Texaid
| Texaid Textilverwertungs Aktiengesellschaft | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1978 |
| Seat |
Schattdorf Switzerland
|
| management | Philipp Martin Stoller Verena Schäfer |
| Number of employees | about 1000 |
| sales | approx. EUR 75 million |
| Branch | recycling |
| Website | www.texaid.ch |
| As of December 31, 2015 | |
The Texaid-Textilverwertungs-AG (proper spelling: TEXAID ) is a commercial company for Altkleiderverwertung the each own 50% of German business family Böschen and a consortium of the Swiss Red Cross , the Winter Aid Switzerland , Solidar Suisse , Caritas Switzerland , Kolping Switzerland and the Agency's of the Evangelical Churches in Switzerland (HEKS). The company, based in Schattdorf , Switzerland, is one of the largest organizations for collecting, sorting and recycling used textiles in Europe .
history
Texaid was founded in 1978 as a merger of six Swiss aid organizations. These are the Swiss Red Cross, Winter Aid Switzerland, Solidar Suisse (formerly the Swiss Workers 'Aid), Caritas Switzerland, Kolping Switzerland and the Swiss Protestant Churches' relief organization (HEKS). To carry out the collection, sorting and marketing of worn textiles, the “Texaid Textilverwertungs-Aktiengesellschaft” was created together with the Böschen entrepreneurial family from Darmstadt .
In 2005, Texaid Bulgaria Ltd. a branch was established in Kostinbrod , Bulgaria . This was followed in 2008 by Texaid Hungaria based in Bélapátfalva .
Texaid Deutschland GmbH was founded in 2009 and Texaid Collection GmbH in 2012, and Resales GmbH, based in Apolda, Thuringia, was taken over in September 2013.
The sorting plant in the free trade zone of Tangier has belonged to Texaid since the takeover of Resales GmbH in 2013. Around 150 employees sort over 8,000 tons of used textiles every year.
On December 2, 2016, “PACKMEE - the clothing donation in a box” started on the German market. The German Red Cross is a partner and receives 50 percent of the income minus postage and logistics costs. Further partners are the logistics companies DHL and Hermes as well as the textile company Esprit . With the system, clothing, shoes and household textiles can be donated by post free of charge.
In 2016, the market entry in Austria with the subsidiary TEXAID Austria GmbH took place through the takeover of AustriaTex Textile SEVH GmbH.
The classic way of collecting old clothes from the streets will be discontinued in most regions of Switzerland: Garment bags can now be deposited directly in their own mailboxes for a certain period. Thanks to the synergies with Swiss Post , there are no empty trips, as the collection of old clothes is combined with the delivery of the post.
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Texaid operates a network of over 6,000 collective containers in Switzerland. In addition, Texaid carries out nationwide street collections every year, including in cooperation with the post office. In total, Texaid collects over 35,000 tons of used textiles in Switzerland every year and is the market leader.
In Germany, Texaid operates 35 of its own second-hand shops ("ReSales") with 532 employees as well as the second largest sorting plant in Germany. In 2015, it generated sales of 40 million euros. The subsidiary carou GmbH, based in Darmstadt, also operates several second-hand online shops.
With the Swiss parent company and other locations in Germany , Austria , Bulgaria , Hungary and Morocco , Texaid is one of the largest organizations for collecting, sorting and recycling used textiles in Europe.
Subsidiaries of Texaid Textilverwertungs AG, Schattdorf:
- Texaid Bulgaria Ltd., Kostinbrod
- Texaid Hungaria, Bélapátfalva
- Texaid Austria GmbH, Linz
- Texaid Beteiligungsverwaltung Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt
- Texaid Collection GmbH, Apolda
- ReSales Textilhandels- und -recycling GmbH, Apolda
- ReSales Immobilien- und Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH, Apolda
Criticism of the company
In 2019, several Swiss newspapers reported on the opaque structures of the company and the luxurious lifestyle of the managing director Martin Böschen. A particular problem here is the fact that non-profit collections have resulted in millions in fortunes for the Böschen family and the commercial nature of the collections is not obvious to many donors.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Company information at Moneyhouse
- ↑ https://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/haeuser-porsche-autolift-texaid-chef-lebt-trotz-verlusten-ein-luxusleben-id15196757.html
- ↑ https://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/haeuser-porsche-autolift-texaid-chef-lebt-trotz-verlusten-ein-luxusleben-id15196757.html
- ↑ Our company - PACKMEE - the clothing donation in a box. Retrieved February 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Cooperation with Texaid: The postman picks up the old clothes again In: srf.ch , February 1, 2017, accessed on March 18, 2018.
- ↑ Why old clothes are becoming more and more valuable. In: Handelszeitung . April 18, 2016, accessed October 15, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ Urs Maurer ,: The clothes collectors. In: Swissinfo . May 20, 2005, accessed October 15, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/haeuser-porsche-autolift-texaid-chef-lebt-trotz-verlusten-ein-luxusleben-id15196757.html
- ↑ https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/freiamt/warum-das-altkleidgeschaeft-laeuft-wie-es-laeuft-127874885
- ↑ https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Schweizer-Hilfswerke-streiten-um-alte-Kleider/story/23790017