Step by step to more fitness!
Sports not only have an immense impact on your health, they also have a positive effect on well-being. Doka Saudi Arabia has acknowledged this and launched a three-month fitness challenge.
The challenge was enthusiastically accepted by the employees and started with an evaluation of the current fitness status of all participants. To keep motivation high, the team was provided with numerous health and lifestyle tips as well as healthy fruit snacks.
The biggest incentive, however, were the monthly updates on their personal health status, where everyone hoped to shine. Fitness trackers were used during the time spent together at the gym, on hikes, and on cycling and walking tours to document their training success.
Abdul Latheef Koriyattil | Head of Engineering
“The hike was a wonderful experience where teamwork came first. I was also able to relieve stress and relax really well.”
Together we drive momentum
As part of the Umdasch Group, we at Doka aim to not only be economically successful, but also fulfill our ecological and social responsibilities as well as our responsibility as an employer. Therefore, we regularly set impulses within and outside our company and drive international initiatives that make our common working and living environment more sustainable.
The successes achieved by the fitness challenge at Doka Saudi Arabia were impressive, not only in terms of burned calories and reduced body weight. Some Doka employees completed a half marathon together, which was organised in connection with the 91st Saudi National Day festivities. They ran an impressive 21.1 km and at the end, all those who reached the finish line received a certificate. But the employees of Doka Saudi Arabia were not the only ones striving for personal fitness.
Doka India staff working from home arranged to go on a 14 km hike to climb to the top of the Brahmagiri mountain range in the Western Ghats of Southern India. The breath-taking view was the greatest reward for this sporting adventure, along with a great experience among teammates.
Mohamed Yasir Hyder | Teamleiter Engineering
“We had a mind blowing and fun filled trekking adventure on the way to the top of Brahmagiri Peak. At the end we were rewarded with a breath-taking view.”
The goal of the Fitness Challenge to improve health and well-being among the employees at Doka Saudi Arabia was achieved. And on top of that, the challenge offered a welcome change to the daily working routine and productivity at work increased.
The best thing, however, was how these shared activities reinforced everyone’s sense of team spirit, which is why they all agreed to continue the fitness challenge next year.
Doka and the Umdasch Group stand for sustainable development.
Therefore, we focus on initiatives in the sense of the "Sustainable Development Goals" of the United Nations.
A career abroad? Yes!
Three months’ work experience in the USA changed her life. For the Hungarian Yard Manager, too, Doka was the gateway to the world. A third was in the Ivory Coast for his project.
An excellent combination of work and family life
Satisfied employees offer tremendous potential! Doka does its bit to create happy families with Umdasch Nest. At our Amstetten site the little ones are well looked after in our company’s own crèche, including in the years before they are old enough for the kindergarten.
A deliciously cool start to the employee engagement survey
Improvements depend on honest feedback. This is why the Umdasch Group introduced a global engagement survey so that all employees have an opportunity to make their views known.
Responsibility is part of the deal for the Umdasch Group
The Umdasch Group has set itself the goal of linking knowledge, business and values and thus fulfilling the responsibility that both the Umdasch Group and its companies have to society.
Step by step to more fitness!
Sports not only have an immense impact on your health, they also have a positive effect on well-being. Doka Saudi Arabia has acknowledged this and launched a three-month fitness challenge.
Doka brings self-directed development into the Spotlight
Doka and the Umdasch Group have set themselves the target to support employees in our complex and fast-moving world of work in the best way we can to achieve flexible and needs-based development that is useful for them. The route we have chosen is tailored learning offers for independent development.
New land with NEULANDT
NEULANDT’s portable precast plant N3P is on its first mission to Abidjan on the Ivory Coast. N3P allows for the industrial production of precast elements directly on the construction site. This creates added value at a local level and high process efficiency. The results are sustainable, affordable living spaces, as well as a better social infrastructure.
Powder coating 4.0
The cutting-edge powder-coating system has been in operation near the Amstetten headquarters since 2021. What can such a system achieve? Every single step of production can be optimised for sustainability, using the latest robot technology, digitalisation, automation and state-of-the-art technology. It protects the environment and people.
Seven Climate Rangers show the way
Seven Doka employees completed the Climate Ranger Academy to develop their knowledge on climate protection and mainstream this knowledge within Doka's business environment. This is because transformation will only be successful if sustainability is reflected in the strategy, the business’s own core processes and in its everyday processes.
Sustainability wins prizes
What is the idea behind the Umdasch Group’s Sustainability Prize? It is to promote projects that work towards a sustainability strategy and these projects are within the company itself. What started in 2020 is now an annual event. Employees are very enthusiastic and motivated.
A green light for green energy
Over 10,000 sq.m. of solar panels will have been installed on the roofs of buildings in Amstetten, St. Georgen and St. Martin by the end of 2023. Thus around 9% of electricity required each year at the Amstetten site can be covered with solar power.
A clever move!
Doka’s transport logistics in Amstetten are attracting attention with their strong, sustainable focus on expanding intermodal traffic. Consignments are transported in combination with railways. More and more Doka countries are joining.
Doka Sweden’s vehicles are going green
Doka Sweden’s trucks are producing 80–90% fewer greenhouse gases by using a different sort of green fuel. HVO100 fuel is leading the way in the sustainability stakes, as it is primarily made of waste fats such as cooling oils or animal fat.
Carbon footprint for around 7,000 products
From the procurement of raw material and production through to delivery to distribution centres and branches worldwide, use on construction sites, repair and cleaning and, finally, the recovery and recycling phase of the product. Around 7,000 products have been examined right down to the last detail. Or, to be more accurate, to calculate their carbon footprint.
The end of paper!
Doka Amstetten is achieving in practice what was earlier thought to be unimaginable. There was great enthusiasm as they discovered and appreciated the advantages of paperless manufacturing. If an appropriate device is used, digitalisation brings very important advantages, especially in production. Everything is right up to date – with just a couple of clicks.