Questionnaire for workshop participants - EU Ecolabel Marketing for ...

Hard floor coverings
We have identified 11 producers of hard floor covering in Slovakia which fall under the
definition of hard floor covering Flower product group. All these producers are selling
their products in Slovakia; 8 of the 11 producers export their products to EU MS. The
export’s share makes more then 50% in average in all these companies. None of the
company has currently Ecolabel.
Copy and graphic paper
There is only one producer of the copy and graphic paper in Slovakia which falls under
the definition of Ecolabel copy and graphic paper category. It is company Mondi Business
Paper SCP which is Slovak branch of international Mondi Business Paper Group. It has
implemented ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. The Slovak plant supplies mainly to the Slovak
and Czech market, partly also to other European countries.
Soaps, shampoos, cleaning products and detergents
We have identified 20 producers of soaps, shampoos and detergents in Slovakia. We
have used the list of detergent producers from last year and added new producers of
soaps and shampoos to make sure that if we communicate with the company we cover
all the product groups from their product lines. Three of the 20 producers have
implemented ISO 9001. All 20 producers are selling their products in Slovakia as well as
in other EU MS and other Eastern Europe countries.
All companies from the list attached as the Annex 1 were contacted, but unfortunately no
positive response was received until the end of September.
CB was contacted National Ecolabel holders and has sent to them questionnaires about
their experiences and opinion about Ecolabel advantages, development of the
certification process etc.
Questionnaires were filled in by following companies:
o Cementáreň Litavská Lúčka, a.s.
o Johan ENVIRO, s.r.o. Bratislava
o COMPAG SK, s.r.o. Bratislava
o Považská cementáreň,a.s. Ladce
o Bramac – strešné krytiny, spol s r.o. Ivanka pri Nitre
Most of awarded companies has positive experiences with Ecolabel awarded products
(generally with export), but they say that they feel poor support from national authorities
(no advantage in government contracts etc.) Only company COMPAG SK, s.r.o. Bratislava
has generally negative experience with all process of Ecolabeling. They say that only the
price is important for their customers and they are disappointed with Ecolabel effect.
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