To be successful, Wincor Nixdorf must establish a close rapport with its workforce and partners throughout the world. For this reason, wherever we establish a presence, we endeavor to be a reliable partner and an attractive employer committed to our social responsibilities. This responsibility comprises maintaining a dialog with universities as well as academic and research institutions.

We make considerable efforts to accommodate the special needs of those with physical disabilities, and we strive to implement solutions that will make our products accessible to them.

Design for the Disabled.
When designing products and systems, we ensure that they are both functional and suitable for the disabled. Example banking: With our technology, disabled people are able to manage their banking tasks independently thanks to ergonomically designed keys and controls, voice-driven menu controls, large-sized numeric keys with special embossed characters, and ATMs that can be operated from a wheelchair. Wincor Nixdorf has received several awards for its work in this field, including the German Design Award presented by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

In collaboration with the German Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBSV), we aim to design all our ATMs in such a way that blind and visually impaired customers can easily perform their own cash transactions using self-service systems. This, of course, involves complying with international standards on ergonomics and other design issues.

Collaboration with Academic Institutions.
We support young academics and scientists with a variety of initiatives and projects. Working together with universities and colleges, we conduct a range of studies and ensure that we have access to the latest research in our field by awarding dissertation places, student grants and intern schemes, and by engaging in direct interaction with the academic and scientific community. We provide selected institutions with support in the form of hardware and software. Furthermore, our expert speakers give lectures and seminars at various university faculties. Some of the most outstanding examples of our work with academic institutions involve our long-standing link to the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University and other Universities of Applied Sciences throughout the region in the field of mechatronics, and to the Fraunhofer Institute in the development of technologies aimed at increasing ATM security.