After ARMOR India Bangalore, it is now the turn of ARMOR India New Delhi, our subsidiary created last year, to obtain the triple QSE certification!

It is with great satisfaction that Armor Brasil announces a positive evolution of its logistics model, with the implementation of a second ribbon storage point, located in Uberlândia - MG.

Recognized for its sustainable development strategy in 2017 and subsequently in 2019, ARMOR Asia has now received a further award at the Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards. The event took place virtually on the 1^st of October in the presence of the president of Singapore, Halimah Yacob.
 

ARMOR has partnered with MacTac to bring thinner and more sustainable thermal transfer products to the labeling industry. 

2900 Earhart Court in Hebron, Kentucky has played host to ARMOR USA for the past 21 years. In the beginning, the company was only renting out a small portion of the building for its production lines and offices, but as the years went by, ARMOR USA became larger and larger, which created a need for more and more space. In turn, they rented out the rest of the units in the building, one by one, as their needs grew. The building is only so big though, and to keep up with the constant increase in demand for their Thermal Transfer ribbons, ARMOR USA took another major step by expanding to an entirely new building: 3000 Earhart Court.

With the openings of subsidiaries in Brazil, Canada, Mexico and recently Colombia, one would assume that a lot of the workload has been lifted from the shoulders of ARMOR USA to fulfill orders, since they originally serviced all of these countries as well. The contrary has proven true, ARMOR USA has shown a steady growth in sales within the United States. By acquiring the new 3000 building, they’ve made room to continue this trend.

Currently, ARMOR USA occupies 81,000 square feet of space. With the new expansion, ARMOR USA will add over 32,000 square feet, resulting in a total of 113,000 square feet of space.  The original building will maintain some of its offices, but demolish others, creating 40% more space for production. This will allow overall production capacity to increase by 60-80%!

The new ARMOR USA facilities will also provide a solid base for two other ARMOR Group activities to expand their presence in the country. ARMOR 3D specializing in materials for additive manufacturing (3D printing) and ARMOR Film for Batteries, which manufactures new generation of current collector films, have found at 3000 Earhart Court a conducive environment to their development in the United States.

EcoVadis evaluates the quality of the CSR management system
The gold medal won by ARMOR further to the EcoVadis assessment applies to the group as a whole, all business streams combined. It signifies "Advanced CSR Performance" and is awarded to organizations obtaining an overall score greater than 65/100. This distinction reflects that the company has adopted a structured and proactive CSR approach in terms of the environment, society, ethics as well as in purchasing. 

EcoVadis is a business CSR performance rating provider. To generate these ratings, it uses a shared platform used by 65,000 customers in 160 countries and 200 different business sectors. The entered data are processed by an analysis software backed by various databases and verified by qualified employees. The objective of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) assessment methodology used by EcoVadis is to assess the quality of a company's CSR management system through its policies, initiatives and results.

CSR at ARMOR: the demand for quality and transparency
In 2011, ARMOR instituted a CSR self-diagnosis and a "values approach" which have identified areas for improvement and translated them into an action plan. The latter uses data monitoring and analysis to provide an overall view of ARMOR Group's performance in terms of societal innovation, both on social and environmental levels and through its societal involvement.
“This report has been designed to describe the links between society's challenges and our company's contributions, efforts and successes, in addition to areas in which we must improve”, states Annabelle Guillet, CSR Manager at ARMOR.

“The company of the 21st century must be committed, or be no more. Social responsibility is now an integral part of our corporate culture at ARMOR.We call this commitment Socially Responsible Innovation”, states Hubert de Boisredon, CEO of ARMOR.

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