CV in outline
Klaus Fischer
 Born on 17 August 1950 in Freudenstadt
- Married, two children
- Studies at the University of Applied Sciences of Konstanz, graduated M.Sc. Eng. FH (1971 - 1975)
- Joined fischerwerke (1975)
- Appointed as Technical Director (1 April 1976)
- Appointed as CEO (1 Januar 1980)
- Business Medal of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg (25 January 1996)
- Honorary senator of the University of National Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (14 October 1997)
- Honorary senator of the University of Stuttgart (22 October 1999)
- Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (25 July 2001)
- Medal of Honour of the Altheim community (17 March 2006)
- Citizen Medal of the Waldachtal municipality (9 May 2006)
- Honorary Professor of the Tongji University Shanghai (31 January 2007)
- Federal Cross of Merit, First Class (4 September 2007)
Essential activities within the company:
- Expansion to become European market leader (fixing systems)
- Expansion into fischer group of companies (UGf) with the acquisition of Upat GmbH & Co., Emmendingen, on 1st January 1993 and ROCCA Bauchemie GmbH + Co., Denzlingen on 1 January 1997
- Introduction of new organisational structures (process-oriented) and managerial methods (power-sharing management style, management through target agreements)
- Launch of a new corporate philosophy with the central concepts
- innovation
- responsibility
- reliability
- Consistent alignment towards motivation and employee efficiency through modern working methods and organisations (teaching workshop, CIP, project management)
- Introducing new product lines:
- Automotive systems (fischer CBOX): components for the car interior
- Building chemistry (acquisition of ROCCA Bauchemie GmbH & Co.)
- Orientation towards consistent quality standards (DIN ISO 9001 certification)
- Above-average commitment to the training of young people (cross-vocational: language and arts courses, social teaching seminars, business management games; 100 training jobs)
- Active environmental protection (EU validation with longest possible term)
- Launch of a Synchronous Production System and implementation of "Lean Thinking" in all corporate divisions
- Internationalisation of the company (national companies in 30 countries):
- Foundation of own companies
- Acquisition of new companies
- Setting up additional production sites
Development of jobs (world-wide) and of sales (consolidated):
- 1980: 1,480 employees 160m DM
- 1999: 3,100 employees 692m DM
- 2002: 3,300 employees 400m
- 2003: 3300 employees 409m
- 2004: 3300 employees 440m
- 2005: 3400 employees 457m
- 2008: 3800 employees 560m
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