Special
First General Managers Meeting of DSI Underground Europe & CIS
Mai 9 -11, 2016
Following the closing of the acquisition of the European Jennmar companies,
the first DSI Underground Europe Managers Meeting took place in Rzeszow, Poland,
from May 9 th to 11 th 2016.
The picture shows all participants of the meeting together with our colleagues in Stalowa Wola
On the first day, Martin Rier, RCEO DSI
Underground Europe & CIS, started with
an introduction of the new organization in
Europe and provided a strategic overview
of the targets for 2016. Andrik Fuellberg,
RCFO Underground Mining Europe & CIS,
then proceeded by providing an in-depth
Finance introduction, presenting the tools
and reports used by DSI.
On the second day, the participants
visited DSI Underground Merol in Stalowa
Wola, a modern manufacturing plant
of around 2,000m² housing a variety of
manufacturing equipment and machine tools.
DSI Underground Merol is a producer of
Cable Bolts for hard coal mines, Resin Bolts
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used to bolt underground dog and longwall
headings and expansion bolts to bolt
underground headings in copper, zinc
and lead ore mines. In addition, machinery
and devices for the mining industry such
as hydraulic power supplies and drilling
devices are designed and manufactured in
Stalowa Wola as well.
During the Managers Meeting, each
unit introduced itself and its key
figures. The companies that introduced
themselves were DSI Schaum Chemie and
DSI Underground Multitex, both Poland;
DSI-Techno, Russia; DSI Underground Spain,
DSI Underground Austria and DSI Drill Tek,
U.K.. Additionally, there were two participants
from DSI Holding in Munich who presented
the topics Legal and the “DSI Spirit” as well as
Marketing. To conclude the event, there was
an animated group discussion about product
& business development and priorities.
The Managers Meeting in Rzeszow and
Stalowa Wola was an important measure
to accelerate the integration of the former
Jennmar companies in Poland, the
Czech Republic and Spain with the existing
DSI Units. The rebranding of the former
Jennmar companies are under way, and all
of the units involved are working on forming
a new, powerful organization in Mining and
Tunneling in Europe.