{"id":34928,"date":"2011-07-06T15:35:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ak-online.de\/2011\/07\/important-update-on-material-efficiency-promotion\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:59:52","slug":"important-update-on-material-efficiency-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ak-online.de\/en\/important-update-on-material-efficiency-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Important update on material efficiency promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently received information from Demea (German Material Efficiency Agency) that the<strong> new guidelines for the promotion of projects to improve material efficiency <\/strong>, which have been announced for some time,<strong> will <\/strong>apply<strong> from August 1, 2011 <\/strong>, although the new guidelines have not yet been published.<br \/>\n(Further information on the topic of material efficiency and the funding criteria and funding amounts valid until July 31, 2011 can be found here).<br \/>\nThis means that all applications for potential analyses and in-depth consultations received by Demea <strong>by 31.07.2011<\/strong> will still be treated in accordance with the <strong>currently valid <\/strong><strong>guidelines<\/strong>, even if the consultation does not begin until after 31.07.2011. Experience shows that project start dates up to 1.10.11 should still be accepted.<br \/>\n<!--more-->In our opinion, it makes sense to submit an application in accordance with the old directive for two reasons:<br \/>\n<strong>1. the usual approval difficulties with new funding mechanisms:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe German Material Efficiency Agency points out: &#8220;<em>As experience has shown that there are problems getting used to changeover processes (new processes, new rules, new responsibilities, new<\/em> <em>contacts) and companies that are currently thinking about material efficiency projects should not suffer as a result, using the &#8220;old&#8221; program could make sense in these cases<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>2. it is reported that the higher funding rates of the old program<br \/>\n<\/strong>potential analyses will now only be funded at 50% instead of 66% in some cases. In conjunction with other funding conditions, such as maximum funding value and eligible daily rates, companies are likely to fare better with funding under the old directive.<br \/>\nBelow is a summary of the <strong>main funding requirements<\/strong> that a company must fulfill in order to receive funding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Companies must meet the EU criteria for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). Essentially, this means\n<ul>\n<li>Maximum 250 employees<\/li>\n<li>Maximum annual turnover of \u20ac 50 million or maximum balance sheet total of \u20ac 43 million<\/li>\n<li>Independent company or if you are affiliated with other companies, the companies must jointly fulfill the above conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Companies must have &#8220;substantial&#8221; production in Germany<\/li>\n<li>Logically, material losses (rejects, scrapping, too much material in the end product) must occur in the manufacturing process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The organizational <strong>effort involved in submitting applications is<\/strong> <strong>low<\/strong>, so it is easy to submit applications at short notice, even during the vacation period. The entire documentation can be prepared by A&amp;K. We only need a few numerical values from you.<br \/>\nFor further information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:AKemmner@ak-online.de\">Dr. Kemmner<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently received information from Demea (German Material Efficiency Agency) that the new guidelines for the promotion of projects to improve material efficiency , which have been announced for some time, will apply from August 1, 2011 , although the new guidelines have not yet been published. 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