Introduction
The Schreinerei Schmid company was established in 1895, and since its establishment has been located in
Abendsberg, Germany. There is both housing and other industrial facilities in the vicinity of the workshop.
Eleven employees are involved in production and administration, and company has annual sales of
approximately one million Deutsche Marks. Since 1995, the company has had an internal environmental
information and control system. The company also produced its first environmental report in 1995, with a
target audience of the company’s environmentally conscious private and corporate customers. In late 1997,
the existing environmental management features were broadened to establish an environmental
management system for registration under the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). This
effort was supported, in part, by the Bavarian State Government’s promotional scheme for small and
medium-sized enterprises and handicraft businesses.