For years it has been the highlight of the event calendar: the Customer Activity Day of Carl Stahl Süd GmbH. On Wednesday, July 18, more than 350 guests accepted the invitation to the Carl Stahl location in Ottobrunn near Munich.

Under the motto "Our ideas for your success - innovative lifting and safety technology to touch", this year's Customer Activity Day took place on Friday, 8 June 2018 on the factory premises of Carl Stahl Nord GmbH in Dresden.

Carl Stahl is your specialist for solutions in the field of rope, lifting and safety technology. We are your business partner for safe lifting and moving of loads and individual solutions for personal protective equipment against falls from a height. In addition to an extensive product range and innovative services, we pay particular attention to personal customer dialogue. On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, this year's Customer Activity Day took place at the Carl Stahl plant in Süßen. And this is the third time since 2015 and 2016. Under the motto"Our ideas for your success", innovative lifting and safety technology was available to touch and experience. Around 400 guests accepted the invitation and experienced an informative and exciting day. During the event from 8-17 o'clock the customers discussed their problems with our experts in a relaxed atmosphere. Of course, the entire event was free of charge. The physical well-being was also well taken care of. The catering tent was open for the entire duration of the event. At a total of 10 stations exciting topics and practical demonstrations on all aspects of rope, lifting and safety technology awaited the visitors. In detail, these were crane technology, lifting technology, load handling equipment, testing service, magnets, Condor products, Jung-Hydraulik, Hi-Force hydraulics, crane and special ropes, fall protection, Akademie and Carl Stahl 4.0. In addition to the individual stations, impulse lectures and safety lectures were held at the Carl Stahl Akademie throughout the day. Each visitor received a personalized visitor pass at check-in. The QR code printed on the passport was scanned at the individual stations. Thus the participation was documented. Following the active day, each participant will now receive a link with which they can download their certificate of participation for the stations and lectures they have visited. Managing Director Tobias Kehrer draws a positive balance at the end of the event:"This year's Customer Active Day was a complete success. I am pleased that so many customers accepted our invitation and were able to discuss their requirements with our experts. We will follow our tradition and will once again hold an active customer day next year".

Customer orientation out of enthusiasm! - was the guiding principle of this year's sales conference of Carl Stahl Hebetechnik GmbH, which took place in February at the company headquarters in Süßen.

Carl Stahl’s Tina Lehnigk is the national champion. Within the scope of the European Vocational Skills Week, which the EU Commission this year used to highlight the major importance of vocational training, awards were presented to the best apprentices of skilled crafts in Germany at a ceremony held in Münster on 10 December 2016. Tina Lehnigk from Carl Stahl Süd GmbH’s Munich site was named national champion in the vocational profession of rope-making. EU Commissioner Marianne Thyssen congratulated the winners of the ‘Leistungswettbewerb des Deutschen Handwerks (PLW – Profis leisten was)’ (‘National skilled crafts championships (pros at work)’) by video message. Garrelt Duin, State Minister for Economic Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, presented the winner’s certificate to the first-place national champion together with ZDH Chairman Hans Peter Wollseifer and Chairman of the Münster Chamber of Industry and Commerce Hans Hund. The certificate is signed by German President Joachim Gauck, patron of the annual competition. An award was also presented to the winner of the design contest ‘Die gute Form im Handwerk – Handwerker gestalten’ (‘Excellence in craftsmanship – artisans design’). Some 3,000 recently examined apprentices took part in the national qualifiers at up to three levels (guilds, chambers of industry and commerce and trade associations). 816 contenders then competed at national level. With females accounting for some 35 percent of the national winners, it is clear that a growing number of women are looking for and finding their future in skilled crafts. In 125 competition professions (including specialist disciplines), the top three accolades were awarded to 266 competitors, with 117 first-place national champions, 88 second-place national champions and 61 third-place national champions. With 38 of the 117 first-place national champions, Bavaria is the most successful state this year, followed by Baden-Württemberg with 24. The 65th ‘Leistungswettbewerb des Deutschen Handwerks (PLW – Profis leisten was)’ and the competition ‘Die gute Form im Handwerk – Handwerker gestalten’ were this year organised by the Münster Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The competition sponsors, the Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks (German Confederation of Skilled Crafts – ZDH) and the Stiftung für Begabtenförderung im Handwerk (Foundation for Talent Promotion in Skilled Crafts – SBB), were supported in the execution by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). "Die gute Form im Handwerk – Handwerker gestalten" competition This year’s ‘Die gute Form’ competition was held in 32 professions. The national competition aimed to sustainably promote creative design and aesthetics even during training. It highlighted the great importance of form and design in various skilled trades – especially for young people who can develop in these with a great deal of creativity. In the first three winners’ categories, 25 people were named first-place award winners, 14 second-place award winners and 10 third-place award winners.

On Saturday, December 3, 2016, this year's Carl Stahl U14 Indoor Junior Cup took place in the Ankenhalle in Kuchen.

Exemplary fostering of internal talent. In the fight against the lack of specialists, the Süßen-based company Carl Stahl identified the signs of the times many years ago and has since placed great focus on the exemplary fostering of talent from within the company. The traditional Swabian company offers both apprentices and students the optimum conditions for professional and personal development. The annual induction week to mark the official start of the training is just one of the many internal measures that have now been established with sustainable success. The possibilities for joining Carl Stahl and the range of apprenticeships available are as broad as the spectrum of services offered by the company’s individual divisions. “At the moment, we have about 60 apprentices and students spread across all our sites throughout Germany”, explains HR Manager Carola Franzel. “The range of apprenticeship positions stretches from industrial clerks, office communication specialists, industrial engineers and metalworkers to warehouse logistics experts.” Carl Stahl furthermore offers combined work-study programmes, ideally in the specialist areas of mechanical and industrial engineering. It is also always happy to offer students of the broadest range of disciplines the opportunity to complete an internship or practical semester in the company. The benefits are clear At Carl Stahl, the foundations for a good start to a successful professional career are laid from an early stage within the scope of the annual induction week that marks the official start of training. This year, 12 apprentices and students from six different sites took part in the initiative. In addition to informative training courses and seminars, the agenda also included many other support measures and fun activities, including a tour of the company’s very own museum, a scavenger hunt, a process evolution game and a group excursion involving numerous team-building activities. For Carola Franzel, the benefits of the exemplary fostering of internal talent are clear: “By showing this commitment, we are actively combating the lack of specialists. Once their training is complete, we benefit from optimally qualified specialists who are not only used to working with their colleagues but are also extremely familiar with our company and our products – right from the outset.”

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016, the activity day took place again on the factory premises of the Carl Stahl location in Munich.