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RUCO Certificates: Environmental Certificates

ISO Environmental Certificate

Through economical consumption of raw materials and sparing use of resources, we aim to help achieve a sustainable environment. We strive hard to avoid waste and reduce noise, wastewater and waste gas emissions, while also ensuring the best possible industrial and plant safety. Our production plants are connected to a modern, high-performance waste gas filtering system.

Long before the general trend, we changed our inks over to heavy-metal-free pigments. We made rapid progress with the development of solvent-free UV printing inks. Where it has not been possible to dispense entirely with solvents, we have reduced their content to an absolute minimum or switched over to more ecofriendly solvents.

These efforts are underlined by the fact that, following completion of an ecoaudit, our environmental management system obtained certification under DIN EN ISO 14001 in May 2000.

DIN EN ISO 14001-2005 GB Certificate

REACh

The Reach Regulation was published as Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 in the official gazette of the EU on December, 30th 2006. It is coming into effect on June, 1st 2007 and constitutes (in future) the framework for the stipulated activities with regard to the use and handling of chemical substances.

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Hessen Environmental Alliance

We are especially proud of our membership of the Hessen Environmental Alliance. It was conferred on us by the Hessen state government for special services to environmental protection. We were granted this membership in August 2000 when our environmental management system was set up. It spurs on our continual research to develop products and processes that are even safer for individuals and the environment.

Responsible Care

As a member company of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), we have committed ourselves to the worldwide Responsible Care initiative and undertake to strive continually to improve protection of human health and the environment as well as the safety of employees and the public at large.

Under this commitment, we choose our partners very carefully on the basis of safety, health and environmental criteria.

We sensitize our employees for more safety and environmental protection issues through training courses and precisely defined requirements within the context of our environmental management system.

We work in cooperation with the VCI to extend knowledge about the possible adverse effects of products and processes on individuals and the environment.To implement the principles of the Responsible Care initiative, we encourage an open exchange of knowledge and experience with employees, neighbours and customers.