nissen.de

Farewell to Marco Teikemeyer The news that our colleague Marco Teikemeyer suddenly died on 30 September 2015 at the age of only 48, was a great shock to us. Marco Teikemeyer was a pleasant and humorous colleague, who had been with our company for more than ten years.

We will miss him very much and mourn the loss with his family.

On behalf of the management, the works council and the staff.

IMPRINT Adolf Nissen Elektrobau GmbH + Co. KG Friedrichstädter Chaussee 4, 25832 Tönning Tel: +49 (0) 4861-612-0 E-Mail: export@nissen.de www.nissen.de

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Photos: Adolf Nissen Elektrobau GmbH + Co. KG Typesetting and layout: Tangram. Werbeagentur GmbH & Co. KG Poststraße 10, 21244 Buchholz i.d.N. www.tangram-werbeagentur.de

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In connection with the necessary investments in the market segment of mass products, Adolf Nissen Elektrobau has renewed and adapted its sales structure.