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Sustainability

Sustainability at Minka isn’t a trend, but a core part of our values. From energy supply and materials to well-designed production processes, we take responsibility—today and for future generations.

Leaves through which the sun shines

Sustainability

Sustainability at Minka isn’t a trend, but a core part of our values. From energy supply and materials to well-designed production processes, we take responsibility—today and for future generations.

Leaves through which the sun shines

Sustainability

Sustainability at Minka isn’t a trend, but a core part of our values. From energy supply and materials to well-designed production processes, we take responsibility—today and for future generations.

When sustainability comes from the heart

“What we do today determines what the world will look like tomorrow.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Sustainability has played an important role at Minka ever since the company was founded. To this day, we continuously work on making the production and use of our stairs even more sustainable. In recent years, special emphasis has been placed on expanding our in-house photovoltaic systems. As a result, we are already able to cover the majority of our energy needs with solar power. In addition, Minka sources the raw materials and components for its stairs exclusively from within Europe and strives to keep transport routes as short as possible. However, the journey toward sustainability never truly ends — our goal is to achieve fully CO₂-neutral production and to create the most positive possible environmental footprint for our products.

The image shows solar panels installed on the roof of a building with a clear blue sky in the background and mountains in the distance. The panels are placed on a sloped metal roof with a pipe visible next to the panels.

Photovoltaics

Every free area on the roofs of our company buildings is covered by solar panels. Up to now, we have already been able to cover the absolute majority of our production with pure solar energy. We can now even operate our own electric filling stations with our photovoltaic systems. In this way, we also support the use of electric and hybrid cars by our employees.

Value chain

“Made in China”? That’s a “No” from us. The materials for our products all come from Europe. Most parts are sourced directly from Austria, followed by Germany, Italy, Bosnia, Poland and Finland. At our two locations in Austria, we then process the supplied parts further and pack the finished products. From our central position, we ship our staircases to various hardware stores or directly to our customers.
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Energy saving

Our attic staircases have excellent insulation technology and therefore also outstanding thermal insulation values. This prevents heat from escaping from the house to the outside. This is not only beneficial for our customers – who consequently have to heat less – but also for the environment.

High-quality materials

We do not want to support the throwaway culture that is commonplace in many industries today. That’s why we rely on high-quality materials and components that, in the best case, will last a lifetime. Our attic stairs in particular have already served millions of customers well for decades.
The image shows a stack of high-quality wooden materials. The pieces of wood are neatly arranged in layers, showing their textured surface and natural grain pattern. The wood appears to be well-cured and carefully stored for further use.