- Live performance by the ELSTER WERKE Band and Flying Rockets

- Factory tours and presentation of the departments - visitors tried their hand at metal processing

- Competition from our own production (fire baskets)

Experience industry up close in Ludwigsfelde

When business meets art and culture in Ludwigsfelde, it's time to be curious and get out and about. On 28 September, companies from Ludwigsfelde opened their doors to the "Night for the Curious" for the fourth time, allowing visitors to marvel at and experience industry and production in local companies.

The event kicked off at 4 p.m. with a warm welcome at the reception in the entrance hall.

Trainers Maximilian Feder (industrial mechanic) and Mike Boljes (electronics technician for devices and systems) provided information on the training areas and training content.

The occupational therapy and social work information stands answered questions about the employees and their involvement in production, assembly and packaging and offered unique clay and handicrafts from our employees, many of whom were on site at their usual workplace on Saturday and gave an insight into their daily work

But there was also plenty of entertainment for our younger guests. They had the opportunity to decorate themselves with face painting and children's tattoos, have fun together on the bouncy castle, compete against each other at the table tennis table and take part in great prize games.

The absolute hit of the evening was the opportunity for young and old to make their own shoehorn. Our visitors were able to experience production live and see how the laser cuts the blanks from the sheet metal impressively quickly. With this blank, they then went to the next station, the brushing machine, where the surface was deburred and refined. The final step was to bend the shoehorn into the classic semi-circular shape on our bending machine. Under the guidance of our employees, they were then able to shape it themselves - the result was a beautiful and varied souvenir of this special evening.

In the welding department, it was even possible - in addition to the shoehorn - to draw weld seams and try out metalworking for yourself.

All production stations were well attended, and in the end over 600 shoe horns were enthusiastically produced by our visitors!

We also offered great entertainment outside the production hall - 2 live performances by our in-house ELSTER WERKE band! From 7 pm, our visitors were able to listen to the rock'n roll band "Flying Rockets" and shake a leg. At the cocktail bar with a cosy lounge corner, there were drinks and grilled sausages and our guests could warm up around the fire barrels.

We would like to congratulate the winners of the two fire baskets that we made ourselves. The feedback on the evening was consistently positive, enthusiastic and impressed. We received a lot of praise and recognition for our work. The ELSTER WERKE team would like to thank all our guests for this unforgettable evening and hope that you will remember it as fondly as we do!

(Text excerpts: Emilia Falke, City of Ludwigsfelde)