"I come from Recife in Brazil, a large, port city up north, just like Hamburg. We don’t listen to Samba, there."
"I liked math and physics, so I came to study engineering and later in a student exchange program, which brought me to Bremen in Germany, where I got to know my husband and stayed. I like it a lot here.
In July 2007, I started working for Hydro. Not long before, our casthouse itself had switched to Hydro. Ever since, we have jointly increased production and accomplished a lot of changes. My approach is methodic, thanks to my Six Sigma training. It’s more effective in the long run.
Corporate culture? This is what we live right here, in the casthouse and on site in Hamburg. What I appreciate very much in Hydro is the priority on safety – a good basis for my own big issue on the job: quality. The claim rate. Types of mistakes. Process safety.
Quality starts with cleanliness and order. Before, I had been able to experience Airbus, Daimler and a glass production, that was super clean, and, with Daimler, rather bureaucratic.
You cannot run a casthouse in a finicky, nitpicking way. However, we have arrived at a good status and keep on working on it. For these two things go hand in hand: If we keep our shop floor in order, we also are attuned to improving our work processes always and ever.
To have the right tool in the right place at the right time, and use it the right way – that is quality. I love it."
A colleague says
“Casthouses are known as a male business, but Ms Borges-Wolf swiftly gained respect from all colleagues with her friendly and determined ways. She exemplifies loyalty, determination and integration, making her an ideal ambassador for Hydro in Brazil.”
