compact trade fair overview for 2017 we are putting on a display to present to you our latest developments and take on technically demanding challenges together with you. cwieme hall 4.2 | stand 42d39 leading trade fair for coil winding, electric motor and transformer manufacturing technologies berlin, 20th–22th june | www.coilwindingexpo.com/berlin fakuma hall a3 | stand a3-3304 international trade fair for plastics processing friedrichshafen, 17th– 21st october | www.fakuma-messe.de/en fit as a fiddle – the biw successfully takes part in two sporting competitions for the fourth time, biw participated in the schwelmer city-lauf and was able to rank 6th, 8th, 12th and 20th out of a total of 28 teams. the biw would like to thank the participants and their supporters along the route. another sporting event was our annual badminton tournament, which was a lot of fun for all participants. — anja langner process audit according to vda 6.3 provides a great chance our management system, which is certified according to iso 9001, iso ts16949, iso 13485, iip (investor in people), iso 14001 and iso 50001, documents the responsibilities and constant quality in the selection of the suppliers, in the incoming goods receipt of the raw materials, in production right up to outgoing goods. internal system audits and certification audits super- vise the standard-conformity of the processes and thus form an elementary basis. in order to achieve a sustain- ability and minimization of the process landscape, the application of internal pro- cess audits in accordance with vda 6.3, which have meanwhile been carried out by an own certified process auditor vda6.3, has proven its worth. the consistent implemen- tation and implementation of improvement measures are reflected in the very good assessments by the customers. meanwhile, biw have continually received the a rating for up to 20 customer audits per year. a 100% rating is not an individual case from customers in the industrial and pharmaceutical industry. as a highlight, the biw passed the volkswagen process audit vda 6.3 including the formula q capability with 92% = a in october and was authorized as a direct supplier. the necessary support and provision for these many audits is, without a doubt, a high investment, but offers not only the opportunity for a successful improvement of the process landscape, but also better coordination and understanding between the customer and the biw and thus also cements the basis of trust for cooperation. — michael zierau thanks to our anniversary 30 years of biw dirk gammler, 1st april 1987 30 imprint responsible persons: ralf stoffels, dr. markus wiethoff, lutz stoffels editorial staff: ralf stoffels, michael zierau, lutz stoffels, anja langner, sven braatz layout and typesetting: lessingtiede.de contact biw isolierstoffe gmbh pregelstraße 5, d-58256 ennepetal tel.: +49 (23 33) 83 08-0 fax: +49 (23 33) 83 08-10 all rights reserved. no section of this document may be reproduced without prior written authorisation, saved to a data system or transmitted in any form whether electronic or mechanical by means of photocopying, recording or any other method. 04