RAL Quality Marks compact

In the RAL Quality Marks compact, you will find reports from the diverse areas of life for which RAL has defined specific quality requirements for products and services. This includes expert interviews, checklists and tips from the world of the RAL Quality Marks.

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EDITION DECEMBER 2022

Strict requirements for agricultural production

Food products can only ever be as good as their ingredients. Critical factors influencing the quality of products of animal origin include the animal feed and well-being of the...

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A good drop of wine – guaranteed!

A nice glass of wine enhances every social gathering. Companies who want to use the RAL Quality Mark for High Quality Badian Wine on their products must send their...

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Butter and cheese of the highest quality and purity

Consumers can rely on RAL Quality Marks as dependable guides for high quality in almost every sector and this also applies to refrigerated supermarket counters. Anyone who wants to...

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Healthy and tasty external catering

People do not only consume food at home and hardly anyone always cooks and eats within their own four walls. External catering thus plays an important role – e.g....

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Company profile Gala Germany GmbH

Sascha Fuckert is the Managing Director of Gala Germany GmbH. The company uses the RAL Quality Mark for Candles. In an interview with the RAL Quality Marks Magazine, Mr....

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EDITION SEPTEMBER 2022

The European Green Deal for a greener future

The European Green Deal announced by the European Commission on 11 December 2019 is a response to the existential threat posed by climate change and environmental destruction. The Green...

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Sustainably offsetting carbon emissions

An increasingly popular way for individuals or companies to demonstrate their sustainability is carbon offsetting. Avoiding emissions as far as possible is of course the most meaningful form of...

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Save resources by recycling household waste

The recycling of plastic helps to conserve natural resources. The proportion of recycled materials sourced from household waste thus plays a particularly important role with respect to environmental protection....

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Company profile City Image Maintenance Kaislerslautern

Andrea Buchloh-Adler is Works Manager at City Image Maintenance Kaislerslautern. This in-house department of the City of Kaiserslautern uses the RAL Quality Mark for Reverse Consumption for its three...

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EDITION MAY 2022

Company profile Vispero GmbH

Nikola Petrović is Managing Director of Vispero GmbH. The company uses the RAL Quality Mark for Fair Recruitment Healthcare Germany. In an interview with the RAL Quality Marks Magazine,...

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Cleaning every nook and cranny

It is not just laundry that is subject to strict requirements with respect to cleanliness in order to prevent, for example, infections. The cleaning personnel responsible for ensuring that...

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Hygienically clean laundry

The coronavirus pandemic has once again increased the importance of hygiene and cleanliness, both in a private and professional environment. Especially in sensitive areas such as nursing care or...

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Clear criteria for optometric services

The services provided by optometrists make an important contribution to the health of the visual system, i.e. the human eye, retina and optic nerve. They use various tests and...

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Audited facilities for vascular medicine

The Quality Assurance Association for Facilities for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine awards the RAL Quality Mark for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine to facilities that offer diagnostic and...

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Healthy and tasty external catering

A healthy diet is essential in a care institution and communal meals are an important social and structural component of everyday life in clinics or old people’s homes. Therefore,...

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Ensuring high quality in mobile nursing care

It is important to remember that nursing care is not only provided in institutions but also on an outpatient basis in a large number of cases. Numerous care workers...

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Medically effective stockings

The use of medical compression stockings is a basic therapy for diseases of the venous and lymphatic system. In order to effectively relieve the symptoms suffered by patients, the...

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Fairly and effectively organised care workers

The shortage of care workers is a significant bottleneck for hospitals, care homes and outpatient care services. While the number of job vacancies is constantly growing, it is becoming...

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EDITION NOVEMBER 2021

EDITION AUGUST 2021

Recommended by consumer protection organisations

Consumers benefit from RAL Quality Marks RAL has been awarding quality marks for more than 90 years. And these labels have always fulfilled the requirements for them to be...

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Company profile Möbelwerke A. Decker GmbH

Andreas Decker is Managing Director of Möbelwerke A. Decker GmbH. The company uses the RAL Quality Mark for Furniture. In an interview with the RAL Quality Marks Magazine, Mr....

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RAL quality assurance – a hallmark of quality steeped in tradition

The RAL Quality Assurance System The RAL quality assurance system has been the basis for today’s RAL Quality Marks since 1925. It stipulates that the criteria for the award...

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EDITION APRIL 2021

Company profile KompostWerke Rhein-Sieg GmbH

Dirk Riedel is Managing Director of KompostWerke Rhein-Sieg GmbH & Co. KG (KRS). The compa-ny uses the RAL Quality Mark for Compost. In an interview with the RAL Quality...

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Doing something good for the soil with homogeneous high-quality compost

It is not uncommon on private compost heaps to find materials or waste that do not really belong there. Those people who place their trust instead in professionally produced...

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Long-lasting doors thanks to carefully selected types of wood

Interior doors made out of wood and wood-based materials are exposed to various different stresses and strains due to the wide variety of installation locations within the building and...

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Modern technology meets traditional materials

The RAL Quality Mark for Timber Frame House Construction stands for uniform quality standards for timber frame house construction by both skilled craftsmen and industrial companies. The tech-nical criteria...

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Well-maintained green spaces thanks to the latest technology

Landscape management companies ensure that green areas in communities and districts are kept neat and tidy. They are responsible for maintaining and shaping nature and the landscape in both...

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The way to quality is through the stomach

The RAL Quality Mark for Expertise in Eating Properly from the Quality Assurance Association for Nutritional Expertise stands for healthy and tasty food in the communal catering sector. It...

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Professionals at work in the thermal insulation of building facades

For customers and planners of composite systems for thermal insulation, the quality of the product is not the only important thing because the expertise of the company responsible for...

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EDITION DECEMBER 2020

Reliability and trust in medical products and nursing care

Individuals with varicose veins or leg vein thrombosis require medical compression stockings. If the stockings are prescribed by a doctor and the costs are covered by the health insurance...

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Accident prevention for scaffolding and waste and recyclable material containers

Stringent safety precautions must be observed when erecting and dismantling steel scaffolding. For one thing, there is a great danger of falling during this work. Secondly, it is essential...

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Protection from fire and smoke

Its versatile insulating properties make mineral wool an almost indispensable building material. It is used for interior insulation and in thermal insulation composite systems just as much as for...

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No chance for burglars

Burglars specialise in breaking open locks on windows and doors in a matter of seconds. Protection against this is for instance provided by security fittings, concealed turning hinges or...

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Environmental protection at home and on the road

Wood is a popular natural design tool for many. However, it is often forgotten that woods should also be selected in harmony with nature. Anyone who values sustainability and...

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EDITION AUGUST 2020

Legally robust criteria for “Made in Germany” defined for the first time

For many customers both at home and abroad, “Made in Germany” has been a sign of the highest level of quality and German craftsmanship for decades. However, this term...

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Up-to-date criteria – the prerequisite for the reliability of labels

Labels only fulfil their purpose if people are able to rely on the fact that the criteria for the award of these labels correspond to the latest technology, current...

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RAL awards the new label “Green Button”

The Green Button (Grüne Knopf) is the state-approved label for sustainable textiles. The label is underpinned by the Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and indicates to...

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Company profile TRD-Reisen Dortmund GmbH

Hermann Meyering is Managing Director of TRD-Reisen Dortmund GmbH. The company uses the RAL Quality Mark for Bus Comfort. In an interview with the RAL Quality Marks Magazine, Hermann...

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EDITION MAY 2020

Company profile Helmut Meeth GmbH

Helmut Meeth is Managing Director of Helmut Meeth GmbH & Co. KG. The company was founded in 1985 and uses the RAL Quality Marks for windows, windows and fitting,...

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From warranty provision through to clear instructions – customer service has many different faces

Is there anyone who has not been annoyed at some time about being “sold a dud” that has spent more time being repaired than actually working or by faults...

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Service provision can make life easier for companies and start-ups

Service provision and customer support not only make life easier for consumers and business customers. The Quality Assurance Association for Local Government Administration Oriented Towards Medium-Sized Companies is an...

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RAL is now DIN ISO certified

RAL quality assurance is particularly embodied by RAL Quality Marks and the RAL colour cards. However, the award of the Blue Angel environmental label and EU Ecolabel and licensing...

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EDITION DECEMBER 2019

EDITION NOVEMBER 2019

Climate friendly construction and living

Around 14 percent of the CO2 emissions in Germany are generated in the building sector. To reduce your own carbon footprint, climate friendly heating, appropriate investment in insulation measures...

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Preserve resources, boost recycling

Our natural resources are limited – and are becoming increasingly scarce. In order to preserve them, the raw materials used in the production of products should be fed back...

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Company profile Jokey SE

Gustav Dengel is Product Manager at Jokey SE. The company uses the new RAL Quality Mark for % of Recycled Plastic. In an interview with the RAL Quality Marks...

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EDITION JULY 2019

News and updates

Helpful guide for consumers: Updated ABC of labelling (Only available in German) There are now labels for almost every type of product or service. Yet it is often difficult to...

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Reliable service that really helps

It is often very difficult to make important purchasing decisions – and they require lots of knowledge about the desired properties of a product. Even after making the decision...

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Complex services: Guidance for consumers

We regularly rely on a variety of different services during everyday life whose quality it is often difficult to assess without specialist knowledge. However, this doesn’t necessarily have to...

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A long service life is guaranteed

A long service life and reliable functionality over many years are important decision-making criteria especially for large investments. If faults occur within a short period of time, there is...

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Company profile Jorczyk Energie KG

Name of the company: Jorczyk Energie KG Holder of the RAL Quality Mark for Energy Trading since: 02/05/2003 Location: Celle Number of employees: 54 Services offered: As an energy...

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Placing the focus on efficiency and value retention – Edition May 2019

Company profile

Name of the company: Motorenzentrum Wilhelm Schmidt GmbH Holder of the RAL Quality Mark for Engine Repairs since:1996 Location:Groß-Kienitz Number of employees: 12 (Wilhelm Schmidt Group: 50) Services offered: Service,...

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High quality is not only good for your wallet but also natural resources

Anybody who wants to help preserve resources would be well advised to already look for high-quality products when making a purchase. It is certainly true that these products are...

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Retaining value with professional renovation and modernisation

Crumbling façades, rotten window frames and dilapidated roof tiles already indicate at first glance that a building needs renovating. Yet even neglecting smaller maintenance tasks can lower the value...

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Maintenance against the ravages of time

Unfortunately, it is also impossible to avoid the ravages of time taking their toll on high-quality products and goods that have been designed to offer a long service life....

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News and updates

Update to the RAL Quality Mark for Local Government Administration Oriented Towards Medium-Sized Companies The RAL Quality Mark for Local Government Administration Oriented Towards Medium-Sized Companies is used by...

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Event announcement: RAL Symposium on Nutrition

Training conference organised by the RAL Quality Assurance Association for Nutritional Expertise on 17 May 2019 in Bochum The RAL Quality Assurance Association for Nutritional Expertise invites you to...

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