Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, Hymmen is actively monitoring all public sources of information in Germany as well as WHO, and the CDC…
René Pankoke
Owner and Ceo Hymmen GmbH Maaschinen-und Anlagenbau (Bielefeld, Germany)
www.hymmen.com
1. How are you reacting to this emergency?
“Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), Hymmen is actively monitoring all public sources of information in Germany as well as WHO, and the CDC. We are practicing all recommendations to protect our employees, our community and of course our customers. We understand the impact that Covid-19 has made on the world. As such we have taken the following steps to protect the approx. 200 people working at Hymmen, while continuing to support our customer’s needs.
We have split our factory into two shifts to reduce any potential issues, and are keeping parts, machine assembly, and engineering running. We are maintaining social distancing along with extra hygiene measures.
Our sales, engineering and service teams are working remotely and will continue to keep the dialog going through various share and networking software. Most of our customers are still producing. Thanks to the digitalization of communication and processes we are able to support our customers in their ongoing production. Besides this we do our best in helping them to push their investment projects forward. We are discussing currently with several customers about new projects in the short run”.
2. What do you think is changing or will change radically?
“There is one positive aspect of the corona-crisis we believe in: after we all together have overcome the difficult situation, we will benefit from the experiences and innovations in digitalizing communication and processes”.
3. What should the authorities and all of us do?
“We all should take the risk of the epedemie seriously. We cannot prevent the economy from slowing down. But maybe especially because of that we should try to work hard on keeping it moving as good as anyone can. Don´t hide and get passive but try to work as good as possible on remote basis. The more we do this, the easier it will be to catch up with our usual processes after the crisis again. And don´t wait for others to help you but do your own best to help your neighbour, your company and the society as a whole!”.
