On October 28, 2008, Hesse’s Minister-President Roland Koch and Professor Dieter Weidemann, President of VhU (the umbrella organization of the employers' and business associations in Hesse) awarded the “Hessen-Champions 2008” during a ceremony in Wiesbaden, attended by approx. 1,100 guests.

Awards were presented in the categories “World Market Leader” and “Job Engine”, as well as an award called “Together in Hessen” for special achievements. 

Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG won the second rank in the category “Job Engine” and was therewith awarded for its special commitment in job training and the creation of many new jobs particularly in the past few years.

The “Hessen-Champions“ award is presented by Hesse’s Ministry of Economy, Transport and State Development and the VhU to companies in Hesse for special entrepreneurial success. The competition took place for the eighth time and is part of a campaign with which Hesse’s state government and companies want to promote Hesse as business location in order to extend its outstanding position as one of Europe’s most important business regions.

Source: www.hessen-champions.de

 

Isabellenhütte celebrated the end of the comprehensive reconstruction of its new entrance area on Thursday, August 21. On March 28, 2008, the switchboard/reception staff had moved temporarily into an office container; on August 18, they could start working at their new working place and on August 21, they celebrated the official inauguration, together with the management, the works council, the architect, representatives of the building companies and colleagues of Isabellenhütte.

"Innovation from tradition" is the slogan of Isabellenhütte, and this balancing act was also mastered successfully during the planning of the new entrance. It is well-lighted, friendly, transparent and obstacle-free. Its discreet design, combined with beautiful timeless details, makes this entrance really impressive. 

Isabellenhütte has started to develop the components market in the US automotive industry with an own sales office in Detroit. Ralph Sorrentino, who has been hired as sales manager, has long-time experience in this business and knows the market very well.

With this new sales channel, Isabellenhütte meets the clear customer requirement to be on the spot in development centres worldwide. Of course, North America and especially the Detroit region are of high importance.

For this task, Ralph Sorrentino received a two-week training in technology, sales and marketing at the production site in Dillenburg. In the months to come, he will visit first-time customers and prepare one of the most important exhibitions in this sector, the Convergence 2008, in close cooperation with his colleagues in Dillenburg. Our goal is to establish a qualified distribution network in North America in order to further extend the niche market of high-precision electric components and to develop additional potentials with a planned and structured market campaign.

Isabellenhütte, one of the world?s leading manufacturers of resistance alloys, thermo alloys and passive electrical components, announced that the company?s braking resistor has been named ?Product of the Year for 2008? by Elektronik, one of the most prestigious electronics magazines in Germany.

Elektronik's widely regarded annual Best Product Award asked its readers to make their choice for the most innovative products. The Elektronik editorial team pre-selected 111 products in 10 different categories for the vote. This year, Isabellenhütte's braking resistor was selected to be the best product in the passive electrical components' category. This makes it second time for Isabellenhütte to achieve this renowned award proving their global competitiveness.

Application report braking resistors

The purpose of the space shuttle Atlantis was to bring ESA's Columbus research module to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 6, 2007. Due to bad weather conditions and some technical problems, the launch was postponed several times.

On Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 18:25 h (CET), the shuttle started at last: Columbus was brought on its way, and with it several SMV resistors of Isabellenhütte, which meet the strong quality requirements of the international aerospace agencies. The audit for these requirements is already done, and our Quality Management expects to receive the official ESCC certificate soon. Now all our "aerospace products" SMV/SMR/SMT/SMS/SMP will be listed in the next edition of the ESA vendor list of released components.

Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG is going to further develop the components market in India. For this purpose, Isabellenhütte has hired Mr. Aijaz Nadeem in order to expand its components sales. He is based in Delhi.

Mr. Nadeem is an electrical engineer and has further degrees in sales and marketing. Before joining Isabellenhütte, he had worked for a leading components manufacturer in India and its neighbour countries for a number of years. Thus, he knows both the target market and the culture of the people in this large country, and he has the necessary contacts required to establish the first external sales office of Isabellenhütte. Up to now, sales had exclusively been organised through representatives and distributors.

This is a first step for Isabellenhütte to introduce a further sales channel. Due to a high potential, the chances are good that the company can gain a foothold in the Indian components market in the short term. Mr. Nadeem is supported by Petra Herberth and Klaus Weber, who are in charge of components sales to the Asian region.