Heidenheim, Germany: Voith Siemens Hydro as the first group division in Voith AG has implemented a global Integrated Management System that has been independently certified recently. The comprehensive and holistic quality management system integrates the respective areas of occupational health and safety, as well as environmental protection and, of course, the general quality management.

The global certification is based on well-known international standards for quality assurance (ISO 9001), environmental protection (ISO 14001) as well as occupational health and safety (OHSAS 18001). All Voith Siemens Hydro locations are in complete compliance with these three standards, handle all processes in an identical way and are formally certified under one unique certification.

Dr. Hubert Lienhard, CEO of Voith Siemens Hydro and Member of the Board of Voith AG: “The high awareness of Voith Siemens Hydro’s staff on safety and environmental issues was the absolute pre-requisite for reaching this extremely demanding target within a record schedule, namely in a third of the normal time.“

All Voith Siemens Hydro's units had  already been certified globally in the past. The major task of the now completed process done in all units worldwide was in the integration of environmental protection and occupational health in  the existing management system.

Voith Siemens Hydro, with this, does not only see itself in the tradition of Voith’s values under the claim Engineered reliability., but also considers itself as leading in comparison with other international capital equipment enterprises.

Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation is a Group Division of Voith and - with a workforce of around 2,500 employees and an order intake of around € 720 million in the past business year - Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation belongs to the world-wide leading companies for hydro power equipment.

Voith is setting standards in the markets paper, energy, mobility and service. Founded on 1 January 1867, and nowadays with approximately 34,000 employees, a turnover of EURO 3.7 billion and 250 locations world-wide, Voith is one of Europe’s large family-owned companies. 

Voith is an official partner of the initiative "Germany – Land of Ideas."

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