
CERTIFICATES
Quality Management
To continually strive for the highest quality standards, we focus our activities
on developing new products and improving our existing range.
It is important to
identify future markets, consolidate niche areas and keep one step ahead of the
rapidly developing printing industry.
The basis for this is our forward-looking
quality system.
In May 1997, the quality system for our entire company obtained
certification under DIN EN ISO 9001.
Environmental Certification
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.
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.
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.
SONY Green Partner
A.M. Ramp & Co GmbH, known as RUCO Druckfarben, has been awarded the SONY
Green Partner Certificate.
Following earlier environmental certifications
in compliance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 and 14001:1996 as well as the
EMAS-certified environmental system, this is another important step
towards RUCO's corporate philosophy of reconciling high-quality products
with environmentally compatible production processes and materials.
The SONY Corporation introduced the Green Partner Environmental Quality
Approval Program as part of its environmental activities aimed at
maintaining and improving the environmental safety and quality of all
components and materials that are distributed worldwide in SONY products.
This means that each Green Partner (and only those will be accepted as
SONY suppliers) has to meet the SONY-imposed standards and demands for
the products delivered to SONY. These go far beyond legal regulations
concerning the limitation and prohibition of environmentally hazardous
materials.
In addition to providing analytical data for products delivered to SONY and the presentation of verifiable management systems regarding quality
and the environment, the SONY certification procedure also provides for
an intensive in-house audit at future Green Partners.
The audit at the RUCO plant in Eppstein/Taunus showed that the company
fully complied with the SONY standards so that the signing of the SONY
Green Partner Agreement went ahead without delay.
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