Core Values of the STIWA Group

The core val­ues of the STIWA Group form the foun­da­tion of our cor­po­rate cul­ture. Own­ers and man­agers have worked togeth­er to devel­op the strate­gic frame­work for the cor­po­rate group, fur­ther devel­op­ing our val­ues along­side our vision and mis­sion. The result is the STIWA val­ue cir­cle. Since its foun­da­tion in 1972, the STIWA Group has been build­ing its com­mer­cial suc­cess on a sta­ble val­ue foun­da­tion. The cor­po­rate val­ues describe the codes of con­duct for the coop­er­a­tion of all the employ­ees in the cor­po­rate group, but also towards our cus­tomers and busi­ness part­ners. They serve as a deci­sion-mak­ing tool for appro­pri­ate behav­ior in every­day busi­ness to secure the long-term integri­ty of the STIWA Group and its employees.

STRENGTHENING AND CONSOLIDATING AWARENESS OF CORE VALUES

The company’s val­ue cir­cle con­sists of five core val­ues: Entre­pre­neur­ial think­ing and action, part­ner­ship, inno­va­tion, qual­i­ty and sus­tain­abil­i­ty. The objec­tive is to strength­en and con­sol­i­date the aware­ness of our core val­ues, in par­tic­u­lar with regard to the inte­gra­tion of new employ­ees. That should be put into prac­tice through tar­get­ed leader ship and oth­er com­mu­ni­ca­tion activ­i­ties. The rep­re­sen­ta­tion as a cir­cle shows that the indi­vid­ual val­ues are relat­ed to one anoth­er. The shape also sig­ni­fies sta­bil­i­ty, so a major aspect of the cor­po­rate val­ues is also expressed graphically.

Entepreneurial thinking and action

• We invest in the train­ing and edu­ca­tion of our employees.
• We pri­or­i­tize sus­tain­able over­all suc­cess over short-term profit.
• We also take action when we detect problems/opportunities which are out­side of our remit.
• We take respon­si­bil­i­ty for our deci­sions and actions.
• We base our actions on clear­ly defined objectives.

Partnership

• We place great val­ue on per­son­al, respect­ful inter­ac­tion with each oth­er and with our partners.
• We work close­ly in teams.
• We speak open­ly and seek prag­mat­ic solu­tions that take the „short route“.
• We treat all employ­ees and part­ners fair­ly and equally.
• We enable every­body to real­ize their full potential.
• We sup­port employ­ees in dif­fi­cult situations.

Sustainability

• We do only clean business.
• We endeav­or to min­i­mize harm­ful effects to our envi­ron­ment and use pro­duc­tion process­es which con­serve resources.
• We are com­mit­ted to man­u­fac­tur­ing prod­ucts exclu­sive­ly for peace­ful purposes.
• We nur­ture our region­al roots and sup­ports local projects.
• We pro­mote our loca­tions through the high­est pos­si­ble region­al val­ue creation.

Innovation

• We active­ly respond to future challenges.
• We make new tech­nolo­gies which can be used indus­tri­al­ly to open new oppor­tu­ni­ties for our customers.
• We pro­vide space, time and mon­ey for innovation.
• We ask all our employ­ees to par­tic­i­pate in ongo­ing improvement.
• We con­stant­ly devel­op new knowl­edge and learn from one another.

Quality

• We com­bine dri­ve for change with con­sis­tent focus on quality.
• We oper­ate in trans­par­ent processes.
• We mon­i­tor the effec­tive­ness of mea­sures and close con­trol loops.
• We main­tain an open approach to mis­takes and criticism.
• We observe com­pre­hen­sive occu­pa­tion­al safety.
• We meet inter­na­tion­al standards.