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International: ElringKlinger embraces integration, education, and social commitment
Partnership that works: BruderhausDiakonie and ElringKlinger
In 2023, the Bruderhaus workshops in Dettingen/Erms celebrated their 25th anniversary. The facility enables people with disabilities and those with mental illnesses to play their part in the world of work and develop occupational skills. Experienced professionals help the employees complete their journey into working life or assist in their vocational rehabilitation.
Around 100 workstations are available at the workshops in Dettingen/Erms; some are equipped for people with special needs. The offer covers everything from assembly and manufacturing services to packaging and labeling work and incoming and outgoing goods inspections. Since 1998, ElringKlinger has commissioned the workshops to package cylinder head screws. Initially around 4,800 screw sets were packaged in a year; by 2023, some 1.2 million screw sets were being packaged annually. This development alone shows what a success story ElringKlinger’s collaboration with BruderhausDiakonie has been. As well as bringing benefit to ElringKlinger, the workshops give the people working in them a wealth of self-confidence: being involved in work and in a production process means having a stake in the community and amounts to a form of integration into society.
Christmas market at Group headquarters
In mid-December 2023, a Christmas market for employees in Dettingen/Erms and Neuffen was held for the first time on the Group HQ premises in Dettingen/Erms.
Alongside the many culinary delights, souvenir photos could be taken in a photo box and Christmas trees could be won in a raffle. During the event, apprentices based at the site sold home-made Christmas decorations, with all proceeds going to a good cause. The initiative certainly paid off: a donation check in the amount of EUR 1,150 was presented by the training managers to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the “Home of Hope – Help for Nepal” association. ElringKlinger’s connection to Home of Hope came about through Ashok Dahal, who spent 13 years with the association in Kathmandu before commencing training as an IT specialist in system integration at the Dettingen site. The “Home of Hope – Help for Nepal” association supports a children’s home in Kathmandu for over 150 children from the age of three until they become independent; the company has also provided emergency earthquake relief in Nepal since 2015.
FANUP: Employment for prisoners
FANUP is a foundation that supports educational programs within prisons in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The program aims to extend educational, work, and cultural opportunities to as many inmates as possible along with legal aid to support social rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
As a participant in the program, ElringKlinger Brazil hires FUNAP workers in both open and closed prison systems. The ElringKlinger site in Piracicaba has a production line within the penal facility, and also hires three employees to work at the plant. The goal of the partnership is to create work opportunities for prisoners that will help them gain professional qualifications, earn an income, and ultimately reintegrate into society.
