Our community engagement

At Munters, we believe that working together with our local communities is essential for our success. We know that community projects not only benefit our customers and potential employees but also create a sense of pride and engagement among our team members. When we collaborate with our neighbors, we build stronger relationships and create a positive impact on the world around us. By being active and engaged in our communities, we not only improve our own company but also contribute to the greater good. At Munters, we're proud to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, and we invite you to join us on this journey.

Below you'll find a selection of our community activities in 2022:

Munters Italy is collaborating with Alta Scuola Politecnica, ASP, an honor program for fourth-year students attending the Polytechnic University in Milan and Turin. Together, we are working on a project to investigate water conservation alternatives in evaporative cooling for greenhouses. The ongoing project, called GREENWEC, will conclude in September 2023. The project team includes seven students and five teachers. We have invested EUR 10,000, the maximum donation for the project.

Instead of scrapping used equipment and components, we try to find ways to reuse them. For example, we donated 12 pumps to the local civil defense authority in Chiusavecchia, Italy. The pumps will be used to drain buildings after a flood.

Munters is working with the Essex County Sheriff’s Department in Massachusetts, US to help low-risk prisoners gain work experience. The goal is to help them build skills so that after being released they will have an opportunity to find a well-paying job, which can reduce recidivism.

We can’t change the world, or save it, in a day. But the small actions we take on a daily basis create real change. The management team of our business area AirTech spent time together fishing plastic out of Amsterdam’s canals.

The local sustainability committee in Amesbury, in the US, carried out a number of activities during the year. The members met monthly to discuss and implement initiatives to improve the local factory. This year, for example, they stopped using disposable plastic cups in break rooms and replaced them with reusable Nalgene bottles for each employee. The team also launched a composting pilot program that is being carefully monitored in the hopes of adding compost bins throughout the factory.

We had the opportunity to inspire the workforce of the future on Manufacturing Day 2022 when U.S. manufacturers open their doors to the public. Fifty curious students, teachers and mentors visited Munters' production facility in Lansing, Michigan, where they were given a tour of the factory. They saw robots in action, learned how Munters quality-tests its products and got a peek into the distribution process.

For the fourth year in a row, Munters China received a quality workplace award from China International Intellectech Co. Ltd. (CIIC) Group, which ranks Chinese companies based on employee care. CIIC Group evaluates 7,000 companies, but only 200 are nominated. This year’s theme was “Go beyond, Break boundaries - Releasing Digital Vitality.”