Support from EU funds for regional development
The Hessian State Secretary for European Affairs, Mark Weinmeister, visited the Haiger site of Enviro Group GmbH on Tuesday, 27.07.21. Mr. Weinmeister was particularly interested in how the European funding was used.
The original requirement against which the fulfillment of the criteria for the subsidies is measured is that new jobs are created. This requirement has been fully met by Enviro Group, - however, the impact of the grant goes much further than the strong contribution to regional development. The funding has been used to support projects that not only significantly improve sustainability in secondary packaging, but also promote further developments in the future. In particular, Germany's first test truck for pallet stability and the new globally patented ZeroTape packaging tape system, with which the manufacturer won the German Ergonomics Award for hand-held equipment, were explained in detail.
Mr. Weinmeister (Hessian State Secretary for European Affairs), Mr. Irmer (Member of the German Bundestag) and Mr. Müller (Member of the Hessian State Parliament) were impressed by the novel methods and products that Enviro Group uses to sustainably reduce CO2 emissions from packaging materials. The approaches are so new and unique that Enviro Group first introduces new employees to the specialist world and provides them with extensive training before they start advising customers and interested parties.
Overall, Wiesbaden is very pleased with the use of the funding and the possibility of new eligible projects has already been discussed.
