The traditional company Raimund Beck KG from Mauerkirchen was the first company in the world to receive the Circular Globe Label for recycling management. The next award follows with the German Innovation Award in gold.
Beck 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. With the German Innovation Award, the German Design Council honors companies that score in an outstanding way with new, future-oriented technologies, processes or services. The Innviertler company impressed with “Lignoloc”, a wooden nail: The first collated nail with a wooden head is processed with a pneumatic nailer.
system offers benefits
The product made of wood is considered to be environmentally friendly, the main areas of application are horizontal and vertical wood paneling. It is noteworthy that the wooden nail is not only superior to conventional steel nails from an ecological point of view, but also offers a number of advantages, such as B. a lower thermal conductivity and resistance to corrosion and many chemicals. In addition, significantly less tool wear is to be expected when reworking the wooden elements fastened with the wooden nails. “An exciting product innovation that can make a relevant contribution to the sustainable turnaround in the construction industry,” said the jury at the German Innovation Award.
“It’s about creative solutions that make our daily life better and easier, but above all more sustainable,” says Lutz Dietzold, Managing Director of the German Design Council. A total of 640 submissions from German and international companies from a wide variety of industries were accepted for the German Innovation Award 2022.
An international jury of experts made up of several categories evaluated the products. The award ceremony took place in Berlin. “We are incredibly proud to win one of the most renowned innovation prizes and to join the ranks of inspiring prizewinners. For us, the prize is a powerful motivational boost and an incentive to consistently pursue our vision of making fastening technology more sustainable, efficient and better overall. About that In addition, it is also confirmation of the creative and passionate work of our entire team,” says Christian Beck, General Manager of Beck.
The company is one of the world’s leading premium manufacturers of fastening systems and innovative fastening solutions. More information: www.beck-fastening.com
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