Vision, Mission and Values

Our team is the ❤ of our company. From all over the world, whether from a trade fair in America, a customer visit to South Africa, a service visit to China, or at our headquarters in Berlin, our team spends great things every day.

 

Our international team follows the core values that define who we are, guide our decisions and influence the way we work.

 

INTEGRITY

• Do the right thing even when no one else is watching
• Act with honesty and be consistent
• Be self-aware

TEAM

• We value our team members and their unique contributions, and we invest in their growth
• Best team wins:  Insist on winning together with integrity
• Insist on empowerment.  Be accountable and take ownership and responsibility.  Exercise shared risk

SIMPLICITY

• It's a way of life rooted deep in our culture.  Focus on removing clutter, complexity, difficulties and the unnecessary from our products, processes, services, and most importantly from our thinking
• Focus on the essentials that 'move the needle'; that add real value to our business and to our customers
• We make our products easy to make and use, and of higher quality and reliability.  We make our services customer-friendly.  We make our processes and work life employee-friendly

EXCELLENCE

• Exercise discipline and focus.  Customers challenge us, and we challenge ourselves, to continuously improve. We set the bar high for ourselves and each other
• Make a positive impact.  We constantly strive to make things better in a meaningful way — for our company, our customers and the world
• Build a legacy of greatness.  ​Our drive for continuous improvement keeps us ahead of our competitors, creating enduring value and lasting impact at a global scale

INNOVATION

• Innovation defines our future.  Focus on customer-back innovation and what adds real value to our customers.  We do not innovate in a vacuum
• Innovation is our ultimate competitive differentiator
• We improve or safeguard people’s lives by delivering technologies that matter.  By helping our customers achieve amazing things, we enhance quality of life around the world