Many years of experience in quality management, in a wide variety of foundry processes and in sales in the foundry and automotive supply industry make us your competent contact for these corporate issues.
Your contact person: Dipl. Ing. Frank Wilhelms
I would be happy to advise you on 3D sand, metal and plastic printers before you buy a system. By working with many well-known manufacturers, I have a very precise overview of the common processes and can work with you to find the right system for you.
We will be happy to represent you on site at the OEM – Tesla (Grünheide), BMW Motorrad, Mercedes Benz Marienfelde and Ludwigsfelde and at the same time also offer rework solutions if the quality does not meet the desired requirements.
Customers today expect quality. The demands in the automotive industry or other sectors are very high. An external review (audit) or advice is often useful in order not to overload your own resources.
We would be happy to advise you on all quality matters. From short-term individual measures to long-term projects, from small and medium-sized companies to large corporations: we stand for holistic and sustainable solutions from A to Z.
The right strategy to achieve your entrepreneurial goals is the be-all and end-all in corporate planning and management. The right path to success often leads to the analysis of facts and figures. With our experience and expertise, we would be happy to advise you on how to achieve your corporate goals.
2003 – 2013 Huppert Engineering, Projektmanager / QMB
Project manager / QMB at Huppert Engineering GmbH & Co. KG (HE) Dautphetal Hessen, (in advance)
Home office in Königs Wusterhausen for the Daimler plants in Ludwigsfelde, Berlin-Marienfelde, Hamburg, Kölleda, Stuttgart, Mannheim and others.
QM representative for the Huppert group of companies / PMD.
QM consulting and audits on behalf of HE suppliers. Advice on the development of castings for Da
imler and suppliers.
Sales representative, acquisition for HE suppliers at Daimler purchasing, selection of optimal production processes and suppliers according to Daimler requirements (costs, quality, logistics, adherence to schedules).
Involvement in new developments at Daimler, consulting, market analysis, rationalization and investment advice for suppliers in Europe (many well-known foundries, processors and automotive suppliers e.g. +GF+, Mitec).
Many years of know-how in common casting processes (sand casting, permanent mold, die casting) and materials (iron, steel, aluminum) up to sheet metal forming, forging and sintering including mechanical processing and assembly in Europe.
For Huppert Engineering’s own series products and prototypes: Design of complete QM processes from QM planning FMEA, sampling, documentation of the processes in production to complaints processing, support for subcontractors (foundries, processors, assembly).
2001 – 2003 Vaillant, Head of Quality Management and Maintenance
Head of quality management and maintenance at Vaillant GmbH , Plant Roding Bavaria (in connection with and budget responsibility).
Aluminum die casting and mechanical processing for automotive (brake systems, oil filters), automated clean room assembly of high-pressure pumps, heating technology components made of brass and aluminum.
My tasks included supplier promotion and auditing, support of the development department, introduction of preventive maintenance (TPM) according to the Toyota production system, improvement of the management system (EFQM model with VDA 6.1 + QS 9000).
Management responsibility for 55 employees (including 2 engineers and 8 foremen) of around 900 employees at the site.
Lectures on EFQM and Kaizen (events by Macils, Bayern Innovativ, University of Duisburg, University of Regensburg) since Vaillant received the Ludwig Erhard Prize for the quality standards they had achieved.
At Vaillant, the diesel high-pressure pumps were installed on behalf of VDO. 
The clean room assembly with high accuracy requirements and functional testing was able to start after the first ½ year with a high number of 1500 pumps/day with a total of complaint rate of only 79 ppm can be successfully evaluated. The positive motivation and the high level of training of the employees paid off here.
Today the area has grown significantly and Continental Automotive has its own plant – Powertrain.
The die-casting foundry with mechanical processing and toolmaking was known in recent years as PDR Präzisions Druckguss Roding and was recently sold to the Schweizer Group.
1999 – 2001 Sachs Foundry, Head of Quality and Environmental Management
Head of quality and environmental management at Mannesmann Sachs Gießerei GmbH, Kitzingen / Bavaria (on behalf of and responsible for the budget)
Iron sand foundry and aluminum die casting with machining and assembly.
My tasks included the optimization and auditing of the processes, improvement of the QM system (QS 9000 and VDA 6.1) to an integrated management system (quality, environment, AS) including TS 16949 and DIN ISO 9001:2000, EMAS, DIN ISO 14001. Supplier promotion and auditing, support in the development of new castings. Introduction of BDE, CAQ and SPC to control processes. Member of the “Environmental Policy” committee of the German Foundry Association. Lectures on QM at Sachs (Euroguss). Managerial responsibility for 21 employees (including 2 engineers and 4 foremen).
Today the foundry is : 
1996 – 1999 Harz Guss, Assistant to the Head of Quality Assurance
Head’s assistant the quality assurance of the company Harzer Graugußwerke GmbH, Zorge plant. (in the meantime AEK InterForm GmbH). Car & commercial vehicle suppliers of ready-to-install cast iron parts for engines, transmissions, chassis, etc.
Conversion and obtaining certification for the QM system according to VDA 6.1 and QS 9000. Process and workflow optimization in production and development.
Today, Harz Guss Zorge belongs to the Georgsmarienhütte Group.
1993 – 1996 Georg Fischer, Head of Quality Planning
Head of quality planning in the new Schubert & Salzer plant in Leipzig (from 01.1995 Georg Fisc 
her GmbH).
(Commercial & mechanical engineering supply
< /a> er of ready-to-install large iron castings).
Construction and introduction of the quality management system, planning of the quality assurance of the new production facilities, construction of the process controls,
1995 Certification according to DIN ISO 9002 and VDA 6.
Supervision of a diploma thesis on preventive maintenance and another diploma thesis on the environmental management system according to DIN ISO 14001.
Article in the “Giesserei” journal on certification.
1992 – 1993 Schubert & Salzer, Dipl. Ing. in the field of quality control
Dipl.-Ing. in the field of quality control.
Car & commercial vehicle supplier of finished parts made of cast iron and investment casting.
Responsible for the development of the quality assurance manual for the iron foundry Schubert & Salzer GmbH in Ingolstadt.
The factory was completely relocated. The large casting to Leipzig and later sold to +GF+. The iron serial casting went to today’s Erla iron works and the investment casting to Lobenstein. Only the administration and control systems still exist at the Ingolstadt site.
The old foundry next to the castle was demolished. Here is the MDR TV report “Schmelzreise” about the move from Ingolstadt to Leipzig as a TV recording. At that time I had to work on content for the TV team.
1991 – 1992 Hundhausen, Diploma thesis: "Implementation of a quality assurance system for the Hoesch Rothe Erde AG foundry, Werdohl plant based on DIN ISO 9002"
Diploma thesis: Implementation of a quality assurance system for the Hoesch Rothe Erde AG foundry, Werdohl plant based on DIN ISO 9002.
(Car & commercial vehicle suppliers of cast iron blanks)
At that time, the plant belonged to the Hoesch Group, together with Hundhausen.
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Dette (UNI GH Diusburg) and Dr. Knothe (Hundhausen)
Production process analysis of the systems and processes for possible errors and process fluctuations. Elaboration of the necessary investments in order to be able to produce safety vehicle components (truck brake levers) in a process-reliable manner.
Unfortunately, the investment needs I determined and the necessary process improvement measures mentioned led to the decision to liquidate the Werdohl plant and to relocate production to Schwerte. Only the casting furnace I suggested was purchased for the remaining production year 1993 and later relocated to Schwerte.
1988 – 1992 Uni GH Duisburg, Study of foundry technology
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Study of foundry technology at the Uni-GH-Duisburg FB8,
Student assistant in the field of IT (CAD, FEM)
We were mainly housed in the university building on Bismarkstrasse.
Our most important professors were:
1983 – 1987 Wohlenberg, Apprenticeship as a model carpenter
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Worked as a model carpenter at the Wohlenberg company. Foundry model construction in wood and plastic with attached large part hand molding foundry for paper cutters and large lathes.
The models were taken from 
Wood in module/segment construction or styrofoam manufactured and shaped for casting.
Wohlenberg cutting systems GmbH
From simple paper cutting machines to complex bookbinding systems, everything was self-made here in small series, from design to service.
Here in model construction, we have made wooden models for the machine carrier frame, mechanics and GRP molds for the cladding ourselves.
father: Joachim Wilhelms
Dipl.-Ing. Joachim Wilhelms
1979 to 2003 working as a sales and consulting engineer with his own engineering office since 1984 in northern Germany for the following companies:
1964 to 1979 foundry manager at the Harzer Graugusswerke Zorge
1963 to 1964 foundry engineer Deutsche Industriewerke Berlin
From 1959 to 1963 he studied foundry technology at the Hüttenschule in Duisburg
1956 to 1959 Former – Apprenticeship in Hamburg
grandfather: Otto Wilhelms
Ing. Otto Wilhelms (1907 – †1968)
1951 – 1968 Hüttenes GmbH Düsseldorf Sales and consulting engineer for Northern Germany, initially also for Hugo Wachenfeld, Karl Later
1949 – 1951 foundry manager Gebr. Klenke Bremen (to the car manufacturer Borgward)
1946 – 1949 foundry manager Hasenclever Battenberg Hesse
1937 – 1945 manager of the Admos factory for aviation equipment GmbH in Berlin Oberschoeneweide, several patents for the production of lead-bronze composite casting for plain bearings in aircraft engines
1936 – 1937 assistant Junkers aircraft and engine works Magdeburg
1933 – 1935 operations assistant Breitenfels and Scholz Bunzlau Silesia
1928 – 1931 Studied foundry technology at the Hüttenschule Duisburg
1924 – 1930 Apprenticeship and work at Fürst Stollberg Hütte Ilsenburg
great grandfather: Ludwig Wilhelms
Ludwig Wilhelms (1870 – † 1935)
1924 40th anniversary of service
1919 – 1931 Director of the Fürst Stollberg Hütte
1909 power of attorney for the Fürst-Stollberg-Hütte
1884 Apprenticeship in the commercial department of the Fürst-Stollberg-Hütte
The Fürst-Stolberg-Hütte was world-famous for its cast iron. At the end of the 19th century she took part in many national and international exhibitions and achieved gold and silver medals with her products.
Great artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Karl-Friederich Schinkel, Alphons Mucha, Albin Müller, G. Wechter, Thorwaldsen, Labenwolf, Cellini, Petrucci, Holbein, Ferdinand Schneevoigt, Hermann Hase, Henning from Florence, Eduard Schott, Walter Schott, model tailor Ronung ( Stove plates from the 16th century, Master of the Queen of Sheba) created models for the hut or their work was used by the hut modellers as templates for true-to-the-original cast iron models.
This anniversary portrait was made by Otto Wilhelms.
At that time, the Fürst Stollberg Hütte was very well known, which is why some famous people visited the hut. In 1697 Tsar Peter the Great visited the Ilsenburg ironworks, followed in 1873 by Crown Prince Friedrich, who later became Emperor Friedrich III. The German Emperors Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II also visited the Fürst Stolberg Hütte.
The last monarch to visit the 
Iron Foundry.
After the war from 1914 to 1918, the foundry passed into the hands of the Magdeburg machine tool factory in Magdeburg and was bought back by the Princes of Stolberg Wernigerode in 1925 and run again as the “Prince Stolberg Hütte”. At that time, the production of diesel locomotives, cranes, etc. was started. In 1930 the Krupp Gruson works in Magdeburg became the owner of the Fürst Stolberg Hütte.
During the Second World War, the smelter produced war supplies with around 700 employees for other companies and was therefore also confiscated and expropriated in the course of the later Soviet occupation.
After the end of the Second World War, the Fürst Stolberg Hütte was nationalized, renamed Ilsewerk and produced exclusively industrial castings as a branch of the SKET Schwermaschinenbau Kombinate Ernst Thälmann.
In 1993 it was privatized under the traditional name “Fürst-Stolberg-Hütte” with a return to artistic casting until it was closed due to insolvency in 2012.
uncle: Horst Wilhelms
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Horst Wilhelms (1935 – †2012)
son: Julian Wilhelms
Julian Wilhelms has successfully completed his vocational training as a model maker at Werner Lichy Modellbau. He has successfully passed the university entrance qualification. He is now beginning his officer career with the Panzerpionierbatallion
grand father: Herrmann Lühring
Seaman – I. Machinist (LI) Herrmann Lühring
Born 11/16/1906
Grew up in Hanover Hainholz
On May 23, 1927 he had to give up his mechanical engineering studies because his father had died in a train accident, so he went deep-sea fishing off Greenland.
From 1928 he drove the machine on long journeys to Australia and Chile etc.
With the HAPAG freighter “Höchst” he stranded on the Indian atoll island of Minicoy on September 20, 1929 .
Part of the island was a leper exposure station.
The photos below show the same situation as was photographed by the ship Lauterfels, which wanted to help but ran aground itself. The “Höchst” had to be abandoned. The crew had to wait 3 weeks for a ship to pick them up.
After that, Hermann and his younger brother Willi, both on various ships of the shipping company, frequently lead the route to Australia, Chile, etc.
At the beginning of the war you had to return to Hamburg as a blockade runner. Herrmann was then drafted into the Navy.
From November 16, 1940 to May 9, 1945 he was chief machinist on the Sperrbrecher 16 (Tulane).
In 9-1943 the ship had already been hit by a mine far out where Herrmann had to swim to keep the engine going.
The ship died on August 11, 1944 while being repaired by an air raid in the port of La Pallice – La Rochelle sunk.
Anyone who knows the final scene “Arrival and Air Raid” from the film “Das Boot” was filmed right here.
He had to repair this damaged ship in a leading position as a French prisoner of war. The ship was towed to Rotterdam in 1948 and kept afloat with pumps. With 3 fellow inmates he was able to flee sealed in a horizontal air shaft, as shown here, and jump overboard unnoticed before mooring. A fourth partially-initiated fellow inmate was late at the agreed meeting point. He then ran across the ship calling for Herrmann. He was arrested and unfortunately did not survive his captivity.
He then came home from Rotterdam.
From 1953 he sailed with the German Levante Line in the Mediterranean area on the “Lebanon”. Coincidentally, a photo of the ship in Hamburg was used as the cover sheet for the book about ships.
Later he drove on tugboats from the Unter Weser shipping company in Bremerhaven.
In 1957, the film “Sharks and Small Fishes” was also shot with the help and on board of Herrmann’s ship. See the movie in the link. The director Frank Wisbar found out about the pictures shown above and the escape and wanted to publish Hermann’s experiences in a film. He didn’t want to because he often had nightmares until the end of his life.
Later he drove on tugboats from the Unter Weser shipping company in Bremerhaven.
Until he retired, he worked for Bahlsen and Stadtwerklen as a machine manager for the cogeneration plant.
1/ 1992 he died