Quality remains a prerequisite for success

Triathlon successes 2001–2022

2001

• Rise to the 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men

2002

• Promotion to the 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men

2003

• Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion Regional League Men

2004

• Vice-Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Vice-Champion Regional League Men

2005

• Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion Regional League Men

2006

• 10. 1st place Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Vice-Champion NRW League Men

2007

• 3rd Place 1st Triathlon National League Men

2008

• 2nd place 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion NRW League Men

2009

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Vice-Champion Regional League Women

2010

• Vice-Champion 1nd Triathlon Bundeslig Men • Vice-Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion NRW League Women

2011

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Women • Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men

2012

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • Vice-Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion Regional League Women

2013

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion NRW League Women

2014

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Women

2015

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Men • Vice Champion 2nd Triathlon Bundesliga Women

2016

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • Champion NRW League Women • 3rd place NRW League Men

2007

Logistics hub for EJOT construction fasteners established in the south of Taiwan, where many suppliers are also located. Activities in Taiwan are initially focused on placing goods from the various local suppliers (over 700 million screws in 2007) in the company’s own warehouse and then subjecting them to quality inspection.

2007

EJOT pursues the goal of increasingly filling important key functions worldwide with employees from its own ranks and establishing long-term succession planning. For this purpose, the JuniorPEP (Junior Personal Development Program) is launched. Employees are nominated by their supervisors and selected by management to participate in the program.

2007

Reconstruction and inauguration of the new EJOT plant in Küçükköy, Türkiye.

2008

After only ten months of construction, the new logistics center at the Bad Laasphe site is put into operation on schedule. All work can be completed on time so that commissioning can also take place as scheduled.

2017

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • Champion NRW League Women • Champion NRW League Men

2018

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • Champion NRW League Women • Champion NRW League Men

2019

• German Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • 3rd place NRW League Women • Senior League Champion

2020

No triathlon season due to Corona

2021

• German Champion 1st Triathlon National League Women • German Vice Champion 1st Triathlon Bundesliga Men • German Champion Team Mixed Relay • Champion NRW League Women Why does EJOT support a triathlon team? This came about more or less via a coincidental, private contact between the former managing director of EJOT Baubefestigungen, Werner Born, and Rainer Jung from TV Buschhütten in the 1990s. The sporting success of the past 20 years is inseparably linked to the couple Rainer and Sabine Jung, who have formed top men's and women’s teams with professionalism and a high level of personal commitment – right up to the establishment of a professional team management, with extensive media work or the acquisition of sponsors. The EJOT Team TV Buschhütten enjoys a high reputation in sports and is a brand whose impact reaches well outside the region of South Westphalia.

This also benefits the company EJOT, whose level of recognition as a so-called “hidden champion” has increased in recent years due to the success as well as the regional and national presence of the triathlon teams. Success takes hard work. This applies equally to EJOT and the triathlon team. Willingness to perform, consistency, team spirit and discipline are just as indispensable for the staff as they are for the athletes. That, too, is what makes this a success story. E

Women and Technology –That’s the way

After 14 years in Germany, the Turkish native with German citizenship, who was born and raised in Istanbul, decides to return to her home country in 2007. This decision was probably the most difficult and at the same time one of the best in in Zihnet Tanriverdi’s life. The reason: a call from a German company in Istanbul. EJOT Tezmak.

>>Text: Eva-Maria Homrighausen

The 51-year-old is a passionate mechanical engineer. Zihnet Tanriverdi was already fascinated by technology during her school years in Istanbul. She studied mechanical engineering at the renowned Istanbul Technical University and wanted to complete her internship in Germany after graduation. Which country is better known for mechanical engineering than Germany? “That's why I wanted to go to Germany”, she says. When she came to Germany in 1993, she did not speak a word of German. She attended a German course for six months and began to study business administration at the University of Bielefeld in parallel to

2008

The EJOT Supplier Award 2008 is awarded for the first time in the rooms of castle Wittgenstein in Bad Laasphe. For a company the size of EJOT, suppliers play an important role for the success of the company.

2008

Compatibility of work and family at EJOT: Participation in the pilot project “Family-conscious personnel policy”, with the aim of training mentors in the participating companies, who then develop recommendations for action and measures.

2008

With a Day of Nations EJOT participates in the 750th anniversary celebration in Bad Berleburg. This emphasises the international orientation of the company. All foreign subsidiaries participate.

2008

Hans Werner Kocherscheidt turns 80. In addition to an official reception with regional VIPs from business and politics, it was especially important to him to have two employee parties, held in Bad Berleburg and Tambach-Dietharz.

her internship at a ball bearing company in Bielefeld. Shortly afterwards, she was offered a permanent position by the company and worked there for 14 years as a test engineer. She wanted to stay in Germany. Therefore, after five years, she decided to become a German citizen. The option of choosing dual nationality did not exist at the time.

Returning to Istanbul was not an option for Zihnet Tanriverdi at the time. She loved her life and her demanding job in Germany. But her family in Istanbul tried to persuade her to return home to work for a German company. Without her knowledge, her sister sent applications to German companies in Istanbul on her behalf. Shortly before Christmas 2007, Zihnet Tanriverdi unexpectedly received a call from a German company based in Istanbul. EJOT Tezmak. She was invited for an interview and spontaneously decided to visit her family in Istanbul over the Christmas holidays to see the company.

The conversation with managing director Sedat Aricioglu unexpectedly turned her life upside down. She sensed the warm, friendly atmosphere and recognised the great development potential of the company. Zihnet Tanriverdi reconsidered her professional and private future in Germany and thought about returning to Türkiye. She was faced with the question: did she want to spend her life in Germany forever or return to Istanbul? “Leaving Germany completely behind me – that was probably the hardest decision of my life”, she says. At the same time, she received an offer from Mercedes in Istanbul. But the great development potential of the smaller company appealed to her and she said to herself: “It’s now or never.” She decided to leave everything behind after almost 15 years in Germany and to start fresh in Türkiye. “When you say in Türkiye that you work for a German company in Istanbul, everyone always thinks directly of Bosch, Mercedes or other famous German companies. But working for a family business offers so many advantages. You see successes much faster, the company culture is familiar and you have a good and trusting relationship with your superiors and the management. If you have a good idea, you can discuss it quickly and also implement it quickly together.”

Zhinet Tanriverdi, EJOT Tezmak

“I didn’t unpack my suitcases for the first five weeks”, she says. “So that in case of doubt, I could quickly go back to Germany.” But she stayed.

Today, as Production and Engineering Manager in a male domain, she is responsible for the entire production at the site with an output of over 200 million parts per month. What she particularly likes about her job is “that we surprise and impress with out technical know-how. And, of course, the success of the company. That is simply teamwork. We work together like a family”, she says. She deliberately chose EJOT back then because she saw the great potential, and she still sees it that way today. “We have already achieved a lot and still have a lot of potential. If we continue to train our employees so well here, then a lot is still possible with EJOT”, she says with confidence. She describes her return to Türkiye and taking over as production manager as her most important professional decision. “Manufacturing is always exciting in new ways because various factors play a role, such as people, tools, machines and materials. I always have a healthy respect for the fact that it is not solely my own performance that is decisive for success. If I didn't succeed in my work, it would make me very unhappy in the long run. So it was not an easy decision, but in retrospect it was definitely the right one”, she says.

With her decision to return to Istanbul in 2007, her private life also changed. She met her husband, who was living in the USA at