EANS-News: Binder+Co Aktiengesellschaft / Binder+Co awarded the 2011 National Prize for Work Safety

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Gleisdorf (euro adhoc) - Gleisdorf, June 29, 2011. Following last
year´s National Prize for Innovation, the Styria-based mechanical
engineering company Binder+Co has now received another important
Austrian award in the shape of the 2011 National Prize for Work
Safety.

The Austrian National Prize for Work Safety is awarded biannually to
companies that raise health and safety standards in the workplace
beyond statutory requirements by means of innovative, in-house
projects.

During a festive ceremony held on June 21, the Austrian Federal
Minister for Social Affairs, Rudolf Hundstorfer, presented this
year´s National Prizes for Work Safety. Apart from Binder+Co, Baxter,
Cemex and Artbau Zagler also received awards. A jury composed of
representatives of the social partnership, accident insurance funds,
the scientific world and the health and safety inspectorate undertook
the evaluation of the projects submitted.

As Minister Hundstorfer underlined in his opening address, it is of vital
importance that the physical damage caused to employees due to industrial
accidents or the incorrect use of equipment be further reduced. This should not
merely result in increased working process productivity, but first and foremost,
prevent the frequently catastrophic human and social consequences of a working
accident for the affected employee.

The Binder+Co project stood out due to the fact that it related to apprentice
training and was therefore targeted on the improved safety of young employees in
connection with tools and equipment. In cooperation with experts from the health
and safety inspectorate, the AUVA and the district administrative authority,
Binder+Co developed various stickers for the marking of tools. These stickers
can be simply applied and allow the apprentices and their trainers to quickly
and easily recognize, whether or not they should use a particular device. The
system is also to be introduced at other companies across the country with
immediate effect.

The prize was received by the project initiator and Binder+Co AG production
manager, Bruno Egger, who himself commenced his career at Binder+Co as an
apprentice.

To celebrate the prize award and as a small gesture of appreciation for this
outstanding initiative, the Binder+Co Board invited the entire workforce to a
small, in-company festivity. Moreover, as is almost traditional, the
prizewinner, Bruno Egger, helped the Board members to serve snacks and
beverages.

The Binder+Co Group Binder+Co AG is a specialist in the field of
processing, environmental and packaging technology and the world
market leader in the screening and glass recycling segments. The
company was listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange at the end of 2006
and is now part of the third market in the mid market segment. In
2010, Binder+Co was honoured with the Austrian National Innovation
Prize for its development of the world´s first industrially mature
system for the sorting of heat-resistant special glass from cullet.

Further inquiry note:
Karl Grabner, Member of the Management Board
Phone: +43 (0) 3112/800-363

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company: Binder+Co Aktiengesellschaft
Grazerstraße 19-25
A-8200 Gleisdorf
phone: +43 3112 800-363
FAX: +43 3112 800-320
mail: karl.grabner@binder-co.at
WWW: www.binder-co.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT000BINDER3
indexes: mid market
stockmarkets: Third Market: Wien
language: English