Responsibility is key for a good future

We are aware of our responsibility as a company. When we talk about sustainability, we include the areas of environmental/climate protection, social issues and governance in the sense of ESG. As a medium-sized, regionally anchored company, we have already been active in these three sustainability-related areas of responsibility for many years - much longer than they became popular in the public, summarised under the term "sustainability". Despite our commitment so far, we are aware that there is still a lot we can do as well. This is an incentive for us to take further steps towards sustainability in the future.

As early as the 1980s, we began to implement measures to reduce emissions and energy consumption and to recycle raw materials. One example is the installation of a noise protection and extraction system in the production area, which was coupled with a heat recovery system. A precursor for our environmental management system was our participation in Ökoprofit of the city of Hagen in 2007. The "Ecological Project for Integrated Environmental Technology" is an initiative of the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of the Environment which, together with local authorities and experts, promotes concepts for saving energy, water and waste that can be practically implemented in everyday business. Based on our experience with Ökoprofit, we have established our environmental management system, which has been certified pursuant to ISO 14001 since 2010. In addition, we have initiated several environmental and climate protection projects in recent years: for example, the conversion of our vehicle fleet to electric mobility and the planning and implementation of a photovoltaic system with an output of 215 kWp, which will be completed in 2023. We will use the green electricity generated from the PV plant ourselves in the order of 185,000 kWh per year for our production.

For our production of individual drawing parts according to customer requirements, we purchase raw materials from manufacturers in our region, thus avoiding long delivery routes. Classical commodities that we do not produce ourselves are sourced from manufacturers with whom we have already enjoyed a trusting business relationship over a long period of time. Our aim is to always ensure the most efficient logistics possible through the targeted management of customer orders and our own warehousing.

We reject corruption and any kind of advantage in any form. Our employees responsible for purchasing and sales are instructed accordingly. We comply with antitrust law. Any offer of a violation of antitrust law by third parties is rejected by our employees at the outset and reported to the appropriate authorities. We comply with applicable export regulations and check the corresponding sanctions lists for new business contacts. Cash payments and other unusual business transactions are rejected by us and reported to the relevant authorities if necessary. We raise the awareness of our employees affected by this who are also trained accordingly.