Customers of Baumer hhs are familiar with the hhs solution center at company headquarters in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, primarily as a place where they can test new applications and business ideas in industrial gluing and quality control. Recently, Baumer hhs expanded services at the center to include an extensive training programme. It offers customers from around the world a variety of courses to enhance the qualifications of their machine operators, service staff and other employees—and in turn to better manage the skilled labour shortage in the industry.
“We work with customers to tailor our training courses to their specific needs. The programme ranges from basic training for career beginners and career changers, to seminars for advanced staff. Courses are limited to a maximum of four participants, ensuring an intensive training and education experience. The ultimate goal of all courses is the same: We want to upskill our customers so they can master the challenges of day-to-day production. They learn how to get the most out of gluing and quality control equipment from Baumer hhs, achieve maximum efficiency and flexibly meet market demands. Participants also gain a deeper understanding of the technical processes involved in their applications, helping them be more efficient at work in production”, explains Lars Scherberich, team lead at the Baumer hhs solution center.
The new state-of-the-art training facility at the center creates the perfect atmosphere for goal-oriented, focussed learning. Here, on some 200 m2 of space, Baumer hhs has various test set-ups fitted with the latest equipment for gluing and quality assurance. In live demonstrations, they show how customers can use innovative solutions from Baumer hhs in packaging production and end-of-line processes. Further applications include, for instance, dispersion and hot melt adhesives, new developments in low-temperature and biobased adhesives, and securing pallet loads with anti-slip adhesives. Working hands-on with the various application heads helps participants to internalise what they have learned.
All of the training courses have high practical relevance, which is reinforced by the fact that Baumer hhs manufactures its gluing systems right in Krefeld. Participants get insight into how the products are fabricated and the high quality standards they are subject to. Once participants complete training, they receive a certificate from Baumer hhs documenting the courses they attended.
“Baumer hhs is known across the global industry for responding in a special way to the individual needs of its customers. The hhs solution center is an important part of this close connection to customers. Our new training programme is our response to requests from many customers, who want to better train their employees and overcome the industry-wide skilled labour shortage. We look forward to welcoming numerous participants from all over the world”, says Lars Scherberich. The team at the solution center not only collaborates with customers to adapt training courses to their needs, it also meticulously prepares for each visit. In addition, it offers guests full service, including hotel reservations and transfers.
A number of major packaging manufacturers recently took part in new training courses at the hhs solution center. “Companies later reported that training increased productivity and efficiency in their production operations”, says Armando Orellana Galán, Director of Sales for DACH and Benelux at Baumer hhs.
The hhs solution center in Krefeld specialises in folding carton and corrugated packaging production, end-of-line processing and print finishing. Baumer hhs maintains another competence center at the site of its Italian subsidiary in Cesano Boscone, near Milan, which specialises in the tobacco industry.
