Mission
Our vision
We are the institute for research, testing, certification, qualification and production in Europe for building products in rooms, with a focus on interiors. With our developments, we shape the future of building products for floor and room systems and enable manufacturers of building and furnishing products to produce responsibly and sustainably - for the healthy and safe living and working of tomorrow. The commitment and expertise of our employees and our network, consisting of manufacturers, trade, craftsmen and other organizations from science and industry, will continue to ensure the quality of our well-founded, practical actions as from now and in the future.
Our mission
We shape the future through innovative, application-oriented research that advances our member companies. Our tests and certifications ensure safe, healthy and comfortable spaces. In the area of qualification, we support you on your way to becoming a sustainable, agile and creative organization. In production, we design prototypes and samples according to specific customer requirements, develop test carpets, distribute standardized dirt dust and provide support in the construction of special machines and test equipment on customer request.
We work together to ensure success: with our customers, employees
Our values
People always come first for us - regardless of whether they are customers, employees or partners. Research, testing and certification are all about supporting manufacturers and consumers. Competent and committed employees make this possible.
Corporate Social Responsibility
TFI is committed to the idea of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and focuses not only on consumer and environmental protection in its traditional fields of activity, but also on assessing and promoting sustainability. The Institute is also committed to its corporate and social responsibility in the sense of shaping social, ecological and economic sustainability. Therefore, we have created our Code of Conduct as a voluntary commitment. You can download it as a pdf under the LINK.
Social responsibility
We live family friendliness. By creating suitable framework conditions, we take individual life situations into account and enable our employees to achieve a better work-life balance. This includes, among other things, a high degree of flexibility in the organisation of working hours as well as the possibility to work part-time or in a home office.
Equality
Equal treatment and equal opportunities for male and female employees are also important to us. For example, the proportion of female employees is currently 54 % and the proportion of female managers is 50 %.
Procurement
TFI also pays attention to sustainability in procurement. We procure our energy, electricity and gas from certified suppliers according to ecological criteria. We select our partners for the procurement of office supplies and consumables according to environmental criteria and social aspects. When purchasing, we make sure that products and services come from our region wherever possible.
Energy and environment
It is our goal to develop a sustainable energy concept in which the aspects of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energies play a major role. For example, we are currently investing in a photovoltaic system to strengthen our sustainable use of resources and to achieve the goal of emission neutrality.