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  HARTING technology takes French innovation award
  

  23.09.2009
  The new “Fast Track Switching (FTS)” technology from the HARTING Technology Group is now meeting with international acclaim.

  
  
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  Celebrating the 70th birthday of Dietmar Harting
  

  14.09.2009
  Dietmar Harting, general partner and proprietor of HARTING KGaA, celebrates his 70th birthday on September 15, 2009.

  
  
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  HARTING implements environmentally friendly ventilation technology
  

  06.07.2009
  “Clean air for staff and the environment“ – could well be taken as the motto of the most recent investments in the manufacturing area at the HARTING Technology Group.

  
  
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  25 years HARTING Netherlands
  

  25.06.2009
  From the windmill district to the land of windmills – 25 years have passed since the HARTING Technology Group founded a subsidiary in the Netherlands.

  
  
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  HARTING scores at the HANNOVER MESSE - Most attractive give-away and gratifying visitor frequency
  

  05.05.2009
  The lively flow of visitors to and from the stand of the HARTING Technology Group struck an upbeat note and generated a positive outlook at this year’s HANNOVER MESSE.

  
  
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  Prominent faces at the HARTING stand
  

  23.04.2009
  When the HARTING Technology Group shows its colors at the HANNOVER MESSE prominent guests are likely to drop by at the stand.

  
  
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  Hannover Messe 2009
  

  21.04.2009
  HARTING presents new “RFID“ solutions and reports on “Fast Track Switching“ progress.

  
  
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  Award nomination confirmed - HARTING at the HANNOVER MESSE 2009
  

  15.04.2009
  April 20, 2009 is the long awaited day: for the 62nd time, the HANNOVER MESSE will open its gates

  
  
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  HARTING – A strong commitment to standards
  

  09.04.2009
  Gerd Weking, Central Division Head of Protection Rights and International Standardization at the HARTING Technology Group, has been elected chairman of a joint ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC committee after being nominated by the German Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

  
  
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  Once again, HARTING is among the top 5 candidates for the Hermes Award
  

  31.03.2009
  The HARTING Technology Group’s product innovations have received recognition for the third time and have once again been nominated for the Hermes Award technology prize.

  
  
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  “In search of the holy grail of PEP”
  

  18.03.2009
  One of the essential aspects of growing a business is to prepare the people you employ to accept greater responsibility, both through internal training and by promoting the next generation of talent.

  
  
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  Survey tram commissioned in Dresden
  

  06.03.2009
  HARTING supplies connectors, Ethernet switches and cabling solutions for pioneering research project

  
  
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  Margrit and Dietmar Harting awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  

  25.02.2009
  Entrepreneur couple actively engaged at regional, national and international levels.

  
  
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  HARTING Subsidiary Achieves Most Important Railway Industry Certification
  

  22.12.2008
  HARTING UK Ltd, of Northampton, England, a subsidiary of family owned and managed HARTING, headquartered in Espelkamp, was awarded the IRIS (International Railway Industry Standard) quality certificate in November.

  
  
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  HARTING implements energy efficiency measures
  

  17.12.2008
  The HARTING Technology Group continues to advance the utilization of environmentally friendly processes.

  
  
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  HARTING grows - Successful 2007/2008 business year
  

  02.12.2008
  The HARTING Technology Group, headquartered in Espelkamp, in East Westphalia, Germany, has once again concluded a very successful business year on September 30, 2008.

  
  
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  World novelty: "Fast Track Switching" allows global Ethernet at the field level
  

  26.11.2008
  The HARTING Technology Group is presenting "Fast Track Switching", the first system of its kind in the world, at this year's SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Nuremberg.

  
  
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  Expansion at HARTING Systems
  

  04.11.2008
  HARTING Systems, a subsidiary of the HARTING Technology Group, based in the industrial park at the Espelkamp harbor, has expanded its manufacturing capacities.

  
  
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  Dirk Picklaps becomes the new Central Division Head of Purchasing at HARTING KGaA
  

  03.11.2008
  Dirk Picklaps took over as Central Division Head of Purchasing at HARTING KGaA on November 1, 2008.

  
  
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  Two trainees awarded by the WAGO Foundation
  

  03.11.2008
  Since more than 60 years, the Espelkamp headquartered, family owned and managed company HARTING has been successfully engaged in training activities for trade/technical and commercial vocations.

  
  
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  HARTING acquires an interest in Zellner GmbH
  

  30.10.2008
  The HARTING Technology Group, headquartered in Espelkamp, and Zellner GmbH, based in Viechtach, Bavaria, have been successfully cooperating since a number of years in the area of passive structured cabling.

  
  
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  Members of the German national handball team visit HARTING in Zhuhai
  

  05.08.2008
  The countdown is on. The XXIX Olympic Games open in Beijing on August 8. The German team consisting of over 400 athletes will be taking part. Michael Haaß, who plays for GWD Minden in the German national handball league, will be among them in the contests for the medals with the German national handball team in Beijing.

  
  
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  19 neue Auszubildende bei der HARTING Technologiegruppe
  

  01.08.2008
  Die HARTING Technologiegruppe hat heute in ihren Reihen 19 neue Mitarbeitende begrüßt, die zum 1. August ihre Ausbildung beginnen.

  
  
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  Plans to expand HARTING presence in Biel
  

  08.07.2008
  The HARTING Technology Group continues to focus squarely on growth: As part of its worldwide expansion, the company plans to substantially enlarge its development and production capacities at its Swiss plant in Biel. This marks another step forward in the continuing development of one of HARTING’s most important locations.

  
  
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  Management change at HARTING Electric in Espelkamp
  

  24.06.2008
  Effective as of 1 July 2008, Mr. Sven Holtgrewe and Mr. Hartmut Schwettmann, both staff members of the HARTING Technology Group for many years, will join the management of HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG in the heavy-duty connector division.

  
  
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  25 years HARTING AG Switzerland
  

  16.06.2008
  Together with numerous customers, guests, friends of the company and high-ranking representatives of the Cantons of Bern and Solothurn, the HARTING Technology Group celebrated the 25th anniversary of its subsidiary HARTING AG in Switzerland.

  
  
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  Wilhelm Harting was born 100 years ago
  

  12.06.2008
  It all began with the desire to make people’s everyday life easier. When Wilhelm Harting, together with his wife Marie, founded the company “Wilhelm Harting Mechanische Werkstätten” in 1945, he laid the foundations for today’s internationally successful HARTING Technology Group. Next Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of Wilhelm Harting’s birth.

  
  
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  Philip Harting elected to the Board of Directors of the Exhibition and Trade Fair Committee of the German Business Community AUMA
  

  11.06.2008
  Once again, the HARTING Technology Group’s proactive commitment to the association has proved to be a key impetus giver to the German business community.

  
  
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  Dietmar Harting is awarded the trade fair’s honorary medal in gold
  

  10.06.2008
  In Hanover, Dietmar Harting, personally liable partner of the HARTING Technology Group, was awarded the trade fair’s honorary medal in gold in acknowledgement of his many years of valuable contributions to Deutsche Messe, and to the HANNOVER MESSE in particular.

  
  
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  New HARTING Training Center (NAZHA) inaugurated by North-Rhine Westphalian minister Laumann
  

  06.06.2008
  After just under two years of planning and construction, the proud day has finally arrived: today, the New HARTING Training Center (NAZHA, Neues Ausbildungszentrum HARTING) at Marienwerderstrasse in Espelkamp has opened its doors

  
  
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  HARTING Norway celebrates its 25th anniversary
  

  03.06.2008
  Together with numerous clients and friends of the company, the HARTING Technology Group celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Norwegian subsidiary – an event that once again underscores the internationalization course of the Espelkamp-based, family owned and managed company that has evolved into a globe-spanning enterprise.

  
  
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  Building bridges to the Asian growth markets
  

  23.05.2008
  Some 4,6 million people are currently active across the globe at the foreign subsidiaries of German companies. The HARTING Technology Group has been active in the “Middle Kingdom“ since mid 1998 and inaugurated a new manufacturing facility last October in Zhuhai in order to meet the rising demand for HARTING products on the Asian markets.

  
  
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  HANNOVER MESSE 2008 - HARTING announces record response
  

  02.05.2008
  All four stands of the Technology Group extremely well attended

  
  
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  The HARTING Technology Group at the Hanover Fair 2008
  

  22.04.2008
  The HARTING Technology Group will put its product solutions on display once again at this year’s Hanover Fair, demonstrating its credentials as a highly capable, professional partner for networks and connectivity.

  
  
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  Economic delegation donates US$ 40,000 to hospital in Hanoi
  

  06.03.2008
  The trip to Asia that Philip Harting embarked on at the beginning of last week was a very special one.

  
  
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  Philip F.W. Harting – New board member Connectivity & Networks Director at HARTING
  

  29.02.2008
  Dipl.-Kfm. Philip F.W. Harting has taken up his appointment as board member Connectivity & Networks at HARTING KGaA, Espelkamp, effective March 1, 2008.

  
  
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  HARTING peps up employees!
  

  19.12.2007
  15 members of staff have just completed a sophisticated Potential Development Program (PEP)

  
  
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  Dietmar Harting elected new CENELEC President
  

  12.12.2007
  On December 12, 2007, Dietmar Harting, personally liable partner of HARTING KGaA, Honorary President of the ZVEI (German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association), DIN President and DKE Chairman (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE) was elected President of CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.

  
  
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  HARTING Internet Relaunch
  

  12.12.2007
  HARTING’s Internet presence will be revamped

  
  
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  Three-way innovation: for installation, device connectivity and network system
  

  28.11.2007
  HARTING targets the merger of IT and automation technology

  
  
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  HARTING achieves double-digit growth once again
  

  23.11.2007
  EUR 345 million in sales – 425 new jobs in Germany and abroad – new production plants inaugurated

  
  
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  Arbeitskreistreffen des OWL ViProSim bei HARTING
  

  16.11.2007
  Only available in German
  Virtuelle Simulationstechnik steigert Innovationstempo

  
  
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  HARTING Electric GmbH and Nexans Active Networking Systems (ANS) announce cooperation
  

  13.11.2007
  HARTING Electric, one of the leaders in electrical and electronic connectors and a manufacturer of high-quality network components, has confirmed the signing of a cooperation agreement with Nexans, the world market leader in the cable industry.

  
  
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  Dietmar Harting re-elected as DIN President
  

  09.11.2007
  At a meeting of the presiding committee of DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. held on November 8, 2007 in Berlin, Dietmar Harting, personally liable partner of HARTING KGaA, was re-elected as President to serve an additional two-year term of office.

  
  
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  HARTING Mitronics wins the Grand Innovation Award
  

  30.10.2007
  Every one and a half years the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE Central Europe) stages its automotive awards.

  
  
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  Der Innovationskraft auf der Spur
  

  25.10.2007
  Only in German! Mit der Innovationsfähigkeit ist es wie mit der Dynamik:

  
  
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  New manufacturing facility inaugurated in Zhuhai/China
  

  22.10.2007
  The sound of running machines in the manufacturing area formed the acoustic backdrop to the grand opening ceremonies at the new HARTING Technology Group production facility in Zhuhai, China on October 19, 2007.

  
  
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  Rentner- und Jubilarfeier bei HARTING
  

  12.10.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN - „Feier-Abend“ für Rentner und Jubilare

  
  
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  Die schönste Anerkennung ist die Übernahme
  

  26.09.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN - Feierstunde für vier ehemalige Auszubildende

  
  
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  FIB Kongress
  

  24.09.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN - Exkursion zu HARTING und intensive Gespräche auf dem VDI-Kongress „Frauen im Ingenieurberuf“

  
  
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  22 neue Auszubildende
  

  03.08.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN - Kaum ein Schritt ist für die Jugendlichen so wichtig wie der Eintritt ins Berufsleben. Am 1. August 2007 begann für 22 neue Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter bei der HARTING Technologiegruppe der „berufliche Ernst des Lebens“: Sie traten an diesem Tag ihre Ausbildung an.

  
  
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  Papierspende
  

  30.07.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN - „Endlosen Mal- und Bastelspaß“ können die Jungen und Mädchen der DRK Tageseinrichtung für Kinder „Spielwiese“ erleben.

  
  
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  Forschung trifft angewandte Technologie
  

  02.07.2007
  Only available in German - Der Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften der Fachhochschule Osnabrück besuchte die Technologiegruppe

  
  
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  Open day at five HARTING plants
  

  19.06.2007
  Open day at five HARTING plants - Thousands of guests visit HARTING

  
  
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  Ein Hochhaus für HARTING
  

  18.06.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN - 28 Schülerinnen und Schüler des Söderblom-Gymnasiums (Jahrgangsstufe 10) waren eine Woche lang bei der HARTING Technologiegruppe zu Gast und hatten im Rahmen der Wirtschaftsinitiative "Jugend denkt Zukunft" Ideen für das Unternehmen entwickelt.

  
  
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  HARTY
  

  12.06.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN. Bereits zum 18. Mal wird die HAR-TY Preisverleihung bei der HARTING Technologiegruppe durchgeführt. In jedem Jahr werden dabei die Abteilungen des Unternehmens ausgezeichnet, die sich in besonderer Weise um die Themen Arbeits-, Gesundheits- und Umweltschutz verdient gemacht haben.

  
  
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  Jugend + HARTING
  

  12.06.2007
  ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN Die Wirtschaftsinitiative Jugend denkt Zukunft macht sich zusammen mit der HARTING Technologiegruppe auf die Suche nach innovativen Ideen für Produkte und Dienstleistungen der Technikwelt von morgen.

  
  
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  NAZHA
  

  01.06.2007
  All signals are go. Entrepreneur Margrit Harting and Dr. Michael Pütz, senior vice president human resources, facilities and legal affairs, gave the green light for an ambitious construction project, the new apprenticeship center of the HARTING Technology Group, on June 1, 2007.

  
  
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  Sputnike
  

  29.05.2007
  Only available in German. Mit Kabeln und Steckverbindern für die Licht- und Tonverkabelung fördert HARTING das Projekt s’putnike junge Kultur.

  
  
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  Sibiu
  

  15.05.2007
  An official opening ceremony was held on May 10 to inaugurate the HARTING Technology Group’s new plant in the Romanian city of Sibiu (formerly Hermannstadt).

  
  
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  Visitation
  

  11.05.2007
  On the occasion of the regular visitations of representatives of the Protestant Church of Westphalia, Head of Synod Alfred Buß, accompanied by a commission comprising 27 members, is currently visiting the Church District of Lübbecke

  
  
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  PEP
  

  10.05.2007
  In the course of its personnel development policies, the HARTING Technology Group is placing an increasingly strong emphasis on the training and further development of qualified junior employees in-house.

  
  
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  HARTING Supply Chain
  

  09.05.2007
  "Pushing the Performance of the Supply Chain“ –was the motto of the event which brought some 50 HARTING employees from far and near to the Botta building in Minden.

  
  
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  20 Schülerinnen kommen zum Girls’ Day bei HARTING
  

  27.04.2007
  Beim Girls’ Day haben sie die Möglichkeit, die Berufswelt ihrer Eltern kennen zu lernen.

  
  
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  Mixed medley at the Hannover Messe
  

  25.04.2007
  HARTING's products, promotions and people meet with acclaim

  
  
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  A witness to success spanning decades
  

  20.04.2007
  Dietmar Harting honored by Deutsche Messe AG for 60 years of trade fair participation

  
  
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  New senior vice president finance, controlling and taxes at HARTING
  

  20.04.2007
  Maresa W. M. Harting has assumed her position as senior vice president

  
  
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  HARTING Technology Group at the Hannover Trade Fair 2007
  

  16.04.2007
  New applications, new complete solutions, new products – HARTING continues successful course

  
  
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  Feel the power of HARTING at the Hanover Fair
  

  16.04.2007
  Technology Group focuses on Ethernet

  
  
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  Bringing technology alive for school students!
  

  26.03.2007
  Far from being boring, a career in technology is not just exciting, it also offers excellent future prospects. That’s something companies like HARTING are setting out to prove at this year’s Hannover Messe.

  
  
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  Beamer for firefighters
  

  19.03.2007
  The volunteer fire brigade of Espelkamp received a welcome donation in the form of a brand new beamer.

  
  
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  Espelkamp at the center of the world
  

  15.03.2007
  HARTING Managing Directors and General Managers from all over the world converged on Espelkamp at the beginning of March for the Technology Group’s International Management Meeting (IMM).

  
  
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  Vending becomes Systems
  

  07.03.2007
  It is not just the name that is new. On October 1, 2006 HARTING Vending GmbH & Co. KG became HARTING Systems GmbH & Co. KG.

  
  
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  HARTING receives model sailboat
  

  01.03.2007
  Rüdiger Prill, Managing Director of sales unit HARTING Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, accepted a 60 cm long and 80 cm tall HARTING model boat from SE Spezial-Electronic AG management board member Frank Bruns at SE headquarters in Bückeburg.
  

  
  
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  Visitors gather in the Botta Building
  

  01.03.2007
  Hartmut Heinen, the joint candidate chosen by the CDU, FDP and FWG for the office of District Chief Executive, for which elections are due on May 13, 2007, picked a particular place in which to make the ladies‘ acquaintance - the Botta Building in Minden.

  
  
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  17 HARTING-Auszubildende
  

  12.02.2007
  17 HARTING-Auszubildende haben ihren beruflichen Start erfolgreich absolviert und Ende Januar 2007 ihre Prüfungen vor der Industrie- und Handelskammer Ostwestfalen zu Bielefeld abgelegt.

  
  
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  Steinbrink
  

  03.01.2007
  Dr.-Ing. Dirk Steinbrink take up the responsibility as Managing Director of HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG at the beginning of the year. In future, he will head the company together with Hans Peter Bollin.

  
  
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  HARTING
  

  03.01.2007
  Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Torsten Ratzmann take up the responsibility as Managing Director of HARTING Electronics GmbH & Co. KG at the beginning of the year.

  
  
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  HARTING
  

  22.12.2006
  Die Neue Westfälische zeichnete die Unternehmerin in Ihrer Ausgabe vom 21. Dezember 2006 mit einem von zwölf Sternen des Jahres für Kultur aus.

  
  
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  HARTING reports outstanding trade fair success
  

  04.12.2006
  In November, the HARTING Technology Group presented its new connectors and system solutions at the two major autumn fairs for the electronics industry.

  
  
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  SPS/IPC/Drives 2006
  

  29.11.2006
  "One for the Ethernet“ - In line with this claim, HARTING has been showcasing its competence for Ethernet system solutions since the last SPS/IPC/DRIVES. These solutions meet both functional and installation related criteria alike.

  
  
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  Focus on Pioneering Technology
  

  24.11.2006
  HARTING generated sales of EUR 313 million worldwide and thereby realized a 17.2% increase compared with the previous year (prior year: EUR 267 million).

  
  
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  HARTING goes for double undergraduate studies in Mühlenkreis
  

  24.11.2006
  "Active around the world and rooted at home". This was the motto used by the HARTING Technology Group to signal that, even in future, it would itself train a major part of its own up-and-coming technicians, and employ them appropriately in the globally active group.

  
  
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  Three former HARTING apprentices honored by the Wago Foundation
  

  10.11.2006
  Three former HARTING apprentices received the top three prizes at this year’s Wago Foundation awards.

  
  
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  Regional government president Marianne Thomann-Stahl visits HARTING
  

  03.11.2006
  This week, Marianne Thomann-Stahl, president of the regional government in Detmold, and government officer Josef Wegener, visited the HARTING technology group at its headquarters in Espelkamp

  
  
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  HARTING’s Italian subsidiary celebrates its 25th anniversary
  

  30.10.2006
  Last week in Milan the HARTING Technology Group’s Italian subsidiary celebrated its 25th anniversary.

  
  
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  Dietmar Harting VDE Ehrenmitglied
  

  25.10.2006
  – Bringing entrepreneurial impulses to public standardization –

  
  
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  Artwork by Stefan Hoderlein unveiled in the Botta building
  

  10.10.2006
  Artwork by Stefan Hoderlein unveiled in the Botta building

  
  
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  Anne Bentfield: new General Manager
  

  05.10.2006
  Anne Bentfeld took up her duties as General Manager of the Central Department Communication and Public Relations at HARTING KGaA as of October 1st.

  
  
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  Margrit Harting elected new Vice-President of the IHK
  

  21.09.2006
  Ortwin Goldbeck succeeds Herbert Sommer.

  
  
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  NRW’s 60th birthday celebrations
  

  28.08.2006
  Jürgen Rüttgers and Christa Thoben demonstrate their goal-scoring skills

  
  
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  NRW Trade Minister Christa Thoben pays a visit to HARTING
  

  13.07.2006
  At the invitation of the HARTING Technology Group, Christa Thoben, North Rhine Westphalia’s Minister for Trade, Industry and Energy, visited the company’s headquarters in Espelkamp on Wednesday, July 12, 2006.

  
  
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  HARTING ranks as the world’s first IRIS-quality company
  

  11.05.2006
  Certification to new standard for railway industry attained

  
  
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  Excellent Hannover Messe
  

  02.05.2006
  Buoyant mood at HARTING

  
  
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  HARTING wins Hermes Award
  

  24.04.2006
  Prize for RFID transponder

  
  
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  Press conference Hannover Messe 2006
  

  13.04.2006
  “The future at HARTING is all about Industrial Connectivity & Networks“, as entrepreneur Dietmar Harting declared at the HARTING Technology Group press conference held during the Hannover Messe 2006. The company has repositioned itself to achieve these goals.

  
  
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  HARTING again a top candidate to win Hermes Award
  

  12.04.2006
  RFID Transponder among the top 5 nominees

  
  
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  New managing director at HARTING Deutschland
  

  01.02.2006
  Rüdiger Prill and Edgar Peter Düning now heading the company

  
  
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  Dr. Frank Schillinger ist Vorstand Produktion, Logistik, Materialwirtschaft bei HARTING
  

  10.01.2006
  Effective as of January 1, 2006 Dr.-Ing. Frank Schillinger has assumed the position of Vice President Manufacturing, Logistics, Materials Management at HARTING Technology Group.