- The best graduates of the IHK district Niederrhein in the apprenticeship professions lacquer laboratory technician and chemical laboratory technician learned at BYK in Wesel
- A total of ten apprentices completed their training at BYK in the summer; nine will be taken on; best chemical laboratory assistant starts studies
BYK, the international additive supplier from Wesel and the largest division of the specialty chemicals group ALTANA, is once again proud of its trainees. Two of them are among the best of their year in the IHK district of the Lower Rhine. Nayef Albayoush was honoured as the best coatings laboratory assistant and Tim Gatz as the best chemical laboratory assistant in the Lower Rhine region. A total of ten apprentices completed their training at BYK this summer. With the exception of Tim Gatz, who is studying chemistry, all of them are being taken on, four of them for an unlimited period.
"We would like to congratulate all of the apprentices on their successful graduations and are naturally particularly proud of the two best in the class," says Christine Thannheiser-Rumpf, who heads up training and further education at BYK. "We are personally delighted that Nayef Albayoush has not only mastered his training with flying colours, but has also settled in very well in Germany and found a new home here. Nayef Albayoush had fled Syria to Germany in 2015 and applied for an apprenticeship at BYK - at that time without any knowledge of German. Thannheiser-Rumpf and many of her colleagues provided support in language acquisition, dealing with authorities and everyday intercultural issues.
This year, 14 new trainees are starting at BYK. In total, the companies of the ALTANA Group in Germany currently provide more than 100 apprenticeship places for different apprenticeship professions. Right from the start, they will be integrated into everyday working life according to the motto "challenge and support". Dedicated and experienced trainers are there to support them in word and deed. The training quota at the German sites of the ALTANA Group is currently around five percent. BYK apprentices were awarded the title of best of their year in the Lower Rhine region for the eleventh time in a row this year.
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