Mewa is a family business –
and pioneer of sustainable textile service in Europe
196,000Companies use our services across Europe
Driving innovation - since 1908
We offer our customers the technical and logistical expertise of a global player as well as the closeness and trusting partnership with a traditional company from the region.
Locations in 14 countries form the international Mewa network.
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Employees ensure reliable service and sustainable ideas
5,700
Sustainability determines our actions
Using instead of owninguse instead of ownership: Our customers rely on Mewa's 360° service: a thoroughly sustainable business model. Mewa also sets standards for environmental protection and resource conservation in production and logistics.
01Saving water
To avoid polluting the environment, we have developed our own washing process with special dosing and control systems, and at our washing sites we have installed our own waste water treatment systems. Our cascade technology, in addition, lets the wash water be reused many times over. Compared to standard household washing processes, our system thus succeeds in significantly reducing water consumption and environmental pollution.
Savings of fresh water of up to
50 %
Reduction of the environmental load by
85 %
02Waste water treatment
As early as 1975, Mewa commissioned the first wastewater treatment plant designed in-house.
In waste water treatment, Mewa achieves a purity level of
99.8 %
03Resource conservation
To reduce waste in the long term, we store our textiles in reusable packaging – another step that saves resources and the environment. But that’s not all.
Reusing a Mewatex industrial wipe up to
50 times
Saving from the waste bin every year
85,000 t
The good feeling of living sustainability.
What is considered a megatrend today has been the order of the day at Mewa for over 110 years: We design our internal processes to be just as sustainable as our business model itself, and here too we are continuously working to become even better.
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Our goal is to make distribution completely climate-neutral. With sustainable mobility technology such as the industry’s first hydrogen trucks plus electric hubs and cargo bikes in Berlin and Hamburg, we are breaking new ground in distribution – and this is just the start.
Think long-term, act deliberately.
We are here. For the people we supply with industrial textiles. For the people who work at Mewa. And for the localities and communities where our plants are located throughout Europe.
01A fair employer
As a family business steeped in tradition, it matters a great deal to us that our employees, wherever and however they work for Mewa, experience purpose, satisfaction and appreciation in their work.
Find out more about careers at Mewa02Regional engagement
We see ourselves as part of a community that we are responsible for. That’s why we engage in a variety of social and cultural investments. Each of our locations acts in accordance with this principle – in its region and with the people who live there.
03Colourful diversity of values
Tolerance, respect, fair play, humanity, openness to the world: These are the values that we internalise as a family business and that we live by every day.
04Economic responsibility as a foundation
Value-oriented and healthy growth is very important to us. We attach great importance to far-sighted investment and consistently reinvest profits.
Mewa and 1. FSV Mainz 05
– a partnership of equal value
Mewa and 1. FSV Mainz 05
We share our values and attitude – and that is precisely why we are proud that ground of this traditional Mainz club is named after us.
Weave, wash, reuse - textile service since 1908.
Innovative ideas and corporate responsibility are the key to our sustainable growth. Then as now.
“We work as a flexible solution provider for textile management according to the highest quality and safety standards. – That is our promise. We treat people and the environment with the greatest respect and appreciation. – That is our responsibility. We know what the market needs and what our customers want. We feel it is our duty to take up these challenges courageously, decisively, and with vision. – That is our goal.”