HellermannTyton

The HellermannTyton GmbH is a German manufacturer of products for fastening, fixing, protection, identifying and of cables and their connecting components. In addition, the company develops systems for data and network technology. German headquarters, the globally operating in 34 sister company Enterprise, Tornesch is. Twelve of the sites are also factories for more than 60,000 products that leads the company in its product portfolio. On Tornesch both standard products for customers as well as complex parts for very specific applications are produced (eg for the automotive industry).

The most famous products from HellermannTyton are cable ties, heat shrink tubing, cable protectors, labels and processing tools for the products manufactured.

History

Paul Heller man in 1935 founded the eponymous GmbH and first traded with rubber grommets. The first office was ' Great bleaching ' near Hamburg's Alster. In the same premises was located later the Ohnsorg theater, which, after 75 years in 2011 moved to this location in the Bieberhaus on Heidi cable space. A few years later, the Hellermann three- pronged pliers is made ​​for expanding and applying sleeves to trademark.

In 1960 the company of Hamburg moved to the Siemens road to Pinneberg (Schleswig -Holstein). Five years after moving into the county seat Pinneberg a new system for bundling cables and wires has been presented, which operates with continuous material Tyton system. The product name " Tyton " from 1999 was integrated into the company name, as the Heller man group was summarized under the brand name HellermannTyton.

In 1981, the subsidiary Hellermann Engineering, founded today HellermannTyton Engineering GmbH for making your own molding tools.

2000 drew the German GmbH to communicate with its then 270 employees, according to Tornesch (Schleswig -Holstein). There is a new administration and production buildings including automatic high-bay system was "on the green meadow " built. The new building was expanded in 2006, the storage capacity was more than doubled.

Importance for the region

HellermannTyton are one of the major employers and taxpayers of the city Tornesch. In the new industrial area, which also houses the company Hanseatic wine and Sekt Kontor ( Hawesko ) and Panther Packaging resident, the company employs over 600 people. In addition, it is involved in local events and is a partner of the new cooperatives Comprehensive School (school association Tornesch - Uetersen ). With donations such as toys, the manufacturer supports, among other regional kindergartens in the area.

The company provides training in commercial and industrial occupations. It employs around 30 trainees in the following professions:

• Electronics engineer / technician for industrial engineering
• Specialist for warehouse logistics
• Fachlagerist
• Toolmaker /, specializing in mold construction
• Process engineer / for plastics and rubber technology
• Industrial Mechanic / in
• Industry businessman / woman
• Dual study program "Bachelor / Business Administration" or " Bachelor / Logistics Management"

Markets and Products

The products are used in many industries such as aerospace, rail vehicle construction and mechanical engineering and distributed partly through the electrical wholesale trade.

In addition, you will find the products in almost every car. Thus, fasteners and cable ties in doors, used in the engine compartment and the entire wiring harness. In the engine compartment, for example, cables, hoses and lines are held and fixed. In addition to the standard plastic parts, such as cable ties, heat shrink tubing, etc., customized products of various application areas based on the specific requirements to be developed.

Manufacturing process

In the German production facility following production methods are used: injection molding, extrusion, development and installation of processing tools and laser welding. The emphasis is on the production of the injection-molding process for the production of plastic products. In this case, granulated plastic, so-called pellets, for example, polyamide, liquefied by heating and injected into a mold.

Raw Materials Used

For the plastic products primarily polyamide is processed 6.6 ( PA66). Other materials include polypropylene (PP), polyamide 12 ( less hygroscopic than PA66) and polyamide 4.6 ( heat-resistant than PA66). The material consumption is about 10,000 tons per year ( as of 2012). Since 2012, the company hired PA11 cable ties, a Rinizinusöl plastic, ago. A plastic based on renewable raw materials. Applications for these cable ties are mainly solar systems and offshore wind farms.

Furthermore, for example, heavy-duty cable ties are made from stainless steel to withstand the higher loads. These cable ties are used for example for offshore wind farm, in the chemical and mining industries.

Certifications

HellermannTyton has been operational since February 2013 in the EC database of regulated agents and known consignors ( RAKCD ). The known consignor has a special status: it is considered a " reliable and trustworthy " and can already "safe" check in and pass air freight shipments within the transport chain and so take a simplified freight handling at the airport to complete. The company also owns the certification as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO - " Authorized Economic Operator "). An authorized economic operator may, among other things, take special simplifications in the customs clearance in claim throughout the European Union without further extensive review.