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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
    • 2009: 3800 employees 521m
    • 2010: 3800 employees 582m
    • 2011: 3900 employees 606m

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