Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Raimund Beck KG wins the Circular Globe Label for circular economy as the first company ever. The 118-year-old fastening specialist Raimund Beck KG from Mauerkirchen (Upper Austria) is the first company worldwide to receive the Circular Globe Label for circular economy. The label was developed by Quality Austria in cooperation with the Swiss Association for Quality and Management (SQS) and evaluates the entire system of a company for its circularity. On the product level, Beck was particularly convincing with LIGNOLOC, the collated nail made of wood, and with nail screw fasteners called SCRAIL, which combine the advantages of nails and screws.
Raimund Beck KG is a leading premium manufacturer of fastening systems. The fourth-generation family business was founded in 1904, today employs around 450 people and sells its products in 60 countries. Now Quality Austria presented Raimund Beck KG with the Circular Globe Label for circular economy as the first company ever. Christian Beck, General Manager & CEO, is enthusiastic about the award: “As a pioneer in fastening technology, we are particularly pleased to now also take bold steps forward in the field of circular economy and to serve as a benchmark in our industry in the field of sustainable management.”
Two assessors of Quality Austria have examined the company from Mauerkirchen (Upper Austria), which is internationally known under the umbrella brand “Beck”, regarding its circular economy. Birgit Gahleitner, Product Expert for Circular Economy at Quality Austria, was one of the two assessors: “At Beck, two techniques played a particularly important role in the assessment procedure at the product level: On the one hand, SCRAIL nail screw fasteners, which, like nails, are pneumatically shot into the material to be fastened with a pneumatic tool and later can be simply unscrewed again like screws. And on the other hand, nails made of compressed wood called LIGNOLOC®. Both products contribute significantly to energy, material and time savings and thus provide ecological and economic advantages.” In total, Beck offers different products forapprox. 20 industries, ranging from construction and carpentry to the automotive industry, agricultureand gastronomy.
“Circularity must already be considered in the design, because about 80 per cent of the environmental impact of a product is determined in the design phase,” emphasizes Axel Dick, Executive Vice President Business Development Environment and Energy, CSR, at Quality Austria. The essential factors include, for example, material efficiency, durability and recyclability. “Unfortunately, the cliché still persists that recycling and circular economy are one and the same. In fact, recycling is only one part of the circular economy,” explains the environmental expert.
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