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Issue 1|2011
4 Forster advertising
and signage
aktuell
The magazine for customers, staff and friends of the Forster Group
Shelving systems
for the Grimm Library
in Berlin . . .
page 10
9 LED illuminated signs
13 Traffic control system
for Greater Vienna
14 New technologies to
combat noise
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UP-FRONT NEWS
Dear Friend,
Dear Staff Member,
Research and development are the best investment in the future to make
sure that the Company will remain successful and competitive in the long
run. Our endeavours in fields such as noise barriers along railway tracks
are examples of how to bundle know-how and knowledge to foster the
development of new products. Through intense R&D we intend to extend
our technological edge in this segment into the future. For a more detailed discussion please read this issue of Forster Aktuell. Other highlights
of our magazine are reports on the shelving systems at Germany’s largest
open-access library and on various projects involving traffic engineering,
signs and advertising products.
Our capacity to innovate and the considerable vertical integration of our
production guarantee the high quality standard of our products. The key is
ongoing staff training both in-house and out – a factor that is getting ever
more important. We are pleased to report that more and more of our staff
members make use of expert training schemes. Acquiring and maintaining the requisite specialised competence are essential to ensure that we
will successfully handle not just present tasks but also future challenges.
Yours,
Christian Forster, Managing Director, Forster Holding GmbH
OVERVIEW
GOOD NEWS
News from and
about Forster 3
ADVERTISING
Light-Lift stretch frames 4
New clothes for the metro 4
Figural displays 5
SIGNS
The complete look 6
Meet me at the bus stop 7
Flexible and creative 8
Save power and advertise 9
SHELVING SYSTEMS
A new home for 54 kilometres
of books 10
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Signs for safety 12
Intelligent systems to
streamline traffic 13
NOISE BARRIERS
New technologies to screen off
noise 14
INSIDE NEWS
Staff news and titbits from the
Forster Group 16
Training 18
Sports and leisure 19
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GOOD NEWS
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PRODUCT PRESENTATION
New: Forster E-news
For the latest news on Forster you can now consult our new Newsletter:
local governments, road maintenance depots and, generally, every interested party can get current product presentations and seasonal discussions delivered directly to their e-mail account. As a special bonus for all
subscribers, Forster launches special offers exclusively in its Newsletter.
SAFETY
Truck outline marking
arking
Starting on 1 July 2011, newly registered trucks of 7.5 tons and trailers of
3.5 tons must be provided with retroreflective marks (European Directive
2007/35/EC). The object is to improve their visibility and to allow drivers
trailing behind to better judge their distance and speed. Marking also
improves security. Forster has all retroreflective markings on stock.
SOLAR STATION
A sun stop for vehicles
The first solar-powered charging station in the Ybbs valley was built by
the Hohenlehen School at Hollenstein. Thanks to its roofing, it offers
practical weather protection to electric bicycles and mopeds when they
plug in for recharging. Excessive power from the station is fed into the
grid. Forster supplied the substructure and information signs.
Owner and publisher:
Forster Verkehrs- und
Werbetechnik GmbH
Ú Editors:
Christian Forster,
Heinz Lumetsberger.
Ú Contributors:
Michaela Schütter,
Rosemarie Labuda,
Fritz Haselsteiner,
Robert Reichartzeder.
Ú Photos: Forster
archives, Stefan Müller,
3M, Dr. Milan Bulaty.
Ú Text: Egger&Lerch
Ú Translation:
Gertrude Maurer.
Ú Printed by Gugler
GmbH.
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Trade show preview
for 2011
Archivistica in Bremen and Gulf Traffic in
Dubai
On 21–23 September, the Forster Group can
be found exhibiting at the Archivistica, the
81st German Archives Day in Bremen.
A few months later we will travel to Dubai
where the Gulf Traffic, a trade show focusing
on traffic and transport infrastructure, is held
on 12-14 December.
Trade show review
EuroShop 2011 Ú In late February, Düsseldorf was the
venue for the world’s largest trade fair for retailers’ investment needs. Forster presented its range of advertising products and shelving systems, impressing visitors
with its digitally imprinted stand designed to look like
architectural concrete.
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ADVERTISING
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
Light-lift stretch
frames
The advertising industry should take note of a new
approach for large-sized advertising signs made
by Forster: the Light-Lift is a stretch frame that can
handle prints of up to 20 metres in height and 11
metres in width.
The sophisticated system makes sure that transparencies will be optimally stretched and can be easily
installed – the Light-Lift is delivered fully assembled
and can be attached quickly. With transparencies
replaced quickly and easily, the system is not just
cost-effective but also extremely practical. Naturally,
Forster offers a choice of suitable materials for shortas well as long-term use and provides its time-tested
services as a specialist for digital printing.
TRANSPORT ADVERTISING
New clothes for the
metro
Forster clothed the metro cars
at Waidhofen an der Ybbs in
an attractive pasted-on overall.
The Waidhofen metro links the
main station to Gstadt. Trains run
at hourly intervals along a section
of the former Ybbs Valley Railway,
covering a distance of some 5
kilometres. It was only in late 2010
that the historical narrow-gauge
railway operated by the Austrian
Railways was handed over to the
Lower Austrian State Railways.
Next, its appearance was changed
to match that of the Waidhofen city
bus. Altogether, Forster fitted three
railcars with the new design, which
involved more than 100 square me-
tres of film for each car. The new
operator first restored the cars,
removing all the rust, in order to
have a suitable substratum for the
film. The high-quality 3M film of
the 180 series, designed for longtime outdoor use, was digitally
imprinted and provided with an
anti-graffiti laminate.
The practical Light-Lift: an attractive method to display and quickly
replace large-sized transparencies.
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ADVERTISING
FIGURAL DISPLAYS AND DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
DESKTOP DISPLAYS
Elegance for
Eucerin
Forster produced a new desktop
display for Beiersdorf.
The acrylic-glass design highlights
the high quality of the products
sold by our client. The crowner was
directly applied by digital printing
and can be exchanged.
Light-weight but still stable
Polypropylene displays are light
as a feather yet, in contrast to
cardboard, do not get soaked.
Forster has made customised displays for Lidl and Porsche that consist of PVC-free plastic multi-wall
sheets. A back-brace ensures that
the product is extremely stable.
Whereas cardboard products are
liable to soaking whenever the
floor gets wet, polypropylene is
resistant to moisture, so that the
displays are excellently suited
for medium-term outdoor use. New print
heads allow Forster to
use a particularly high
resolution factor (up to
1200 dpi) for its digital imprinting. The ink system can be combined with silk-screen colours,
which makes it possible to use
decorative dyes such as metallic
gold on the displays.
FLOOR DISPLAYS
Putting beer on
show
Forster’s new permanent floor displays have
been made specifically for the requirements
of Brau Union. Developed to accommodate
Gösser, Heineken and Zipfer beer brands, they
are designed so as to be clearly distinct from
each other. Yet what they have in common is
their high stability, thanks to a combination of
metal and plastic that offers reliable support to
the heavy six-packs.
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SIGNS
SIGNS FOR THE THERME WIEN SPA
The complete
look
On 27 September 2010, Therme
Wien – one of Europe’s most modern city spas – opened its doors at
Oberlaa/Vienna. The signage was
contributed by Forster.
The signage for the health centre
integrated in the overall complex
as well as for parts of the administrative building was delivered
already in late 2009. At that time
clients and planners had opted
for the smooth Combiflex Plana
system of very flat door signs. It
combines style with practicality as
the paper label inserts can be easily
exchanged to allow quick changes
and additions.
Elegant and durable Ú For the
floor plans, the architects again
chose a very elegant solution: the
signs consist of toughened glass
of 8 mm in strength, imprinted in
reflected type on the back to reli-
ably protect the lettering against
damage.
The signs were installed some
25 mm away from the wall, using
special steel spacers. Forster also
supplied and put in place various
film labels and decorative glass
film, i.a. to screen off private sections.
Welcome mat Ú Work on the
signage for the spa itself began in
the summer of 2010. The “Therme
Wien” logo placed outdoors is made
of laser-cut aluminium letters. Each
of the letters stands at a height of
about 1.5 metres, is powder-coated
in anthracite grey and fitted some
25 mm away from the wall. The
welcome sign pillars, also powdercoated, harmonise perfectly with
the sign concept. Stability and durability are provided by the internal
steel structure and the outdoor-
The outdoor signage
consists of
laser-cut letters.
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SIGNS
VIENNA AIRPORT
Meet me at the
bus stop
quality coating. The logo, printed
digitally onto acrylic glass, is backlit
to make it visible from afar.
New bus stop posts help passengers at the Vienna Airport coach
station get into town.
Professional quality for out- and
indoors Ú For the indoor spa facilities, Forster supplied the layout
signs. These are aluminium dibond
panels fitted with high-quality digitally imprinted film. All film signs
applied within the spa use superior
3M decorative glass film. Wardrobe
signs are made of aluminium.
Forster also supplied the signs for
the outdoor and underground car
parks, using the well-tested Combiflex CF60 monument-sign series for
these large-sized components.
In 2010, the forecourt of the
Vienna Airport arrival hall was
converted into a terminal for
regular and charter coaches. Passengers get their bearings from
a system made by Forster that
comprises nine timetable display
panels and two information
panels. The timetable displays are
held by a stable metal structure
with slightly arched surfaces. The
timetables shown on the posts
can be easily exchanged at any
time. All components are powdercoated. The challenge posed by
this project was to ensure that
the colour coding of the gates
would remain clearly legible.
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SIGNS
No margin or
frame to encroach
upon the design.
COMBIFIX MODULAR WALL SYSTEM
Flexible and creative
A new presentation system has
been added to Forster’s range of
products: the Combifix modular
wall system, which has no restriction in the number of elements
that can be installed in a flexible
arrangement (e.g. as a wall or as a
pillar) and which can be extended
at will. The system thus gives
full rein to the creative drive of
designers.
The flexible Combifix modular
walls made of high-quality materials are quick and easy to instal.
Combifix is the perfect flexible
system for use at trade fairs, workshops, conferences and showrooms. The Combifix modules can
be combined and interchanged
as required, which allows them
to be adapted exactly to local
requirements. The legs are heightadjustable, to vary the distance to
the floor. Different floor heights are
accommodated by flexible plastic
adjusters. Even large-scale walls
will remain extremely stable.
Eyecatching graphics and presentation Ú Inscriptions on the
modular wall consist of digitally
imprinted film that is carefully
attached to the modules. Forster’s
precision printing and exact alignment of elements make sure that
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SIGNS
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LED advertising signs mad
made by Forster
are versatile. Whether atta
attached to the
wall, suspended from the ceiling or
uprigh almost
displayed as a floor upright:
anything goes!
A folding or clip frame is useful
when the message needs to be
changed repeatedly.
LED-ILLUMINATED SIGNS
no frames or margins will impinge
on the overall impression. Combifix
is therefore also highly suitable
for quality presentations. The
backside may be made of opaque
banner fabric or a semitransparent
meshing.
Full flexibility Ú Combifix is still
a highly viable solution even when
the message on the wall undergoes
frequent change. For this purpose,
Forster has a magnetic film on offer
that can be easily attached and removed. System transport, too, is no
problem. Simply order the practical
shipping package together with
the system. For further information
on this quality product see www.
combifix.at.
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Save power and
advertise
Internally illuminated advertising signs made by Forster open up
a universe of creative advertising
solutions. As an added bonus they
cut down on your utility bill thanks
to the use of advanced LED technology.
LED-illuminated signs of the Combiflex series offer many advantages:
low electricity consumption, longer
lamp life and zero maintenance
costs are only a few of them. Users
also appreciate the option to instal
them flush against the wall and
their homogeneous illumination of
the entire panel, considering a depth
of just 46 mm (when used on one
side only) or 51 mm (for the use of
both sides). The illuminated signs
can be installed outdoors and inside,
and they are available in natural
aluminium, anodised aluminium or
RAL nuances.
For the signage Forster customers have a choice of options: In the
single-plate panel, the white diffuser
plate is imprinted directly, inscribed
with a printed film or covered with
plotter-cut film. In a double-plate
panel, a backlite film or paper print
is inserted between the white
diffuser and the clear cover plate.
Alternatively, the cover plate can
be imprinted on the back, inscribed
with a printed film or covered with
plotter-cut film.
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SHELVING SYSTEMS
ARBITEC-FORSTER FURNISHES GERMANY’S LARGEST OPEN-ACCESS LIBRARY
A new home for 54 kilometres of books
The Humboldt University in Berlin boasts of a new central library.
Some two million books are lined
up on Forster-provided shelves
at its Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Centre – a German record.
An attractive building marked by
clear and sober lines.
In the almost 200 years of its history, the university library in Berlin
had never had a building of its own.
All this changed when it moved
into the newly built Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre. The imposing
structure, designed by Swiss architect Max Dudler, needs to be shared
only with the university computer
and media service department.
The new home also accommodates
twelve of the many branch and section libraries run by the university
that stock reference works from
archaeology to philosophy. Altogether the library holds some 2.5
million items. Over 1.5 million books
are filed in the open-access department, which makes the library the
largest of its kind in Germany.
Literary marathon Ú The books
and magazines are kept on darkgrey library shelves with closed
frames. Made by Forster, they offer
an incredible run of 54,000 metres
of bookspace – almost one tenth of
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The main reading hall at the heart of the building, with its
tiers extending across five levels.
the distance between Berlin and
Waidhofen an der Ybbs! The about
2,400 magazines arriving on an
ongoing basis are properly archived
in the system delivered by Forster,
which includes magazine collection
points and boxes, some of them
with a transparent opening flap.
Arbitec-Forster was in charge of
handling the entire project as well
as installing the shelves.
To maintain the sombre elegance
of the building, the concrete pillars
between bays are concealed behind
panels attached to the shelf frames.
The ventilation pipes above the
shelves are similarly hidden.
Freedom to readers Ú To Dr. Milan
Bulaty, the library’s director, it was
important to ensure that much of
the library stock would be accessible, in line with the “freedom
maxim”: “For us this means the
freedom to study, almost without
any restrictions, the thoughts,
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emotions, opinions and ideas of humanity as laid down in a variety of
media and collected by the library.
Only items of historic importance
and great value are subject to restricted access.” These can be used
by visitors in the research reading
hall which also holds the private
library assembled by the Brothers
Grimm after whom the building
is named.
Light core Ú The most attractive
place to browse through the array
of books is the imposing main reading hall, which together with its
tiers has a length of over 70 metres.
It extends across five storeys and is
surrounded at all levels by Forster
bookshelves on either side, to keep
the path from shelf to desk to an
absolute minimum. The pleasure of
reading is further enhanced by the
glass ceiling which allows the sun
of Berlin to furnish readers with
natural daylight.
Literature stored on
Forster shelves
surrounds the tiers
on all sides.
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TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Forster produced all the
signs of the new S33.
S33 DUAL CARRIAGEWAY TO KREMS
Signs for safety
Forster worked for more than a
year to help make the S33 and new
St. Georg bridge across the Danube
safe for all users.
What would a road be without information and traffic signs? How much
planning and construction work is
involved before motorists can use it
safely, supplied with all the information they need? Forster supplied
and installed all the requisite signs
and furthermore constructed the
foundations for the latticed uprights
and traffic signs.
Signs for the construction site Ú
For Forster, the project started in
July 2009, when the S5 was joined
to the newly constructed motorway ramps. A major milestone was
reached in December 2009, when
the S33 began to use some of the
new motorway ramps to the south
of the Danube. The direction signs
at the Traismauer North Exit and
Traismauer Motorway Interchange
posed particular challenges to our
ingenuity.
Just in time Ú The winter months
were used to complete the technical project handling, including
major tasks such as performing the
detailed construction design and
accurate sign location. In spring,
Forster was thus able to excavate
the foundations for the uprights
and traffic signs. Installation and
the many small jobs required to
ensure that the motorway would be
fitted with safe and clear signs were
not completed until just before the
opening in late October 2010.
Thanks to good planning and coordination everything was finished just
in time.
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TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS IN GREATER VIENNA
Intelligent systems to
streamline traffic
Intelligent traffic management systems improve road safety and reduce congestion.
Thanks to its range of traffic engineering products Forster is able to make a major
contribution towards that goal.
Last autumn, a new traffic control
system was put on line to the south
of Vienna, extending in both directions from the Inzersdorf Interchange
to just beyond the Baden Junction
on the Southern Motorway (A2),
from the Guntramsdorf Junction
to the Münchendorf Junction on
the South-eastern Motorway (A3)
towards Vienna, and across the
Vösendorf Interchange on the Outer
Ring Motorway (A21) towards Vienna.
As an early construction measure,
variable direction signs and gantries
had been installed on the A1 and S33
at the St. Pölten Interchange already
in late 2008, to reroute Vienna-bound
traffic in case of obstructions to the
alternatives S33 and S5.
Dynamic directions and more Ú
Forster supplied the gantries for the
traffic control system and variable
message signs including those of the
prismatic type. But it was not only
the signs that came from the expert
company: Forster also delivered the
installation structures and poles
holding the instruments for traffic
and environmental data collection
such as videocameras and sensors.
A major piece of work Ú The voluminous shipments were delivered
and installed by Forster in its familiar
time-tested manner. The crew even
A gantry with a span of 35 metres on the way to its
place of installation.
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managed to set up a new record:
the longest gantry ever supplied in
a single piece came from Forster’s
Waidhofen works. In spite of its span
of 36 metres its transport to the
place of installation met with no
hitches whatsoever.
The gantries were always installed
at night.
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NOISE BARRIERS
Flow simulation using novel CFD software, combined with empirical analysis of field data
obtained from high-absorbing wall panels.
FORSTER ENGINEERING ALONGSIDE RAILWAY TRACKS
New technologies to screen off noise
Trains are going ever faster, noise
barriers are growing ever higher
and moving ever closer to the
tracks. As a consequence, there is a
new effect added to the traditional
criteria – such as acoustic properties – to be met by noise barriers:
aerodynamics. Forster started to
prepare for this new development
already several years ago, building
up new in-house competences.
High-speed tracks are spreading
across all of Europe, creating new
challenges for noise screen engineering. Forster experts have familiarised themselves with concepts
such as material fatigue indices,
dynamics, or pressure and suction
loads generated by the passing of
trains. It was necessary to carry out
detailed calculations and perform
many test series in order to obtain
approvals and certificates. All these
activities called for the introduction
at the R&D/computing department
of the most advanced software
such as Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) or finite element
methods with dynamic modules.
Through applying these tools, we
were able to develop relevant projects down to the smallest detail,
analyse and implement them.
Nevertheless, calculations and
simulations of innovative noise
barriers are no longer sufficient.
Today large-scale test series are a
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NOISE BARRIERS
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Transparent element
Computer models are made of all
components in order to document
in-use behaviour.
Robert Reichartzeder (technical manager)
and Andreas Grader (head of technical calculations) are hard at work analysing data.
Research is more than just computer simulation – Forster uses the latest measuring techniques such as inductive distance sensoring
or strain gauges.
A combination of aluminium and transparent
elements alongside railway tracks.
must for individual components as
much as for the complete product.
This too was foreseen by Forster
at an early date. The company
responded by setting up a new
section for empirical testing at the
R&D department, which specialises in the latest measuring techniques such as inductive distance
sensoring or the application of
strain gauges to identify deformations and document the resulting
strain to the material. Forster has
also come to be at ease in using
advanced evaluation software and
calibrating accompanying finite element models. It has also acquired
external partners by entering
into cooperations with accredited
testing institutes and well-known
engineering consultants.
With the manpower and tools
available at Forster it was possible
to cover not just the new requirements regarding calculations,
stress analysis and dynamics, but
also to perform product-specific
electrotechnical analyses. Subjects
such as short-circuit strength or
earthing have become mundane
matters for Forster.
In order to properly identify and
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respond to our customers’ needs
and requirements we started an
information exchange process
with railway operators and their
specialist departments. Drawing
on the many years of such investigative efforts Forster has been able
to develop suitable and economical noise abatement products for
all applications on the routes of
national railway operators. Robert
Reichartzeder, technical manager at Forster, summarises the
R&D activities at Forster thus: “In
these times it is not enough to just
manufacture and supply noise
protection elements. Customers
expect their suppliers to provide
the requisite service and associated expert competence. Forster
has responded to such needs and
transposed the high technical
standards that go with its classical
product lines of aluminium noise
barriers to fit transparent systems,
noise screen panels and service
exits. The enormous commitment
of a highly motivated team has
brought Forster’s noise barrier
segment into the forefront of innovative products for the railway
sector.”
Visually appealing design of a service exit from railway tracks.
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Staff news and titbits
from the Forster Group
TRIBUTES TO STAFF MEMBERS
A festive hour in December 2010 was devoted to all long-time employees
of Forster. Christian Forster expressed his heartfelt thanks to the guests of
honour for their many years of dedicated work for and loyalty to the company. In his tribute he waxed enthusiastic about the great commitment
and excellent spirit of cooperation prevailing within the company.
Christian Forster, Herbert
Schmatz, Hans-Peter Prüller, Heinz Becksteiner,
Herbert Tatzreiter, Hermann Wührer and Raimund
Hüttenbrenner (from left).
Christian Forster,
Hans-Peter Prüller,
Marianne Rudolf,
Mujo Omerbasic,
Hubert Kerschbaumer,
Friedrich Auer and
Raimund Hüttenbrenner
(from left).
Christian Forster, Adelheid Schoberberger and
Klara Ritt (from left).
Û ANNIVERSARIES
RIES
Waidhofen/Ybbs:
40 YEARS
Josef Helm
35 YEARS
Friedrich Auer
Hubert Kerschbaumer
Mujo Omerbasic
Marianne Rudolf
30 YEARS
Status as of
May 2011
Heinz Becksteiner
Johann Furtner
Gottfried Kern
Herbert Schmatz
Herbert Tatzreiter
25 YEARS
Walter Berger
Josef Fangmeyer
Roswitha Kletecka
Franz Merkinger
Martin Müller
Oliver Setnicka
Wolfgang Simon
20 YEARS
Yusuf Bozkurt
Michaela Bramreiter
Dorothea Kerschbaumsteiner
Melanie Köhler
Saliha Omerbasic
Renate Penesic
Ruud Rijkes
Karl Schoisswohl
15 YEARS
Stefan Beck, Karl Brunnthaler,
Angela Diewald, Wolfgang
Dobersberger, Josef Grabner,
Wolfgang Grosser, Manfred Gruber
Dorothea Hofmacher, Helmut Putz
Gerhard Schmutzer, Hans-Peter
Schnabler,
Schneckenleitner,
Schnabler Eva Sc
Cornelia Schuller, Thomas Spacil,
Claudia Steinauer, Sonja Stockinger
10 YEARS
Franz Aigner, Manuela Aigner,
Hamdija Avdicevic, Roystan Beck,
Carol Bogar, Rodica Coza, Mario
Datzberger, Merita Dobersberger,
Eva Eßletzbichler, Mario Fellner,
Maria Forstlechner, Bernhard Haidler,
Robert Hauß, Barbara Hopf,
Monika Köck, Reinhard Krammer,
Christine Kromoser, Friedrich Mandl,
Hadzaga Manjic, Claudia Mayer,
Silke Michelak, Osman Omerovic,
Dominko Pilic, Christian Rohrhofer,
Sabine Schmid, Hubert Schmollgruber, Martin Streisselberger,
Mario Weichselbaum, Hermann
Zitzenbacher
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St. Peter/Au:
30 YEARS
Klara Ritt
Adelheid Schoberberger
Û WEDDINGS
Û RETIREMENT
Waidhofen/Ybbs:
Martin Bladerer, Christoph and
Martina Sterlinger (née Polzer)
Waidhofen/Ybbs:
Silvia Schwartz
Maria Forstlechner
St. Peter/Au:
Roland and Martina Hofer (née
Dorfmair)
Alfred-Florian and Martina
Schoberberger (née Neuheimer)
St. Peter/Au:
Cäcilia Fahrengruber
Rosa Reitner
Theresia Haneder
25 YEARS
Maria Bürscher
Josef Freundl
Maria Grottenthaller
Barbara Grubhofer
Josef Schoberberger
Leopold Schoberberger
Karl Strasser
Elisabeth Wenzel
Günther Wenzel
20 YEARS
Gerhard Döcker
Anita Geyerlechner
Kamal Gill
Jürgen Gratzer
Renate Gruber
Hasan Günes
Theresia Haneder
Hermann Labner
Margarete Leichtfried
Sefer Sabanci
Roswitha SchwandI
Haydar Türkmen
Klaus Weis
15 YEARS
Maria Ortner, Andrea Pfaffeneder
Rainer Schmolmüller, Martina
Schoberberger
10 YEARS
Mirzet Berbic, Roland Brandstetter,
Katja Fehringer, Doris Krendl,
Andreas Putz, Mathilde Schepan,
Franz Schwingenschlögl, Martina
Seyerlehner, Manuela Zeilinger
The management wants to express
its gratitude and appreciation for
their long years of loyalty to the
company and extends its best wishes
for their new life phase!
Û OCCUPATIONAL
TRAINING
Alexandra Aigner (trainee industrial
manager) and Tanja Kaltenbrunner
(trainee industrial manager) passed
the apprenticeship completion examination with good success.
Ines Husak (trainee industrial manager) passed the apprenticeship
completion examination.
Aid Mandzuka (screen printer)
graduated from the fourth form
with excellent success, and Florian
Bürbaumer (screen printer) graduated from the second form with
excellent success.
Raffaela Öllinger (screen printer)
graduated from the first form with
excellent success, and Sebastian Helm
(screen printer) graduated from the
second form with good success.
Dominik Rettensteiner (mechanical
engineer) passed the apprenticeship
completion examination with good
success, and Leopold Hinteramskogler (mechanical engineer) graduated from the first form with excellent
success.
Barbara Teufl (trainee industrial
manager) graduated from the third
form with excellent success.
Nicole Hartung (trainee industrial
manager) graduated from the third
form with excellent success and was
furthermore lauded for her outstanding performance.
Maria Stockinger (trainee industrial
manager) passed the apprenticeship
completion examination with excellent success.
Anna-Elisabeth Forster (screen printer) and Marco Marijanovic (screen
printer) graduated from the fourth
form with excellent success and
passed the apprenticeship completion examination with good success.
Norbert Ziemer
Sabine Hornbachner (screen printer)
and Reinhard Schneckenleitner
(mechanical engineer) due to their
outstanding success at the apprenticeship completion examination
were invited to participate in the
honours ceremony for best apprentices of the district held by the Economic
Chamber in May 2011.
Georg Greyn
Mieczyslaw Lis
Markus Wydra
Our congratulations on their excellent performance and our best wishes for
their further career!
Arbitec-Forster:
20 YEARS
Bernd Bolle-Lo
Ulrich Lützler
15 YEARS
10 YEARS
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Fit for the future
Specialist training and upskilling
Today it is of paramount importance to acquire outstanding specialist competence and maintain one’s qualifications at a high level. For this reason,
the management wishes to express its appreciation of all those staff members who participated in and completed upskilling schemes.
Wolfgang Dobersberger has been an International Welding Engineer under EN ISO 14 731 since 2010. Prerequisites for this diploma are technical
training, successfully passing the welding examination under Austrian
Standard ÖNORM ISO 9606 or EN 287 and the successful participation in
a course to train as welding engineer – which involves several weeks of
training. With this training Wolfgang Dobersberger is a perfect fit for
the welding craftsmanship required to carry out steel and bridge construction works as well as works on pressure vessels, vehicles, machines
and pipelines.
Amel Vincevic successfully completed the preparatory course for International Welding Specialist. With this he is qualified to participate in the
course for International Welding Specialist held at Schweißtechnische
Zentralanstalt in Vienna.
Anton Pitner passed the examination for DIN-approved paint inspector, level C, at the Dresden Institute for Corrosion Protection. Level C is
the highest certification level, requiring, in addition to level A skills, at
least five years of full-time inspection of paint and coating works. Anton
Pitner proved his expertise in a written as well as practical hands-on
examination.
Werner Kaltenbrunner completed the basic study course for pre-production
management with excellent success in the autumn of 2010. At present he
is in the home stretch of the altogether six semesters of a master degree
course, preparing for the final examination. The master degree course
on pre-production management is taught at the St. Pölten University of
Applied Sciences for working students, held in cooperation with the RIZ
business incubation centre at Waidhofen/Ybbs and Zukunftsakademie
Mostviertel.
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Sports and leisure
Forster in-house skiing
championship 2011
Superb weather and snow conditions, and radiant champions at
the skiing championship organised by Forster at the Forsteralm
on 5 February.
This year’s Forster skiing championship found 107 racers attempting
the course, and the fluently flagged
giant slalom, calling on considerable skills on the part of participants,
produced feverish excitement in all
categories. The head-to-head race
for the champion’s title was won by
Thomas Spacil, who did the day’s
best time, closely followed by Raimund Hüttenbrenner and Manfred
Hofmacher.
The winners in the ladies’ categories were Manuela Hüttenbrenner
(day’s best among women), Petra
Once again many children and
youths contributed overwhelming
enthusiasm and great achievements
to the 2011 Forster championship.
Rehak, Daniela Kern and Maria
Grottenthaler.
Staff members of the Forsteralm ski lift operator also found
their in-house champion: Johann
Haselsteiner won, with Thomas
Pechhacker and Johannes Mayer
placing behind.
Forster skiing team
The Forster men’s team is the Lower Austrian Company Skiing
Champion of 2011.
The 39th Lower Austrian Company Skiing Championship held at the Semmering on 28 January 2011 involved a giant slalom raced under floodlight.
Raimund Hüttenbrenner, Manfred Hofmacher, Thomas Spacil and Philipp
Leitner showed their team’s strength to all comers, successfully defending their title. Manfred Hofmacher and Thomas Spacil each won their
respective age category.
Bronze at the 37th Austrian Company Skiing Championship.
Excellent conditions and great sportsmanship could be admired at the
Austrian Company Skiing Championship at the Forsteralm near Waidhofen/Ybbs on 26 February. The Forster ski team notably made it to third
place, yielding only to teams sent by Voglauer and Atomic.
Dieter Wieser, Wolfgang Dürauer, Walter
Bergmann,
Hauß, Georg
Bergmann Thomas Spacil,
Spacil Robert Hauß
Ecker and Christian Rehak (from left).
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Lower Austrian deputy governor Wolfgang Sobotka congratulates the
successful Forster ski team. Thomas Spacil, Philipp Leitner, Raimund
Hüttenbrenner and Manfred Hofmacher (from left).
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Eighteen teams dispatched by companies
in the region competed at the company race
organised within the scope of the 27th International Waidhofen Savings Bank Town Race
on 2 April 2011, rendering exceptional performances quite apart from their day-to-day business. Forster sent three teams of three runners
each. Team I, consisting of Walter Bergmann,
Wolfgang Dürauer and Dieter Wieser, placed
an excellent third on the 6.1 km distance.
Forster Verkehrs- und
Werbetechnik GmbH
Weyrer Strasse 135
A-3340 Waidhofen/Ybbs
Telephone + 43 74 42/501-0
Telefax + 43 74 42/501-200
e-mail [email protected]
www.forster.at
Forster Metallbau
Gesellschaft m. b. H.
Weyrer Strasse 135
A-3340 Waidhofen/Ybbs
Telephone + 43 74 42/501-0
Telefax + 43 74 42/501-480
e-mail [email protected]
www.forster.at