Farewell FIJA – welcome CF group France

We’re happy to announce, that FIJA SAS has a new name since January 2021: CF group France SAS.

CF group France SAS will act in the future as the French holding company for DEL, Carré Bleu, Aqualux, etc.

Also since the beginning of the year, Mr. Sébastien Guillot is the new Managing Director for CF group France SAS. He will be available for all matters of the French holding.

+250T for the storage of chemicals at PSM

Installation of new accumulator racks with pallet shuttle to increase the chemical storage capacity of the “high level Seveso” production site of PSM in Savoy (dept 73, Fr) by +500 locations (= +250 Tons)

The winter webinars have started

We’ve started a campaign of Winter Webinars to present to you Pool Products we manufacture in the CF Group.

We will present one theme per week with a specialist who can explain it in English. The idea is that these presentations can then be used in each of your Countries by translating them in your language for you to present the Quality CF Products to your Customers.

Each Tuesday at 10:30 we will use the Teams Broadcast to present the various products to you. Last Spring we also did this and we hope to have worked out the kinks in the broadcasting so that we can all be on the same page. If you have questions or you need the invitation link please contact Jeff Boynton.

Overview of the themes

• 9.2. – Intro & CF Dome
• 16.2. – Water Treatment Intro & Pool Opening
• 23.2. – Vitalia Circulation & Filtration Systems
• 2.3. – dinotec Salt Chlorinators
• 9.3. – Heat Pumps
• 23.3. – Automatic Cleaners
• 30.3. – Zodiac Original & Azteck
• 7.4. – Heissner Garden Lightning
• 13.4. – Underwater AutoCovers
• 20.4. – ABG AutoCovers
• 27.4. – Covers & Reels

CF Group France sponsors Pierrelatte’s CFA

The CFA of Pierrelatte, the oldest “Training Center for Adults” in France which prepares students for Swimming Pool Jobs, has chosen the CF Group France so sponsor the new promotion training from 2020 till 2022.

The general theme will be the “Eco-Responsible Swimming Pool”.
The first intervention with the students took place last year by videoconference. We are very proud, that the CF Group can contribute, in one way or another, to help our young people in this very special time.

Work in progress on the bruges site

A new agency of nearly 1000m² with a large show room, a cash and carry area, an ICPE 100T 4510 room and a large range of products is under construction in Bruges. Located north of Bordeaux 🍷, it will be at the heart of one of the largest swimming pool areas in France.

• 1st step : installation of the racks for storage
• Next step : the beginning of the works for the new commercial agency reserved to swimming pool professionals

Wechsel in der Personalabteilung

Zum 1. Februar hat Silke Schiller, nach über 6 Jahren bei der CF Group, eine neue Herausforderung angenommen und das Unternehmen gewechselt. Wir bedanken uns für die gemeinsame Zeit und freuen uns, dass wir mit Mona Breßmer (im Bild) intern die Stelle direkt besetzen konnten.

Mona ist seit 2,5 Jahren bei der CF Group und wird in Kürze ihre Ausbildung zur Industriekauffrau erfolgreich beenden. Während ihrer Ausbildungszeit hat sie bereits Einblick in verschiedene Abteilungen erhalten und viele Kolleginnen und Kollegen kennengelernt hat. Somit die besten Voraussetzungen, um in der Personalabteilung durchzustarten.

Kontaktdaten der Personalabteilung:
Stefanie Lencses (Teamleitung) – stefanie.lencses@chemoform.com – Tel. +49 (7024) 40 48-346
Annelie Hildenbrand – annelie.hildenbrand@chemoform.com – Tel. +49 (7024) 40 48-349
Mona Breßmer – mona.bressmer@chemoform.com – Tel. +49 (7024) 4048-347
Für Fragen/Anmerkungen zu Arbeitszeit und Urlaub: zeiterfassung@chemoform.com – Tel. +49 (7024) 4048-350

CF Group – sponsor of the Stay Foundation

Convinced by the vision and work of Stay, CF Group, as part of the campaign “Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs”, has been supporting the Foundation since last year as a sponsor of the highest category “Visionary”.

The Stay Foundation supports the target group of “The Active Poor” and promotes business start-ups, farmers and micro-enterprises with know-how and start-up capital. “The Active Poor” are women, men and young people who live in poverty, but who are extremely committed, creative and inquisitive and have the goal of freeing themselves from poverty. To reach “The Active Poor”, Stay uses a network of local social entrepreneurs in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. According to the principle of local self-determination, decisions are made by the local social entrepreneurs – not by Western development workers or funding agencies!

We will present current projects, which we support, here from time to time. If you want to get more information, you are welcome to watch a video (in German with English subtitles) about the vision of Stay.

Land purchase in Switzerland

Now it’s official! The CF Group has land in Switzerland for the first time in its history! It’s about 3400 m² on which the new administration and operating site (as incident storage) with a total of 928 pallet spaces of CF Group Switzerland will arise. Thus the two current locations “Muri” and “Rothrist” will be united under one roof.

Construction is scheduled to start in August 2021 and occupation is planned for the fall of 2022.

Heissner: In good hands for 25 years

On January 1, 1996, Rolf E. Papenheim joined the long-established company as product manager and take over the managing director position in 1999. With him in the lead and the integration to the CF Group in 2014, Heissner keep a leading position as a manufacorer of modern garden and pond solutions. The group management around CEO Cedrik Mayer-Klenk and board member Birgit Leibfritz congratulate Rolf on his 25th company anniversary and wish him continued success, health and many wonderful moments together in the future.

Great teamwork of DEL and Warnow

At the end of the last year a liner machine moved from the DEL location Pia to the new location at Warnow Liner in Bützow. This is a good example of group teamwork, group synergies and finding the best solution for the group. This will give Warnow the chance to do a big step forward. Special thanks to all who where involved.