About HAWO

Social accountability

We place considerable value on an atmosphere based on partnership, both in our customer relationships and in our daily contacts with each other. That's why our conduct within the company is shaped by a friendly, open and responsible climate.

We carry these guidelines within us and use them in many ways. In our home region, the Neckar-Odenwald-district,
for some considerable time we have been focusing on the targeted promotion of young professionals. Five training places, for example for mechatronics, technicians or draughtsmen, are filled every year. Beyond this, we have
a long-standing partnership with the Berufsakademie Mosbach (Mosbach University of Cooperative Education)
in the field of Business Administration (BA).

At the same time hawo sees itself as part of the broader picture. That is why we are actively involved in improving hygiene standards around the world—for example in Cambodia, Peru and the Ukraine. In each of these countries we have donated entire work stations for the packaging of sterile goods, to help prevent infections. hawo is actively engaged in the training of staff in the projects to achieve a functioning sterile supply in the long term. And it was for this reason that hawo was awarded the LEA Prize in 2008.

The award for social responsibility among small and medium-sized businesses in Baden-Württemberg, Leistung-Engagement-Anerkennung (LEA), is an acknowledgement of voluntary engagement above
and beyond the immediate business activity.

Company History

First founded in 1975 by Hans Wolf, the family-owned company hawo is now a worldwide market leader in packaging systems. Main focus of our work are packaging systems and testing systems for doctors, hospitals as well as for medical and cleanroom technology industries. Today we market our products in over 100 countries and thus make a global contribution to securing medical hygiene and infection control. Alongside medical packaging systems we also develop and produce products for use in the industrial sector as well as for laundries and dry cleaners.

In everything we do, we see ourselves in the position of leader, anticipating future developments and transforming them into innovative products. And as a result, we can offer especially target-orientated support to our customers in their work, as well as being able to solve packaging problems on an individual, case-by-case basis.

The demands we place on ourselves are high–especially regarding both the quality and the design of our products. These demands have paid off, as in such devices as hawodent “Generation Easy” which won the Chicago Athenaeum – Museum of Architecture and Design’s Good Design Award in 2007, as well as being nominated for the German Design Prize 2009.

Mission statement

Innovation and quality are central to our business philosophy. These two values can be applied to all the areas in which we are active—both internally and externally.

That´s why not only we do take it for granted that our products will conform to the numerous obligatory standards—such as the new EN ISO 11607-2 and the EN 868-series and DIN 58953-series. hawo itself has been certified in accordance with the ISO 9001:2000 standard. All our products naturally also carry the CE sign.

We develop innovative packaging systems. Our products and services meet the highest quality standards and are constantly being improved. Our development team keeps a close watch on the market in order to identify trends
early on and translate these into innovative products.

The same standards apply to our relationship with customers and suppliers. This thinking is reflected in an intensive, reliable and flexible business relationship.

These principles characterize how we conduct ourselves within the company. A friendly, open and responsible atmosphere is conducive to achieving our objectives.