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System Provider GEALAN
The GEALAN group is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of vinyl profiles for windows and doors.
The core components of the GEALAN brand include modern profile systems such as the GEALAN-KUBUS® all-glass system, the S 9000 combined system and innovative products such as STV®- static dry glazing, IKD®- intensive core insulation and acrylcolor coloured window profiles.
As an innovative system provider for vinyl window and door profiles, GEALAN also offers its partner companies comprehensive services in the areas of marketing and advertising, architectural consultation and training for window manufacturers and architects.
Together, our innovative products and comprehensive services form the basis for continuous growth, in keeping with our company motto: "Innovation mit System" (Innovation by design). GEALAN employs over 1,400 people all over Europe and achieved annual turnover of €239 million in 2019. GEALAN, with all of its affiliated companies and other sites, became part of VEKA AG on 1 July, 2014. This family-managed corporate group, which has its headquarters in Sendenhorst, Westphalia, is one of the leading manufacturers worldwide of vinyl profile systems for windows, doors and shutters.
The core components of the GEALAN brand include modern profile systems such as the GEALAN-KUBUS® all-glass system, the S 9000 combined system and innovative products such as STV®- static dry glazing, IKD®- intensive core insulation and acrylcolor coloured window profiles.
As an innovative system provider for vinyl window and door profiles, GEALAN also offers its partner companies comprehensive services in the areas of marketing and advertising, architectural consultation and training for window manufacturers and architects.
Together, our innovative products and comprehensive services form the basis for continuous growth, in keeping with our company motto: "Innovation mit System" (Innovation by design). GEALAN employs over 1,400 people all over Europe and achieved annual turnover of €239 million in 2019. GEALAN, with all of its affiliated companies and other sites, became part of VEKA AG on 1 July, 2014. This family-managed corporate group, which has its headquarters in Sendenhorst, Westphalia, is one of the leading manufacturers worldwide of vinyl profile systems for windows, doors and shutters.
Company policy statement
Economy and growth
We persistently aim for profitable growth in order to maintain our corporate value at a sustainable rate. To achieve this goal we knowingly and consistently expand in each company, yet we never lose our high awareness of cost effectiveness. To do this, we regularly review our corporate processes and improve them throughout the Group. By constantly expanding our capacities and our know-how within the Group, we allow for more synergism among the companies.
Customers and markets: focus of our actions
We develop market-oriented and needs-oriented solutions to connect to and exploit market potential. In this, customer and market needs are the central focus of our considerations and actions within the Group. By providing intelligent, innovative and high-quality products and services, we strengthen our customers' position in the marketplace. Our goal is to create a durable, long-term relationship based on trust with our clients. Their success is our success.
Employees: the driving force behind our success
We see each employee in the Group as a key factor for our success. His or her personality, proficiency, experience and ambition all help us to reach our goals. We encourage peak performance through a corporate climate marked by mutual respect and an open, constructive dialogue. At the same time, we invest in education and further training, and in the sharing of knowledge between sites. We support our employees in reaching their goals, as their ambition also carries us forward.
Suppliers: a partnership for mutual success
We expect from our suppliers that which we offer our customers: competence, quality, reliability, timely delivery, fair prices, market-oriented products and flexibility. Based on mutual trust, this partnership is the basis for mutual success. The understanding our suppliers have for our special needs is a necessary and important requirement for optimal solutions for our customers.
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Sites
The GEALAN group head office is in the Franconian town Oberkotzau in Germany. In addition to the German production and logistics site in Tanna (Thuringia, Germany), the company has additional locations in Lithuania (Vilnius), Poland (Rzgów) and Romania (Bucharest). It also has trading branches in Croatia (Sesvete), Russia (Zheleznodorozhny (Balashikha as of 2015)), and France (Gevrey Chambertin), and representation offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tuzla), and Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade).
Management board
We, the GEALAN Group, consider trust, reliability and solid economic practices the central values that make our success in international markets possible. These values, along with open dialogue and information, build the basis for a trustworthy cooperation with our stakeholders (customers, employees, the owning family, suppliers, the government and the community).
We see in the global market, as well as in cultural diversity, the prerequisites and the opportunity for our future and for further growth potential. The path we have taken towards growth in the past is one we will continue upon. Radiating from our German-language core markets, we will continue on the path to international business, examining and utilising the possibilities beyond Europe.
We maintain and expand the competitive ability of the GEALAN Group by focusing on our core competencies and continually improving our corporate processes. The basis for this is our performance structure, innovation, flexibility, quality awareness and our ability to be first on the market instead of merely reacting. All the while we strive to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and loyalty.
We combine an integrated approach with high cost awareness and thus create a basis for success and for secure employment as well as creating new jobs. We are aware of our economic, environmental and social responsibilities and fulfil them.
We strive to be among the top three manufacturers of PVC profiles for making windows, doors and shutters in the markets we are active in.
The executive Board
We see in the global market, as well as in cultural diversity, the prerequisites and the opportunity for our future and for further growth potential. The path we have taken towards growth in the past is one we will continue upon. Radiating from our German-language core markets, we will continue on the path to international business, examining and utilising the possibilities beyond Europe.
We maintain and expand the competitive ability of the GEALAN Group by focusing on our core competencies and continually improving our corporate processes. The basis for this is our performance structure, innovation, flexibility, quality awareness and our ability to be first on the market instead of merely reacting. All the while we strive to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and loyalty.
We combine an integrated approach with high cost awareness and thus create a basis for success and for secure employment as well as creating new jobs. We are aware of our economic, environmental and social responsibilities and fulfil them.
We strive to be among the top three manufacturers of PVC profiles for making windows, doors and shutters in the markets we are active in.
The executive Board
Company history
The company is founded by Adam Fickenscher as a fur processing company.
Environmental protection
That economic growth can stand in harmony with nature is proven by our success in environmental protection: GEALAN was Europe's first vinyl window profile manufacturer with the EC Eco-Audit. Both of our sites – GEALAN Fenster-Systeme GmbH in Oberkotzau as well as GEALAN Tanna Fenster-Systeme GmbH – were validated back in June 1996.
With the successive certification according to the worldwide standard ISO 14001 in May 1997, we were able to further strengthen our position as the market leader in environmental protection. Revalidation according to the EC Eco-Audit – now known as EMAS III – followed from 1999 to 2011. The two-day inspections were carried out at both of our German sites in a joint ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 quality management system audit.
Validation of the monitoring system was also carried out in 2012; the resulting "Updated Environmental Declaration" is available to download in the download area. Ecologically responsible production of GEALAN window profiles is ensured with the aid of an externally monitored environmental management system. As part of its responsibility for its product and to create a closed material circuit, GEALAN offers its customers the cooperative GEALAN Eco-Agreement.
With the successive certification according to the worldwide standard ISO 14001 in May 1997, we were able to further strengthen our position as the market leader in environmental protection. Revalidation according to the EC Eco-Audit – now known as EMAS III – followed from 1999 to 2011. The two-day inspections were carried out at both of our German sites in a joint ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 quality management system audit.
Validation of the monitoring system was also carried out in 2012; the resulting "Updated Environmental Declaration" is available to download in the download area. Ecologically responsible production of GEALAN window profiles is ensured with the aid of an externally monitored environmental management system. As part of its responsibility for its product and to create a closed material circuit, GEALAN offers its customers the cooperative GEALAN Eco-Agreement.
Quality & Reliability
The quality and reliability of our innovative products and services are recognised as leading the way in Europe. As early as 1995, we developed and introduced a quality management system to the international standard ISO 9001.
On the one hand, this means that the stability and effectiveness of our corporate processes are continuously monitored and optimised. On the other hand, it means that the company is continuously being developed to meet the requirements and expectations of our customers, partners and employees as well as regularly audited both internally and externally.
On the one hand, this means that the stability and effectiveness of our corporate processes are continuously monitored and optimised. On the other hand, it means that the company is continuously being developed to meet the requirements and expectations of our customers, partners and employees as well as regularly audited both internally and externally.
Sustainability at GEALAN
An environmentally sustainable approach to product manufacturing is a central pillar in how the GEALAN Group sees itself. From the outset, the company focused on close cooperation with customers, suppliers and other companies within the industry. A sense of responsibility towards employees and society as well as the continuous refinement of products, processes and services have been key factors in the company's success.
The GEALAN Group has always regarded changing market conditions or new legal requirements as a business challenge: for example, when PVC became a topic of public discussion in the mid-90s, the decision was made to become involved in the recycling of old PVC windows. Following independent investigations, GEALAN started to offer a recycling concept for these products in 1994.
The GEALAN Group has always regarded changing market conditions or new legal requirements as a business challenge: for example, when PVC became a topic of public discussion in the mid-90s, the decision was made to become involved in the recycling of old PVC windows. Following independent investigations, GEALAN started to offer a recycling concept for these products in 1994.
Occupational safety & health
In recent years, we have worked hard to make health and safety an integral part of the daily work routine.
Regular briefings, training courses and safety, health and emergency concepts are just as much a part of daily practice as risk assessments. As a whole, we work closely with the Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (German Professional Association of Raw Materials and Chemical Industry). A voluntary undertaking by our executives to actively promote a culture of prevention is the final piece in the jigsaw.
This led to the production of our guidelines on occupational safety:
Regular briefings, training courses and safety, health and emergency concepts are just as much a part of daily practice as risk assessments. As a whole, we work closely with the Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (German Professional Association of Raw Materials and Chemical Industry). A voluntary undertaking by our executives to actively promote a culture of prevention is the final piece in the jigsaw.
This led to the production of our guidelines on occupational safety:
Employee health
Health is our most valuable asset. Healthy employees are crucial to performance, to the economic success of our company and to job security.Protection & safety
Health protection, accident prevention and plant safety are therefore fundamental objectives of our company. We take all necessary and appropriate measures to promote the health and well-being of our employees at work.Leading by example
Our executives have a particular responsibility when it comes to health and safety. They are obliged to lead by example and make sure that each and every employee is fully informed about directives, hazards and protective measures.Planning & risk identification
Health and safety concerns are taken into account when planning products, processes, systems and plants so that safety risks can be identified early on and avoided.Individual responsibility
All employees observe the provisions and directives that are applicable in their sphere of action. They bear personal responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others according to their knowledge and ability.Are you looking for window manufacturers in your area?
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