Our mission

Our mission: For Safety, Health and Environment

The CeramTec Group will continue its profitable growth as a world market leader. Our management policy is the basis for our business activities. Our goal is to maintain our commitment to and involvement in our Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Management System standards while providing quality products to our customers. Our efforts are always focused on customer needs.

  1. We are commited to develop, manufacture and market our products at competitive costs, with the highest quality and safety standards and minimal environmental impact. Our goal is ecomomic efficiency and environmentally responsible use of energy and raw materials. The expectations of our customers are a consistent focus of our activities.

  2. We manufacture our products in full compliance with safety, health and environmental standards, regulations and customer requirements. This also applies to our purchasing practices.

  3. All our processes are planned, developed, introduced, supervised, evaluated and constantly improved (Goal: Zero defects).

  4. We quantify goals concerning economical efficiency, quality, safety (human, technical and organizational safety), health and environment. We continuously monitor our performance relative to goals. We promote continuous improvement.

  5. Capable and responsible employees are important to us! We develop employees with regular training, emphasizing quality, safety, health and environmental issues.

  6. We acknowledge, assess and promote positive achievements of our employees.

  7. All employees are fully responsible for quality, safety, health and environmental protection throughout their working areas.

Plochingen, October 2007

Dr. Ulf-D. Zimmermann     Dr. Jürgen Huber     Rolf-Michael Müller