We live and breathe technical innovation and tradition.

Our modern cooperative

For us, community spirit is our top priority. 

Since our founding, we have made our internal decisions based on a democratic majority. Our cooperative business model leaves room for open and honest cooperation and new ideas. This fuels our spirit of innovation and knowledge exchange. Our customers and business partners benefit in that they receive products of the highest quality, equipped with the latest technologies.

Does it make a difference whether you are working in a public limited company or in a cooperative?

Young employees in particular are interested in this topic and appreciate the strong sense of community within the cooperative business model, which provides meaningful work.

In our business we live according to the motto “What cannot be achieved by one person can be achieved by many”, and are taking the sense of community to the outside world through numerous social initiatives as well as upholding it within the company. Fast decision-making processes, individual responsibility and the desire to leave our mark in life is what motivates us, together with prioritising drive and resolving all challenges.

Since 1948, the company has been passed on from one generation of our cooperative members to the next and every profit made has been invested in Gerätewerk Matrei to secure our common path, for our employees, business partners and members.

Our cooperative association is a union of active employees who, within the company, would like to assume responsibility for other employees. After being in the company for 5 years every employee can apply to join the cooperative association. A social and entrepreneurial attitude represents an important factor in this.

Our values are also shared by our customers and partners, including Bora, Fissler, Miele, and V-Zug, with whom we have been working for decades. Their owners and managing directors are outstanding personalities who not only appreciate our philosophy and way of working, but also promote it. They value sustainable, flexible manufacturing in Matrei, and their forward-thinking approach strengthens our DACH region. Together, we achieve sustainability goals and create jobs in the region.

GF Rupert Sparber