Corporate Policy - COHLINE GmbH

History

In 1932 COHLINE GmbH was founded, and the production of special automotive products started under the family name Cohnen. Today, the COHLINE group of companies is a modern, traditional, innovative family business managed with personal commitment. COHLINE maintains a successful, integrated management system in the realms of quality, safety and environmental protection.

COHLINE Identity

Our corporate policy determines our daily thinking and actions in the design, development, procurement and manufacture of our products, activities and services. In service and dialog with all interested parties, we always compare ourselves with the best. Holistically, we carry out our Continuous Improvement Process (CPI) and give room for innovation and creativity.. Along with this, our management is committed to provide safe and healthy working conditions to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses. Compliance with all legal frameworks and continuous improvement of our environmental performance are a matter of course for us.

We are committed within the scope of the above:

to comply with legal and other requirements
to achieve customer and employee satisfaction
to pursue a zero defect strategy (defect prevention before defect detection)
to develop products and services that provide competitive advantages to our customers
to plan stable and capable manufacturing processes
to use resources sparingly
to minimize risks and avoid hazards
to handle hazardous materials carefully
to involve everyone who works for and with us

People who work at COHLINE

Every person who works for COHLINE is important to the company! Employees are encouraged and, through their personal performance and motivation, contribute to the sustainable improvement of quality as well as to health protection, occupational safety and environmental protection. The employees have the task of avoiding hazards and keeping their workplaces tidy and safe. This is ensured through regular communication and involvement of all. The role model function of managers is of decisive importance in this context. An open, prevention-oriented culture in respect of shortcomings distinguishes us.

Values

The quality of our products, activities and services requires the trust of our customers and all interested parties. The performance we provide together secures our jobs and the existence of the company. Our ongoing motivation and ability to implement the above mentioned commitments in our daily work, will determine our reputation and thus the good name for our products, activities and services. Quality, safety and environmental protection has a long tradition in the COHLINE group of companies. Through our comprehensive management system, we aim to maintain and build the trust of COHLINE customers, in order to remain successful in our markets in the long term and likewise to develop new markets.

In service and dialog with all interested parties, we always compare ourselves with the best. Holistically, we strive for continuous improvement and give room for innovation and creativity. Along with this, management is committed to provide safe and healthy working conditions to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses. Compliance with all legal frameworks and continuous improvement of our environmental performance are a matter of course for us.

Our claim

COHLINE and quality - one term. Quality determines the way in which we think and act, as well as the way we design, develop, procure, and produce our products and services on a day-to-day basis.

We only compare ourselves with the best to achieve continuous improvement in all areas of the company. Our innovative and creative ability is expressed in dialog with our customers, suppliers and scientific institutions.

Quality

Our quality standards are based on customer satisfaction, customer expectations, the value of our company to society, product benefits, and the optimum that is technically and economically feasible.

This means:

We apply a zero defects philosophy (defect prevention instead of defect detection).
We develop products that offer our customers competitive advantages
We involve all employees to assume responsibility for the quality of our products and services.
We develop solutions in dialog with our customers for competitive advantage
We plan stable and capable manufacturing processes
We develop the quality capability of our suppliers

Apart from environmental protection, sustainable development concerns a wide range of issues and must be considered in political, economic, environmental and social areas.

For COHLINE, this means assuming our national as well as international responsibility and creating an innovative, resource-conserving, open and appreciative corporate culture. This culture consists of numerous facets. It integrates and does not exclude, it creates opportunities as well as equality on all levels. For this reason, environmental protection, tolerance, anti-discrimination and equality are fundamental principles of our sustainability concept.

COHpure

The automotive industry is going through a transformation of unprecedented magnitude, which can have a great impact on climate. Therefore, we believe it is essential to use resources in a responsible manner. To meet this challenge, we want to implement a climate-neutral production by 2035. As a medium-sized company with regional roots and an international orientation, we feel a shared responsibility for coming generations.

For this reason, we are further expanding our COHpure sustainability concept and thus contributing to the positive change in our climate.

Environment

By using resources sparingly, we contribute to the demands of our customers and society to protect the common environment. We are committed to fulfil our binding obligations and continuously improve our environmental performance (e.g. legal and regulatory requirements).

This means

We aim to continuously decrease the environmental impacts arising from our operations.
We want to avoid or reduce harmful impacts, such as waste, sewage, and emissions
We want to save resources such as water and energy
We deploy the utmost care in handling hazardous materials that cannot be replaced for technical reasons, in order to prevent accidents that could be harmful to the environment
We maintain our facilities and processes, we are keeping order and promote cleanliness at the workplace and throughout the company

Responsibility

Quality starts with every employee
Quality and customer satisfaction are achieved through the overall performance of all our employees

Conduct

Each employee contributes to the quality of our products and services through his or her personal performance
Every employee and every activity are fundamental to the quality in our company
This attitude runs like a thread through the entire company.
Especially our managers play a critical role in this process through their function as role models
Not only the final purchaser is regarded as our customer. However, every supplier and every employee, with whom we cooperate and to whom we want to provide a high-quality service, are regarded as customers.

Organization

By setting up an integrated quality management system, we have created the technical and organizational prerequisites for meeting our quality requirements.
Quality awareness must be deepened and enforced through constant information and motivation, as well as in the form of employee training and continuous education programmes.

Future

COHLINE GmbH is a company of performance-oriented people. Our ambition: Together we can achieve more.
We see the future as an interesting challenge and use our strengths to successfully shape it.
The quality of our products and services requires the trust of our customers. The joint performance secures our jobs and the existence of the company.
Our motivation to implement this policy of high quality into our daily work, will determine our reputation and thus the good name for our products and services.
High-quality, price-conscious, up-to-date products and services, produced on schedule and in an environmentally conscious manner, as well as flexible adaptation to external requirements, are our way into the future.
Quality has a long tradition at COHLINE GmbH. Through our comprehensive quality management, we want to maintain and expand the trust of COHLINE customers, in order to remain successful in the COHLINE markets in the long term and to open up new markets.

Corporate Policy of the COHLINE Group