Hengstler products are manufactured to order, i.e. there is no finished warehouse, but the products are only manufactured after receipt of the order and the specifications of the customer.
In the production cells, each product is produced in its entirety, one after the other. The required parts are also manufactured to order, either internally or externally according to the Kanban system, a Japanese concept that reduces storage costs. The supplier delivers the parts to the required location at the desired time, in the right quantity and in agreed, tested quality.
The basis for all activities is the Ralliant Business System, internally called RBS for short. This system also has Japanese roots – at its core, it originated at Toyota and was further developed in the Danaher Group, and we now live on in the Ralliant Group.
RBS is a management system that is based on customer requirements and constantly strives to improve quality, delivery reliability and cost structure as well as growth.
To this end, RBS provides effective organizational or planning tools to achieve business goals through the involvement of all employees.
Such tools are, for example, the pyramid-shaped structured target agreements, the standard work as an aid for order-related cell production, Kaizen for the continuous improvement of all processes and Kanban as a link, e.g. between external supplier and manufacturer.
Not only are Hengstler employees intensively and regularly trained in all aspects of RBS, Hengstler has also taken on a leading role in the training of employees from other Ralliant companies.
For Hengstler GmbH, environmentally oriented corporate management is a basic prerequisite for a successful future of the company.
Compliance with relevant laws and regulations is a duty that is a high priority for corporate management. We are committed to complying with all environmental laws relevant to us.
We strive to make our products and our production processes environmentally friendly right up to disposal, i.e. to use energy in a targeted and economical manner and to minimise the generation of residual materials, waste, environmentally harmful emissions and wastewater through appropriate technical and organisational measures. In order to give our employees the opportunity to work in a clean and environmentally friendly environment, our hazardous substances are reduced to the minimum necessary and the handling of them is explained to every employee. Our employees are required to remedy environmentally relevant grievances independently or to pass them on immediately to the appropriate responsible persons. Environmental protection requires all employees to act responsibly.
All employees of Hengstler GmbH are involved in our annually formulated environmental goals, in short the environmental program.
By defining, implementing and regularly monitoring the goals, we ensure the continuous improvement process of our company. The special responsibility of managers for information, training, motivation and responsible action of employees is initiated by the management and exercised with commitment by the employees.
Precautions are taken to ensure that the company's contractors working on the premises apply the same environmental standards as we do.
We regularly conduct internal audits to verify the functionality of our environmental management system. If we detect deviations from the desired state, corrective measures are formulated, the implementation of which is then reviewed.
According to Art. 33 of the REACH Regulation, suppliers must inform their customers if an article contains an SVHC substance in a concentration of more than 0.1 percent by weight.
According to the information available to us, a large number of our products contain components in which lead (CAS 7439-92-1) is contained as an alloying element, e.g. in brass and aluminium, in concentrations greater than 0.1%.
The inclusion of lead on the SVHC Candidate List does not mean a ban, but merely a declaration obligation under Art. 33 REACH Regulation.
The use of this substance complies with the applicable legal requirements, provided that the limit values of the RoHS Directives 2011/65/EU and 2015/863/EU are complied with.
When used as directed, there is no risk to health or the environment. Safety instructions are not required.