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.
An addition to the family brings great joy. The happiness is even greater for our employees in Amstetten, because they have one less thing to worry about. Company employees enthusiastically welcomed the Umdasch Nest, which is a childcare facility for their small children situated close to company headquarters. With a usable area of 150 m2 the Umdasch Group offers all-day care for children aged between one and three from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. It is advisable to book a place in good time because they are in high demand. The 15 places in the crèche, which is run by the Lower Austria Hilfswerk, are greatly sought after.
Excellent food is also provided. Lunch and delicious snacks for both the parents and their children are freshly prepared in the company canteen. The “Nest” has everything that the small group needs for its well-being. Everything is perfect for a child’s happiness – a recreation room, a separate sleeping area, a child-friendly dining room including an integrated kitchen and the undivided attention of up to four trained nursery staff.
Kurt König | Vice President Human Resources
“The well-being of our employees is our top priority. This also means that young fathers and mothers know that their children are in the best hands during working hours. With the Umdasch Nest we have created a place where our little ones are happy and can grow up in a safe environment.”
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.
It is clear from the way this popular crèche is constructed that sustainability is very important. A powerful system of solar panels for the building's own power supply, the use of district heating using biomass, rainwater harvesting and the use of ecological building materials that meet the latest environmental criteria for building houses. Thanks to these ambitious features, the Umdasch Nest is certified as a “GreenBuilding”, as its energy consumption is at least 25% below the highest permissible energy consumption targets nationally.
Let’s grow together – is the motto for the Umdasch Nest and everyone who finds a cosy place inside it. However, apart from this, plenty of other things are done to make the working atmosphere and personal further training as pleasant as possible for employees. Career opportunities in Austria and abroad, employee discounts, a pensions and benefits package, incentive payments, flexible working time and remote work, wherever possible, company events and subsidised meals are only some of these. Apart from Umdasch Nest, other benefits at the Amstetten site also include a shuttle service from and to the station and company health checks.
Sonja Aigner | Global Lead HR
“With over 2,000 employees working here at the Amstetten site, there is clearly demand for all-day childcare for the pre-kindergarten age group. “We want to offer young fathers and mothers, who go back to their job directly after maternity or paternity leave, child daycare that is also in close proximity to their place of work.”
Doka and Umdasch Group are committed to sustainable development.
This is why we subscribe to initiatives that are aligned with the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals”.
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.