Harting inaugurates "Center of Innovation" in Rahden

Photo: Official inauguration of the Harting Center of Innovation (from left to right): Bernd Hachmann (Mayor of Rahden), Maresa Harting-Hertz, Dr. Michael Pütz, Margrit Harting, Dietmar Harting, Dr. Andreas Starke, Philip Harting.

On July 23. the Harting Technology Group officially opened its new Center of Innovation in Rahden. The seventh Harting plant in east Westphalia will go into operation with a workforce of some 120 as of August, about one and a half years after the building on the Rahden industrial estate was originally acquired. "On a surface area of around 5,000 squaremeters we have created an atmosphere in which ideas can grow and innovations can be conceived," explained Philip Harting, Senior Vice President Connectivity & Networks of harting Technology Group.
The departments due to take up their work in Rahden include "Industrial Communication and Power Networks (ICPN)", an integrated program which provides Ethernet network components, cabling and wiring across all company divisions.
At its Rahden site, Harting will be promoting communication between staff from all departments. "Encouraging staff to share ideas is absolutely essential in a company facing up to such complex demands as we do. It is this collaboration across all departments that allows us to adopt a comprehensive approach, clearly making customers the central focus of our efforts. You can only think in entrepreneurial terms if you are aware of all aspects of the company," Margit Harting explained.

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