installation contracts to partner companies. In this way, we help to secure jobs in partner companies and support economic potential of their countries EVVA offers its partners its own training and further [...] security specialists and locksmiths. Worldwide, some 10,000 partner companies place their trust in us and work together with us. Our focus on partner sales strengthens the economy and industry: EVVA negotiates [...] learns a lot from partner companies about the special market requirements. Mutually valuable exchange that benefits everyone and strengthens the economy Early involvement of partners and general contractors

and profitability of our retail partners is the quality/longevity of the products. The quality of our mechanical locking systems, for example, was rated by our partners at 1.4 and the degree of innovation [...] survey . This is also reflected in EVVA’s culture, such as in our mission statement ("We inspire our partners and customers"). EVVA with high customer satisfaction A high level of satisfaction creates trust [...] measures these values in regular large-scale customer surveys. By customers, we mean our thousands of partner companies – such as locksmiths and specialist security stores – that distribute our access products

involved (picture on the right: a selection of our research partners). We at EVVA, our stakeholders in the research sector and our trade partners and customers all benefit greatly from this exchange. Valuable [...] error-minimised packaging and key embossing processes. Research partner: CDP (Center for Digital Production), in which EVVA is a co-partner (photo at the top) and with Research Studios Austria Development [...] experience, which leads to particularly needs-oriented solutions. Project partners: depending on the project, selected trade partners, suppliers and customers Exchange on energy harvesting. Goal: Access solutions

courses (of employees and partners) was 2022 again a very pleasing 4.6 stars (out of a possible 5). The EVVA Academy is not only available to our employees, but also to our trade partners . Electronic access [...] training courses of the EVVA Academy: support the partners in their market success make fit for the market requirements of the present and future, help partners reach more customers and generate revenue with [...] Participation in training courses for trade partners (EVVA headquarters) Further learning methods and innovations: EVVA has been a funding and support partner of the "42 Vienna" coding academy since 2022

school classes. It involves pupils as equal partners in the discussion with companies and the public and coordinates the exchange of ideas. EVVA Wien has been a partner of schülerInnen.gestalten.wandel since [...] of the company. Unfortunately, this event could not be held during the pandemic EVVA was a course partner of the "Environmental and Sustainability Management" master's course at Krems University of Applied

dialogue rated "Innovation" as highly relevant and impactful. In the dialogues, customers and trade partners especially emphasised the importance of innovative security mechanisms for keys and cylinders, fast [...] guarantee highly secure access. In addition to millions of customers, our approximately 10,000 business partners and distributors rely on this. They sell our solutions and, as specialized retailers, depend on [...] conducts comprehensive market analyses, but above all an intense R&D dialogue with customers and trade partners, as early as the product development stage – with the aim of meeting their needs in the best possible

features prominently not only in the stakeholder dialogue, but also in the last partner survey 2023. Around 450 trade partners who sell our products worldwide took part. The quality and longevity of EVVA [...] millimetre. Top quality and reliability have a major positive impact on our customers and trading partners, which is why "quality" has been identified by stakeholders and EVVA as one of the most important [...] (on a 4-point scale), the best result of all companies surveyed. "Quality" was stated by trading partners to be by far the most important evaluation criterion. Nevertheless, we want to improve further –

housings, plugs) via the reusable pallet system to own subsidiaries and to some larger external sales partners. This eliminates the need for any additional packaging. The advantages of EVVA reusable pallets [...] course of their life cycle, EVVA receives a small percentage of the products returned via trade partners and its own subsidiaries. These are dismantled and wherever possible the parts are reused or melted

time and in top quality also influence the good reputation and profitability of EVVA and our sales partners. New suppliers must sign a quality agreement Social sustainability: We manufacture our products [...] inform the top 100 suppliers about our sustainability report and initiatives – as well as our trade partners via regular newsletters and a print magazine. For many years, EVVA employees have been informed

that 1.5 litres of drinking water are saved for every EVVA locking cylinder used by our trading partners and customers – with an average new system size of 100 cylinders, this is already 150 litres of