Sustainability in our advertising materials

• Production with 100% CO²-neutral electricity from hydropower by the Walchensee power plant
• Lighting with LED technology
• Wallbox as an e-charging station for our customers and employees
• We do not heat storage rooms
• Sensible thermal insulation for our buildings

• 2 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicles on sale
• Switch to Zoom meetings and digital distribution
• long business trips with train

• Transport service for employees from Munich. 4 employees drive to work together every day in an electric car
• Use of a film and fabric material made from recycled PET bottles (consumer material)
• Use of leather from recycled leather scraps
• Use of FSC, PEFC and Blue Angel certified paper
• PVC is sent for recycling
• All the waste paper is sent for recycling to the UPM paper mill in Schongau for the production of newspaper
• We prefer suppliers in the region to avoid unnecessary freight

All materials used in the manufacture of an AXOPAD® brand pad must meet the following criteria, which are tested and documented by the independent testing institute GFU:

• REACH Regulation: EC No. 1907/2006 (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals)
• Phthalates in toys and childcare articles according to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, Annex XVII, No. 51 and 52 (The product or its components do not contain phthalates within the meaning of the Regulation)
• PAH in consumer products according to GS specification (§21 para. 1 no. 3 ProdSG) of the Committee for Product Safety (AfPS) (The product or its components fall below the maximum permissible levels for materials with foreseeable long-term skin contact by children, (category 2a)

• Printed with solvent-free UV inks
• The rapid curing process means that no substances escape from the ink into the environment outside the printing press
• There is no need for the usual printing powder as a spacer between the sheets for the drying process
• This means significantly less cleaning work, including cleaning agents in the press, and no fine dust emissions in the pressroom
• No dispersion varnish required as abrasion protection
• The paints do not contain any CMR1 substances and are therefore in no way harmful to health
• The color particles are bound in the color in such a way that microplastics cannot be created at any time
• If the ink coverage is less than 49%, our printed matter is considered compostable. Provided the substrate is suitable
• Our customer Max Bringmann KG has had its material certified as safe for children in conjunction with our printing ink.

• Disposal of all recyclable and waste materials with reduced travel time rather than reduced costs. Close cooperation with the recycling experts from Staffelsee Recycling (100 m away) and Bader in Garmisch (25 km away)
• Container volume adjusted so that it is disposed of max. 1x per month.
• Paper separation into 3 classes (white material for reuse by the organization Papierretter, the surrounding kindergartens and schools / printed white material / cardboard boxes. We also use our waste paper as filling material for shipping.
• Since the beginning of 2019, our printing inks have been developed by Siegwerk to such an extent that a recycling process is possible without any problems. A study carried out by the “Centre technique du papier” in Grenoble on 27.03.2019 together with our ink supplier Siegwerk proves the full decoloration of the paper in the recycling process.
• The UPM paper mill in Schongau feeds our paper into the recycling process without any restrictions. The paper mill is certified with the Blue Angel. The proportion of UV-printed paper in all waste paper is currently 2%.
• 100% recycling of PVC waste
• Rags with cleaning cycle, therefore not for single use
• Delivery of waste oils to a car repair shop with waste oil heating
• Aluminum separation in 3 classes
• Material separation of scrap iron, batteries, 3 types of bottle glass

• Avoidance of deadline freight
• Rethinking complaints processing (many products are not limited in their function and results because of a scratch or a dot)
• Rethink productions, create collective forms
• CO²-reduced fleet
• Paperless office

We are aware every day that we have to do our part to enable future generations to live a reasonable life on this earth. Let’s take a sensible and resource-conserving path together.