Sustainability
At Fritz Winter, sustainability is not just something we pay lip service to, but something we live by. Protecting our environment has always been our company's aspiration and an integral part of all activities at Fritz Winter - from the development of innovative products to company management.
Not only we as a sustainable iron foundry, but also our employees bear a special responsibility towards our environment and future generations. We want to make a positive contribution to conserving resources and reducing environmental pollution. That is why we have established holistic, integrated environmental protection as a principle of action, which we actively implement.
A sustainable iron foundry is only possible through far-reaching changes in processes. That is why we have merged the environmental department, which has existed since the 1990s, with the investment departments to create a competence center for sustainable, CO2-free production. The results of these further developments include the ecoCasting, ecoCoating and ecoMelting methods and processes.
Our environmental management system helps us to reliably comply with the prescribed limit values for our products and production processes and to undercut the statutory measured values by up to 95 percent. Our environmental compatibility is continuously confirmed by independent testing institutes such as TÜV. Since 1953, our products have been made from recycled materials and are 100% recyclable.
Continuous investments
Fritz Winter has invested a total of 11.6 million euros in additional air pollution control technology in the last three years.
Water savings
Since 1988, we have been able to reduce our drinking water consumption for the production of one ton of cast iron by 67 percent.
Commitment
Fritz Winter has been a member of the United Nations Global Compact since 2007: We are committed to human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption.
Sustainable eco solutions from Fritz Winter
ecoCasting
Because lightweight construction concepts are our passion, we have completely reinvented the foundry in iron casting with the ecoCasting process.
ecoCoating
With our ecoCoating process, we produce drastically reduced-emission brake discs that comply with Euro 7 standards.
ecoMelting
By 2045, we will implement a roadmap with sustainable measures and thus become a CO2-neutral foundry.