Today: Marc Vetter, deputy foreman in the sawing, punching and deburring department
His motto: Movement is life
Marc, you've been with us for 27 years and have been working in the maching department since 2018 - what do you enjoy most about your day-to-day work?I appreciate the great variety. Every day I have different tasks in mechanical processing and work on different machines for different customer orders. For example, we produce ready-to-install profiles for one of our customers who manufactures automatic entrance doors. The end product is an assembly consisting of a stamped profile, hard-anodised profiles and a plastic element. I also often work on the new, fully automatic sawing line and cut profiles in various lengths from 10 mm to 7200 mm. In short: I saw, punch and deburr extruded profiles, set up the various systems and am always on hand to support my colleagues - so I do something different every day.
Have you always wanted to work with metals?As a child, I often went into our own forest with my father and brother to cut wood .... I have always liked anything to do with wood. As lathe operator and milling cutter were in great demand after my school time, I learnt this trade. And I joined Alu Laufen through my father, who worked here for 15 years until he retired. He worked in the correcting workshop. I passed on my enthusiasm for wood to my youngest son, who is currently learning woodworking.
How do you spend your free time? I enjoy hiking and often go on bike tours or day trips with the family. I love being outdoors in nature. When I was in New York in 2019, I particularly liked Central Park - you're in the centre of a busy city and still have a huge area for nature. New York impressed me: the big city, the huge park, the different cultures. Now I'm going on holiday with my family to Canada or California next.
I've heard that you also do a lot of voluntary work?Yes, I help out in the fire brigade association in my wife's home village during the carnival season. Carnival festivities are held in the village on four consecutive Saturdays. I help set up the marquee, serve drinks at the events and help clear up the next morning. Around 1,500 people join in the carnival festivities every Saturday, which is impressive for a village with around 400 inhabitants.
I also do voluntary work at a local level; my wife is a member of the local council. For example, I help out when a village festival or special event is organised. Like recently, when we celebrated the 700th anniversary of our 12th century church. Even the Prince of Monaco took part because his ancestors are buried there.
Or at the ‘journée citoyenne’, which takes place at the end of May. This is something new that has been organised for two or three years. The residents of the municipality spend half a day working together for the community, followed by a meal. For example, all the water hydrants are painted or other renovation work is carried out. Around 90 to 100 residents take part. Last year, a group of around 20 people, including my father, my son and I, planted 500 small oak trees, which we now tend regularly.
You have been one of our representatives on the Works Committee for six years.. How does it work?
We meet with the management four times a year and represent the concerns of the employees. On the one hand, we receive suggestions during the consultation hours that we set up last year. My colleagues can discuss their ideas with us directly and in an uncomplicated way. Or suggestions can be submitted in writing via the suggestion box. Before and after the works council meeting, we meet with the management for preparation and follow-up. The suggestions, resolutions and implemented ideas are communicated on the notice board.
Marc Vetter has been with the company since 1997 and has worked in the machining department since 2018. He is deputy foreman in the sawing, punching and deburring department. Together with his colleagues, he processes aluminium profiles, tubes and rods - from customer requests to ready-to-install series parts. His team uses the bending machine to efficiently produce bent profiles. They also work with punching and brush deburring systems as well as fully automated sawing lines, to name just a few examples.
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