Strategies for the Future - developing social firms in Northrhine-Westphalia

Co-ordination : FAF gGmbH

Beta e.V.

Agency name:	Beta e.V.
founded:	1998
Production or service sector:	Assembly, packaging, pad printing, metalworking, courier services, transport, production of home accessories
Social focus (measures, target groups):	Integration of the long-term unemployed and people with severe disabilities
Number of employees:	approx. 70
Contact person:	Reiner Haßel, Christoph Wöllmer
Tel. no.:	+49 (0)202-260668-0
Fax:	+49 (0)2 02-26 06 68-21
Address:	Alfredstraße 10-18 42281 Wuppertal
E-mail:	rhassel@beta-ev.de
Website:	www.beta-ev.de
Cooperation partner:	Breuer & Dausend Reuß
Cooperation contents:	Metalworking, qualification, purchasing, sales logistics

Brief description:

During the past few years, the BETA e.V. company has gathered know-how in metalworking through further qualifications. This has made it possible for the company to manufacture its own home accessories (candlesticks). Even though first experiences in manufacturing and marketing were a success, continuing production and marketing in an economically sustainable manner in the long term will only be possible if the company cooperates with a private enterprise. The cooperative goal is to take advantage of the private enterprise's stored experience and make use of already existing structures and business connections to develop a business concept that will ensure that the expanding product range of BETA e.V. will be marketable in the long term.