TODAY
04 | 2013
THE DESMA SHOE MACHINERY NEWS MAGAZINE
RUBBER
DIRECT SOLING
DESMA TECHNOLOGY
FOR PROCESSING OF
RUBBER WITH THE
HIGHEST PRODUCTION
LEVELS
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4 | 5
DESMA
CUSTOMER
IPOLY, HUNGARY
MEETING THE
NEEDS OF OUR
CUSTOMERS
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6
“WOW, WHAT AN
ORGANIZATION!”
JOHN FLEMING
IS OUR MAN
DOWNUNDER
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7
LEGERO CHILDREN’S SHOES
SMALL FEET – BIG RESPONSIBILITY
ALSO READ ABOUT | > MARTEN BEIERSDORF | > TIM REUTER
KLÖCKNER DESMA SCHUHMASCHINEN GMBH
EDITORIAL
CONTENTS
DESMA CUSTOMERS
Small Feet – A Big Responsibility
Every shoe better than its predecessor
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3
DESMA TECHNOLOGY
DESMA Rubber Direct Soling
DESMA technologies have created
machinery which enables economical
processing of rubber with the highest
production levels in modern shoe
manufacture.
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DESMA CUSTOMERS
Ipoly: Unique in Hungary
Meeting the needs of our customers
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6
DESMA WORLD
“Wow, What an Organization!”
John Fleming is our man Downunder
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Klaus Freese at the DESMA SHOP FLOOR
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DESMA WORLD
New Job, New Challenges
DESMA TODAY met Marten Beiersdorf,
Head of Sales
Dear Reader,
It’s the season of coughs, colds and sneezes
here in Achim, but that’s no reason to stop
us all looking forward with optimism. And
that’s what this issue of DESMA TODAY is all
about. We are kept fit and on our toes here
by the presence of our apprentices, young
people who have chosen to complete their
training with us here at DESMA. The German
training system is famed for its solid reliance
on traditional skills and we are proud of our
exceptionally high quota of apprentices, of
over 10 % of our workforce.
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As many of you will have heard, business
continues to boom here in Achim. Our full
order books give us confidence to plan longterm and invest personnel and effort in interesting projects with various partners.
By the time you have this magazine in your
hands, we hope that spring will be here – at
least in Europe. And that we will all have
shaken off colds and flu. But wherever you
are, we hope this issue will give you just a
taste of the optimism which is our feeling
for 2013.
These young people learn their trade from experienced DESMA master-craftsmen, many Tchau, tchau & best regards | mit freundlichen
of them in turn DESMA-trained. It’s our way Grüßen | saludos | 敬具 kei gu | mato aimasho |
of ensuring our company’s – and our custom- 祝 安好.
ers’ future success.
Yours,
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DESMA WORLD
DESMA Technician of the Year 2012
Tim Reuter: Technician receives award
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editor | v. i. s. d. p.
Klaus Freese
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DESMA CUSTOMERS
Small Feet – A Big Responsibility
EVERY SHOE BETTER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR
W
ith a company history reaching back
over 140 years, Legero, based in Graz
in Austria, is proud of its insistence on sustainability, its care for both its employees in
Europe and Asia and the environment.
An important factor in Legero’s choice of
DESMA machinery? Dieter Bade, DESMA
Sales, knows the answer. “Competence!”
Europe, sold in over 40 countries worldwide,
with sales of over 3.5 million pairs produced
by over 700 employees in 2011. This success has not come by chance. It’s been a long,
intensive learning process which has led to
Superfit supervising and monitoring every
single step of the development of a shoe –
from the design to series production – leaving nothing to chance.
The company produces on a total of four
DESMA production lines and one so-called
Lab-line. This special, smaller line enables
the company to run tests and trials onsite in
Graz. The results can be then transferred to
plants worldwide.
Both PU and TPU machinery were installed
in summer 2011 and are up and running;
automation projects are in the pipeline for
early 2013.
The company is famed for its range of children’s shoes; “Superfit”, market leader in
From the beginning, 30 years ago, Superfit
has worked together with doctors and orthopaedic surgeons to ensure footwear which
provides the very best for children’s feet.
Now the company works together with orthopaedic paediatricians from the University Clinic of Graz, working constantly on
improvements and refinements.
PRODUCTION SITE IN VALEA LUI MIHAI, ROMANIA
Forming the feet of the next generations is
a huge responsibility – but that’s one that
Legero is glad to face. < |
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DESMA TECHNOLOGY
DESMA Rubber Direct Soling
DESMA technologies have created machinery which enables
economical processing of rubber with the highest
production levels in modern shoe manufacture.
forces are required. This allows for the use of
economical moulds made of aluminium.
In the beginning… In previous rubber sole
manufacturing processes the pre-assembled
rubber bars were vulcanised with the help
of a manually-operated process. A production unit type, used throughout the world,
was the rubber vulcanising press DESMA
203/204, used for mono-layered rubber direct soling. Some of these vulcanising presses are still in use to this day.
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With the introduction of the injection pouring process important steps have been made
towards economy and consistence of quality
in the production of direct soled shoes and
the manufacture of soles. The know-how
collected from the sales of all these rubber
injection machines led to the development
of the DESMA rubber pouring technique
DESflow®, whereby relatively low clamping
With the direct-soling process the labourintensive adhesion of the sole to the upper
becomes unnecessary. The sole material is
pressed directly to the upper by the injection unit. With bi-layered direct soling, the
base of the shoe consists of a compact and
resistant outsole and a lighter foamed midsole. This combination creates a shoe which
is both tough and comfortable. The elastic
sole is air- and watertight.
DESMA offers the shoe manufacturer a
comprehensive technical consultation on
processing techniques for the industrial and
economical processing of rubber. It is possi-
RUBBER DIRECT SOLING
THE DESflow® pouring process for the pouring of rubber soles in an open mould without runner channel
the main areas of use for
rubber as sole materials are:
| >safety footwear
| >sports footwear
| >military footwear
rubber is gaining importance
in the following areas:
| >trekking footwear
| >hiking footwear
| >leisure footwear
MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF RUBBER:
| >good temperature tolerance at high
temperatures
| >good flexibility at low temperatures
| > Good non-slip features, depending on the material, which can be further optimised with appropriate profiling
| >good tolerance against ozone, light and radioactive radiation
ble to match the unit technique, rubber material, mould composition and processing parameters to the desired shoe type and given
circumstances of production. Our basis for
this is the 65 years of experience in the processing of synthetic materials and rubbers
for the shoe industry. DESMA also provides
a technical laboratory for customer-oriented
experiments to all interested parties. < |
| >good tolerance against microorganisms and bacteria
| >good tolerance against oils, fuels,
solvents, alkali or acids on the sole
| >good flexing behaviour and a good
resistance to tearing
| >good resistance to hydrolysis
| >high level of electrical insulation and
defined conductivity
| >rubber is especially suited as a sole
material for work shoes in steel manufac-
ture and mining, or for military footwear
DESMA D 922/30 RUBBER DIRECT SOLING MACHINE
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DESMA CUSTOMERS
THE NEW DESMA 622/18E/LDM
IPOLY TRADING MANAGER ZSOLT HORVÁTH (MIDDLE) with
DESMA’S MIRKO GRABOLLE and ULDERICO RAMON (LEFT, right)
Unique in Hungary
IPOLY: MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS
A
partnership!” that’s how Ipoly characterizes its relationship with DESMA.
duced PU/rubber production using a DESMA
622/18E/LDM.
Ipoly Shoefactory Ltd was founded in 1954,
and from the very beginning the emphasis
has been on quality: on understanding the
needs and demands placed by customers
and fulfilling these needs. Ipoly is considered
market leader in Hungary and has achieved
and maintains this position through continuous development and being active and
attentive in the market.
Producing about 200,000 pairs of shoes annually, Ipoly products are well-known and
popular. Product range includes safety shoes,
uniform and office footwear and whilst most
sales are domestic, customers are also to be
found in Switzerland and Slovakia. Ipoly ensures swift, reliable service through the use
of Quality Management Systems of EN ISO
9001 standard and NATO AGAP 2120 Normative.
The Ipoly/DESMA partnership began back in
1986, starting with PVC equipment. Since Together, Ipoly and DESMA look forward to
that time, three direct moulding machines “fair and mutually beneficial cooperation”
have been installed and in 2012 Ipoly intro- (Ipoly) for many years to come. < |
TRAINING ON THE NEW MACHINE
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SOLE INSPECTION
DESMA WORLD
SYDNEY’S FAMOUS SKYLINE
“Wow, What an Organization!”
JOHN FLEMING IS OUR MAN DOWNUNDER
I
t was a sight the young John Fleming never
forgot: the DESMA booth at the Pirmasens
Fair: “I spent more time on that DESMA
stand than on that of my own company at
that time, USM.”
D733 to the Redback Boot Company, together
with 43 mould sets for the Australian military.
After 29 years of service for USM/Texon,
John retired in September 2000, ‘To take life
a bit easier’. In the meantime he had set up
Even now, 30 years later, the charming Aus- a small workwear/workboot company called
tralian can hardly contain the excitement Hytech, and when Hartmut Freudenberg,
he remembers feeling when he was at that DESMA’s Sales Director, asked him to conDESMA stand: “Two levels, five or six fully tinue as DESMA representative in Australia,
operational rotary table machines, technical he accepted the invitation “with considerand sales staff monitoring all aspects!” On able enthusiasm”.
that day he realized that DESMA was the
In the meantime Hytech has grown – “DESMA
world-beater.
was instrumental in that growth – together
But his journey in the footwear business with the support of three very loyal customhad started long before that, as a market- ers, Victor Footwear, Redback Boot Company
ing trainee in the Sydney, NSW branch of and Oliver Footwear” – and now employs
the British United Shoe Machinery Company. six members of staff including son David
The one-time trainee had risen to become Fleming, who oversees the retail side of the
Managing Director of USM Australia at the business.
time of the management buy-out in 1987,
and his thoughts turned immediately to His view on 2013? “Positive. Australia is a
DESMA. He was convinced that the strong small market, 1.3 million pairs work/safety
industrial work boot sector within the foot- boots locally manufactured, but neverthewear industry would always demand highest less the market is performing strongly and
quality and he knew that DESMA was very remains willing to invest in a technology
well respected by his customers. So, in 1995, which improves productivity, product innoafter discussions with Mr Reinhold Meyer of vation and quality – and that’s still what
DESMA, the relationship was formalized. Be- makes DESMA the world-beater!” < |
fore long they had sold their first machine, a
JOHN FLEMING with desma’s ROLF STRUESSMANN (left) AND
MD KLAUS FREESE (right) at the 2012 desma HOUSE FAIR
JOHN FLEMING with his son DAVId at hytech HQ in miranda
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DESMA WORLD
New Job, New Challenges
DESMA TODAY met MARTEN BEIERSDORF, HEAD OF SALES
DT: How long have you been at DESMA?
MB: I began here in 1998 as an apprentice.
DT: And at DESMA ever since?
MB: Not quite. After finishing my apprenticeship I went to University in Hannover and
then worked for the Continental Contitech
company, in the Sales Department.
DT: So when did you find your way back to
Achim?
MB: In 2007 I rejoined the company as Sales
Manager for the DESMA Tec division, specializing in selling technical systems to industrial customers.
DT: What are you looking forward to in your
new job?
MB: Well I’ve always been very customer-focused. Now I’ll be organizing and coordinating with colleagues here.
DT: What’s special about DESMA?
MB: We’ve got great products and a wonderful team both here in Achim and around the
world.
DT: And what do you do to relax?
MB: I’ve got two small children and love
spending my free time with them – as a family we love sailing on the River Weser. < |
Proud to present: DESMA Technician of the Year 2012
TIM REUTER: Technician RECEIVES AWARD
T
im Reuter loves puzzles: “All these huge where, escorted by the DESMA South Africa
pieces of machinery – and often so lit- representative, he searched high and low for
tle room to maneuver!” His challenge is to giraffes – without success!
set up this high-end machinery using the
available means on-site, often very far away Although, unusually, Tim did not do his apfrom Germany, sometimes facing various prenticeship at DESMA, he has become a
language barriers.
DESMA man. “I find the ever-changing technology fascinating,“ he states. “And this job
The DESMA Technician of the year 2012 – means I am the interface between our cuschosen by a scientific survey of the DESMA tomers and the specialist departments here
Service Team’s Back Office members of staff – at DESMA in Achim… getting to meet all
remembers setting up high-tech machinery these customers and experiencing so many
from Achim: “The tiny village street was cultures is a great opportunity for me. And
closed, just for us… in the end there was just I haven’t given up on the giraffes yet!” < |
five millimetres space between the machinery and the ceiling!”
Off duty, Tim relaxes by flying model planes
and working at home and in his garden. Travelling the world for DESMA, relaxation is a
touch more exotic – he remembers a visit
to the Tala Game Reserve in South Africa,
TIM REUTER AT THE award ceremony
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