Social responsibility – made in Germany –
Made in Germany

Taking responsibility for mankind and the environment has been a matter of course at the family-owned ANKER-TEPPICHBODEN company throughout its 150+ year tradition.

The company founder Leopold Schoeller (1792–1884) not only had his business activities in his sights but he had always viewed religious and social commitment as part of his core values: among other things, he founded the “Knaben-Familien-Schule”, today’s Düren grammar school, “Gymnasium am Wirteltor”, for which he donated a plot of land ten years later so that a separate building could be constructed. Long before the introduction of state institutions, he established a health fund for his employees and set up a foundation for invalids and new mothers.

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As a socially-minded employer, ANKER-TEPPICHBODEN does not limit its commitment just to the welfare of its staff and their families, but it is also a fair partner in its dealings with its customers and suppliers and a key player in the whole Düren region. “Made in Germany” is not just a quintessential quality attribute of its products, rather it also reflects the firm’s responsibility as a regional employer with around 340 staff in Düren and the surrounding area:

ANKER-TEPPICHBODEN
• can testify to an above-average number of long-standing employees thanks to the excellent social employment conditions.
• often employs several generations of one family.
• provides the best apprenticeships, further training and promotion for staff.
• supports and provides assistance to workshops for the disabled and has the majority of its pattern cards and collections put together in such facilities.
• is a co-founder of the “Schenkel-Schoeller-Stift” retirement home and founder and financial backer of the “Anna-Schoeller-Haus” home for the blind.
• is accredited according to OHSAS 18001: 2007 (industrial safety).