Würzburg, May 15, 2007
The best training companies in the automotive trade for 2007 have been chosen. The winners of the Federal Training Prize were announced on Friday in Bad Wildungen at the 6th Federal Vocational Training Congress of the German automotive trade. The winners particularly impressed the jury in the areas of marketing for young talent, promotion of young talent, training concept, exam preparation, project work and individual support. For the third time, the industry magazine "kfz-betrieb" and the training journals of the automotive trade "autoFACHMANN" and "autoKAUFMANN", together with the German Association of the Automotive Trade (ZDK), awarded the Federal Training Prize of the German Automotive Trade.
The winning companies of the Federal Education Prize 2007 are in the two categories large and small/medium companies:
Top ten in the "large companies" category with over 60 employees
1) Fahrzeug-Werke Lueg AG, Bochum
2) Koller + Schwemmer GmbH & Co, Nuremberg
3) Autohaus Gute Fahrt GmbH, Riesa
4) BMW Munich branch, Munich
5) MOHAG Motorwagen-Handels GmbH, Gelsenkirchen
6) Gebr. Nolte GmbH & Co. KG, Iserlohn
7) Volkswagen Center Regensburg, Regensburg
8) Autohaus Karl Russ, Dettingen
9) Gebr. Ahnefeld GmbH & Co. KG, Schwerin
10) Autohaus Heusel GmbH, Reutlingen
Top ten in the category "small/medium-sized companies" with up to 60 employees
1) Autoschmitt Idstein GmbH
2) Auto Schneider, Leipzig
3) Holz&Haller, Neu Ulm
4) Autohaus Schmidt, Lünen
5) Harald Beckl Karosserie und Lack, Langenselbold
6) Auto-Velte KG, Biedenkopf
7) Autohaus Renzenbrink GmbH, Bramsche
8) Autohaus Grötzinger GmbH, Öhringen
9) Altmann Reifen- und Autoservice, Hamburg
10) Autohaus Schlieben GmbH, Bremerhaven
"Due to the demographic development, it is of almost existential importance for the automotive industry in particular to train qualified junior staff through excellent training. This is because there is a threat of a shortage of skilled workers in a few years' time, while at the same time the automobile is becoming increasingly complex to repair and maintain," explained Ingo Meyer, ZDK Managing Director of the Vocational Training Department, at the congress. The new job description of the automotive mechatronics technician, for example, is proof of this.
Every two years, the trade magazines organize the competition together with the German Association of the Automotive Industry (ZDK). The prize is endowed with two prizes of 5,000 euros. Partners of the competition are the Nürnberger Insurance Group and Shell Germany. The patron is Prof. Dr. h.c. Reinhold Würth, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group's Family Trusts.
"kfz-betrieb" is a trade magazine published by Vogel Auto Medien, Würzburg. The most widely read trade magazine in the automotive industry celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2005 and is the official organ of the German Motor Trade (ZDK), the professional lobby for over 40,000 car dealerships and workshops.
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Edgar Schmidt
Training and further education department
Editorial office "kfz-betrieb" weekly journal & online
Vogel Auto Media
97064 Würzburg
Phone +49 931 418-28 19
Fax +49 931 418-20 50
E-mail: edgar_schmidt@vogel-automedien.de
