Welcome
Näder Holding GmbH & Co. KG is the management and investment holding company of the Näder family. Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA (medical technology) is the heart of the Näder Holding. The company is the global market leader in the field of prosthetics.
Näder Holding is active in over 59 countries worldwide and employs more than 8,000 people.
over 8.000
employees
more than 59
countries
Ottobock
Ottobock stands for high-quality and technologically outstanding products and services in the field of medical technology.
The goal of helping to restore mobility to people with disabilities, and protecting the mobility they have retained, stands behind each and every one of the company’s products. In addition to prostheses and orthoses, these encompass a wide range of manual and power wheelchairs. Furthermore, the company’s MedicalCare business unit offers extensive services for high-quality patient care and professional workshop management.
Ottobock products set standards in fittings to improve the quality of life for people with a disability. The conviction that quality of life is closely connected to a maximum of individual freedom and independence is a key concept that has been a major influence throughout the company’s history since 1919 and continues to guide the development of new products.
Management
President
Professor Hans Georg Näder
Professor Hans Georg Näder is the third generation to lead the Näder Holding. He took over the company in 1990 at the age of 28 from his father, Dr. Max Näder, son-in-law of company founder Otto Bock. He has been President of the Näder Holding since July of 2016.
During his period in charge of the group’s business operations, he increased the holding company’s sales from EUR 100 million to more than EUR 1 billion. The number of employees increased from around 1,000 to more than 8,000 worldwide.
Hans Georg Näder’s era at the helm of the company has been defined by technological innovations that put people and their needs first, and by the installation of a global company network that represents fundamental values such as trust and reliability in interactions with customers and employees.
Compliance
Our company structure is defined by numerous different players and economic action with many degrees of freedom. The resulting complex requirements and continuously changing legal and normative frameworks demand clear standards and rules for company management and in our collaboration. In order to ensure compliance with these rules Ottobock company management has introduced a compliance management system.
Code of Conduct
As a matter of principle, every employee of Näder Holding assumes responsibility for his or her own actions and conduct. In doing so, the values and principles of conduct of Näder Holding must always be taken into account to the best of our knowledge and belief. By dealing with each other in a trusting, fair and respectful manner, we strengthen the basis for integrity and honesty.
In observing international standards on human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption, Näder Holding follows the universally recognized principles of the United Nations Global Compact www.unglobalcompact.org with its Code of Conduct.
Explanations of our standard can be found in the declaration Supplier Code of Ethics:
Supplier Code of Ethics_EN
Our whistleblowing office is intended to give all employees, customers and business partners the opportunity to report compliance violations in order to clarify these internally and to be able to prevent future damage to persons in the company or to the company itself. The whistleblower office is used to report serious violations of laws or our internal regulations, in particular with regard to fraud, corruption, theft, discrimination, sexual harassment, blackmail, betrayal of secrets, export controls, accounting irregularities, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, and child and forced labor.
Link to the whistleblower site:
https://ottobock.whistleblowernetwork.net/setup
The Rules of Procedure for the Implementation of Complaints under the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LKSG) can be found here:
Rules of Procedure for the Implementation of Complaints_EN
Contact
Näder Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Hindenburgring 39
37115 Duderstadt
Germany
Phone: +49 5527 947 3718
E-mail: info@naederholding.com
Archive
The Ottobock company and family archives aim to preserve the history of the company, which was founded in 1919, and to unlock that history for use both today and in the future.
Since 2015, the archives have been located in the home in Duderstadt where Professor Hans Georg Näder, grandson of company founder Otto Bock, grew up.
The goal is to index historically and legally relevant documents existing in written, photoicons/icon, audiovisual and digital form. A broad inventory of objects is also registered, including orthopaedic devices, products from the company’s early days and items from the entrepreneurial family’s estate. The company and family archives serve as a source of information for matters relating to the company’s history, guaranteeing ready access to context-based data.
Max Näder’s 100th birthday
The 100th birthday of Dr Max Näder (1915–2009), second-generation owner of the company, served as the occasion for the biography “100 Years Max Näder: People First” (published by Prof. Hans Georg Näder, Duderstadt, 2015). This has resulted in a digital platform consisting of numerous images and documents which offers an overview of Max Näder’s life work as a family businessman and as a person.
Max Näder’s 100th birthday
Contact
Ottobock Firmen- und Familienarchiv
Hindenburgring 39
37115 Duderstadt
Germany
E-mail: archiv@naederfamilyoffice.com