Quality
The market presence of FD – FRANZ DÜRHOLDT GmbH & Co. KG is characterised across all brands by a fundamental focus on quality and great sustainability in our daily activities. We achieve the high quality of our wide range of products and services by continuously improving products and processes within our company. Reliability and fairness in our actions are just as much a part of the basis of quality development as qualified employees and co-operation with our customers and partners that is geared towards achieving our goals.
As part of our international sales and service activities, we work with our partners and customers to ensure compliance with regional and local laws and a commitment to the guidelines of the Global Compact.
FD – Tradition and Innovation since 1873 provides high-quality products in all business areas of industrial valves as well as occupational safety and environmental protection across all well-known brands. All products offer an optimum price-performance ratio in the respective segment. As the quality market leader in the field of pneumatic pinch valves, hose-diaphragm valves, butterfly valves, throttle valves, gate valves, ball valves and automated special valves, we utilise the quality management system for high efficiency and process reliability and continuously improve its effectiveness.
The area of occupational safety and environmental protection products is subject to the same quality guidelines. The short distances in our production ensure flexibility, cost and speed advantages against the backdrop of quality with an international impact
“Made in Germany!”
Centralised material group management has a positive effect on costs, quality and safety. With our company, we stand for fair competition, fair supplier relationships as well as reliability and stability towards market partners and employees. All employees receive the necessary professional, methodological and social qualifications for the tasks to be fulfilled. Thanks to ongoing training and a positive attitude towards constant change, we are able to keep replacing the good with the better. Our motto is to turn “good” into “excellent”.
We have the courage to express our own opinions. We are open to constructive criticism and willing to self-criticise.
We are committed to complying with all local laws and regulations. We are committed to the Global Compact guidelines developed by the United Nations and will therefore not only respect, but also promote to the best of our ability, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption within our sphere of influence.
FD with all brands and our international sales partners follow the Global Compact and:
- respect internationally proclaimed human rights and promote their observance
- ensure that no national or international partners are involved in human rights violations
- exclude all forms of forced or compulsory labour
- ensure that no child labour takes place within their sphere of influence
- exclude any discrimination in relation to employment and occupation
- adopt a precautionary approach to environmental hazards
- take initiatives to promote environmental awareness
- work towards the development and dissemination of environmentally friendly technologies
- work against corruption in any form, including extortion and bribery
Finally, we ensure the quality of our company and our products on the basis of nationally and internationally recognised, necessary and valid certifications and approvals.