INNOVATIONS    

For more than 86 years now, AWA has stood for top quality and innovations on the way from a written document to an object to be mailed. Numerous inventions and new introductions have marked the path of AWA COUVERT up to its present leading position on the market.

  • Invention of the self-adhesive postcard (1931)
  • Introduction of rotation gluing (1942)
  • Invention of the self-adhesive envelope with straight flap (1951).
  • Development of standard outline shape (flap and size) for envelopes for inserting-machines (1969) now a purchasing standard.
  • Introduction of reel production for envelopes for inserting machines.
  • Introduction of the edge-glued COUVERTiC ® highspeed envelopes for inserting machines (1986).
  • Presentation of the "SESAM"-envelope for opening without destruction (1989).
  • Introduction of
    ÖKÖ-COUERTiC ® (1991).
  • Certified quality management system according DIN EN ISO 9001 (1994).
  • Certified environmental system according DIN EN ISO 14001 (1987) .
  • Introduction of the environmental-friendly EuroContainer-Mehrwegverpackung (1999).
  • Introduction of postboxes of the German Post as transport packaging for envelopes (2000).
  • Utility model for awamatic XXL - the XXL envelope (2001).
  • Introduction of the fully rounded flap for awamatic (2004).
  • Introduction of the innovative transport- and packaging system awabloc®.
  • Certified FSC
    "chain of custody" (2009).

 
         
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