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some models they are among the most water-efficient in the world.
Conserving water is particularly important for Australia, and manufacturers of appliances that use less water
can make a meaningful contribution. Our role is to ensure that all of our products are environmentally responsible
and achieve the highest levels of proficiency; but use low levels of water, energy and detergents. In 1999 our env-
ironmental work had advanced so far that we received environmental certification in accordance with ISO 14001.
All components in our appliances that weigh more than 50 grams are labelled for recycling.
This brief has kept our designers and engineers busy for 50 years and today we can be counted amongst
those who are making a helpful contribution to conserving Australia’s scarce natural resources. If you choose to
purchase an ASKO appliance it will give you many years of dependable service. As your ASKO toils away, year after
year, you can relax in the certain knowledge that your choice is environmentally responsible.
At ASKO, the driving force and dedication to produce the best appliances has always come from the same sour-
ce: all the co-workers, whose knowledge and ideas have helped us to produce some of the world’s best appliances
of the modern age. Now we can reap the fruits of our long experience: awards and top test results from all over the
world make people choose our appliances. You could actually say that ASKO has grown from a farmer´s backyard to
an international brand, representing durability, environmental awareness and Scandinavian design at its best.
ASKO cares for
the environment.
It all began in 1950, when the Swedish farmer Karl Erik Andersson received his first order for a washing machine
from his mother. He managed to produce a revolutionary model, and the word spread. Eventually Karl Erik built
a small factory on the farm and started making washing machines full time. A few years later he also started to
produce dishwashers and tumble dryers. Today ASKO has about 1,000 employees at production plants in Sweden
and Finland, and we have customers all over the world, who place high demands on design, function and care for
the environment.
Most people want to make a contribution to spare our environment, but many of us don’t know how. Taking
shorter showers, recycling waste water, walking instead of driving – lots of little things add up. They all help, but it’s
still not enough. We need to be much kinder to our environment and adopt smarter methods.
Having water, energy and detergent consumption in mind when choosing appliances is a good way to start.
That’s why we are proud to say that commitment to the environment has traditionally been an important part
of ASKO’s ethos, perhaps because the factories have always had nature on their doorstep. Our dishwashers, for
example, have a very low energy and detergent consumption, and with a water consumption of 13,6 litres on
