NEWS UPDATE: FORCE MAJEURE STATEMENT OF HME COPPER GERMANY GMBH, DUE TO NATURAL DISASTER Dear business partners, As communicated through our website publication and also individually to you, the Menden production site of HME Copper Germany was forced to shut down production during the night of July 14 to July 15, 2021 due to flood damage affecting machinery, equipment and technical infrastructure. After a detailed assessment of the damage, our management team elaborated a detailed plan for the restart of the production and shipping areas. This plan envisaged that deliveries would be resumed on a limited basis as early as August and we were able to implement this plan step by step with the commissioning of the less affected facilities. Towards the end of August the more severely affected parts of the plant were also able to resume production, albeit not yet at 100%. At the present time normal operation of our plant is already possible again in many areas. The complete restart of production is planned for mid-September. Nevertheless, we would like to point out that the force majeure situation will continue until further notice, as we have reduced our stocks of many products to zero due to the interruptions of the last few weeks and as a result an enormous backlog of orders has arisen, which will take the next few months to reduce. Until then, however, we will make every conceivable effort to satisfy the most urgent requirements and to supply the market with HME products again as far as possible. We also ask for your understanding that the consequences of the natural disaster will still accompany and affect us for a longer period of time. We will keep you informed about further developments. NEW IN OUR PORTFOLIO: WICU®CLIM WICU®Clim is a factory-insulated copper pipe that is used in refrigeration and air conditioning technology as well as in heating technology. DUAL STUDY PROGRAM IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT HME BRASS GERMANY IN BERLIN A digital info week for dual studies at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (Berlin University of Economics and Law) will take place from March 15-19. Duales Studium, Studiengänge, Duale Woche | HWR Berlin (hwr-berlin.de) As a partner company we present ourselves on 18.3.21 from 16.30 clock. Click into our livestream, no prior registration is necessary. Please click into our career portal to find the description of the dual study program in mechanical engineering at HME. WE GROW. WE TRAIN. WE HIRE. HME Copper Germany GmbH is participating in the „Mendener Ausbildungsbörse 2021“, an initiative of the town of Menden. It supports school leavers in their search for an apprenticeship by presenting companies from the region and the apprenticeships on offer. In Germany HME Group plans to train 12 young people in 6 different professions this year. HME TUBE MILL MENDEN IS SUPPLIER OF MEDICAL TUBES FOR CORONA EMERGENCY HOSPITALS TO EXPAND INTENSIVE CARE BED CAPACITY. The corona virus is spreading more and more worldwide. As one of the leading manufacturers of medical copper tubes, we have been supplying hospitals and medical facilities with these special products for decades. THE „GREEN COPPER“ - HME STANDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY Ecologically sustainable production and management - a matter of course for the employees of the copper tube producer HME Copper Germany GmbH, which is constantly being further developed with new measures. HME Headquarters Miraustraße 10-14, 13509 Berlin/D Tel: +49 30 40 97 0 E-Mail: info@HMEmetal.com IMPRINT | LEGAL NOTICES | PRIVACY POLICY Copyright ® 2021 HME - All rights reserved