People shape change
Our transformation thrives on the people who shape it. With our employee brand Do your ZINQ, employees have the opportunity to contribute their ideas, take on responsibility and actively participate in shaping a sustainable future. Through their commitment and team spirit, they become a central lever of Planet ZINQ – and thus drive circular transformation forward.

Do your ZINQ – Purpose and Perspective
ZINQ/StepniakCareer opportunities in a family business that leads the way to a sustainable future:
Do your ZINQ is an employee brand that offers unique development possibilities to talents and experts alike. A wide range of perspectives in a professional environment: from our own training programme with vocational school classes in Gelsenkirchen to a talent programme that opens the way to management positions. More than 75 percent of today’s plant managers come from our own dedicated apprenticeship and training programmes. Do your ZINQ combines perspective with a purpose that makes work a means of shaping the future: employees are driving the circular transformation of an entire industry and showing how individual creativity can enable sustainable progress.
Are you ready for the challenge? Then Do Your ZINQ!
Social fairness as a guiding principle
ZINQ/Volker BeushausenSustainability, safety and social fairness have been enshrined in our guidelines since 1995 and continue to shape our actions to this day. With Planet ZINQ, we combine innovation with ecological and social sustainability – for secure jobs, durable and resource-efficient products, and out of the conviction that the future is only possible through joint and responsible action. As part of our cradle-to-cradle commitment, we see social fairness as a guiding principle: it encompasses respect for human rights, fair business practices and responsible corporate governance across the entire value chain.
The 5 ZINQ Guidelines – unchanged since 1995
In our corporate family, we embody the spirit of a privately owned family business. We are committed to the economic goal of entrepreneurial activity: creating added value and being profitable to ensure the long-term creation of added value. Cooperation and mutual support between all those involved in creating added value is equally important and goes beyond a simple supplier-customer relationship. All stakeholders in our company are involved and committed to a long-term relationship based on trust and loyalty. Our principle is “give and take”.
For us, quality encompasses all aspects of customer relations, all processes, products and related services. We recognise that the unique selling point of our products lies exclusively in the superior quality of our processes and services, which must be proven anew every day. Consequently, it must be our intention and duty to meet all of our customers’ quality requirements at all times.
We communicate clearly and directly with each other and with our customers. The principles and guidelines governing our business activities are defined jointly and applied consistently. We are transparent and clear in everything we do and communicate. Our customers and colleagues can rely on the agreements and arrangements we make. We believe in what we do. We will not produce or offer anything that we do not believe in.
Our business is sustainability. We supply surfaces that last a lifetime. In all our processes and with our products, we strive to expand our leading position in innovation and sustainability. We use innovation to develop superior products in terms of resource efficiency and sustainability.
Based on our Planet ZINQ innovation and sustainability strategy, we have developed a circular business model. Together with our supply chain, we are continuously improving the ecological footprint of our surfaces and crediting our customers with the CO2 savings that are demonstrably achieved by choosing durable and circular quality recyclable ZINQ surfaces.
In production, the safety and health of our employees are our top priority. We avoid any actions or measures that endanger the health of our employees. We keep our workplaces clean and safe; organisational improvements in our processes are always aimed at further improving occupational safety.
Every investment in our company includes a dimension of sustainability and safety.
We live an active service culture and focus on the success of our customers through innovation and continuous improvement of our processes and products. Top quality at all times and a complete service orientation enable us to meet individual customer requirements to the highest possible degree. We are in constant communication with our customers and support them with advice and assistance throughout the entire process chain, from product development to final assembly or end use. We deliver solutions and create added value for our customers through professional processes and products.
Some proud employees making an impact on a circular economy



Robert Voigt Foundation: A sustainable non-profit commitment

Since 1999, the Robert Voigt Foundation has been supporting projects that open new perspectives, especially for disadvantaged people. ZINQ supports this commitment through an independent foundation run exclusively by volunteers. This ensures that the work remains free of commercial interests and that all funds flow directly into the projects.
- Established by Beatrice and Lars Baumgürtel in the spirit of Robert Voigt, the company founder.
- The founders are companies of the ZINQ Group.
- Endowments, i.e., ongoing donations for the implementation of the statutory purpose of the non-profit foundation, are made by customers and suppliers of ZINQ and from the ZINQ Group itself.
- The foundation clearly separates activities for the common good (non-profit) from interests in the economic sphere (sponsorship).
- Building on its local ties with ZINQ’s operating units, the Robert Voigt Foundation establishes concrete partnerships with local and regional actors and non-profit organizations such as associations, initiatives, and NGOs in joint projects.
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