“ About forty-five percent of the plastic in the r507 comes from renewable resources . There is no silicone at all , no printing onto the remote at all , and no lacquering . And there has been a fundamental reduction of the number of layers – components – that are required to build up the product . Put together these changes and the better world architecture saves up to three hundred percent in carbon footprint compared to a typical ‘ luxury ’, back-lit remote
“ Sustainability must be a state of mind .”
“ No painting , no gluing , no lacquer .”
led us to the ‘ better world architecture ’ exemplified by the r507 and that will eventually be deployed across all our products .”
ruwido is a leading provider of input devices and interaction mechanisms for the home The company specialises in innovative design , enhanced technology , and scientific research to enable intuitive navigation and user experience excellence . It has employed best practice in manufacturing efficiency from around the world and today employs around ninety production staff making 40,000 remotes per day .
Meanwhile , more than 25 % of the 150 ruwido staff work in research and development . Everything takes place at the production facility near Salzburg in Austria on the same site where the company was founded in 1969 .
Alongside its many patents , the company has been awarded dozens of design awards over the years including multiple red dot awards and German Design Awards . The r507 has already won an iF Design Award 2022 . www . ruwido . com .
“ Sustainability is the new premium .” control unit ” while avoiding toxic and harmful materials and substances . LASER . “ One of the big contributors to these giant steps was using Laser etching to ‘ engrave ’ the buttons and other decals on the remote – so no painting . The same technique is used to sculpt the handset to give it the preferred material feel and finish , so no lacquering that would render the case un-recyclable . These cases could easily be recycled three times over for the same or similar product . No painting , no gluing , no lacquer ; these are all chemical processes removed from the product that have a harmful effect on the planet in addition to their carbon footprint .”
“ And the better world architecture itself makes a difference to the product lifecycle ; fewer components mean that there ’ s less chance of failures and the better encapsulation means less ingress for fluids . But , most spectacularly , the new material we make the case from – on which we have a patent application – and which is made fifty percent from renewables , is no less than fifty times more abrasion resistant than normal plastic housing material .”
But , of course , a new material and form mustn ’ t get in the way of functionality . Recognising that the workload of remotes has shifted to directional navigation on the TV screen , the r507 ’ s functions can be superimposed on the screen and can be accompanied by a voice commentary hugely boosting accessibility for sight or hearingimpaired users .
ADVANCEDTELEVISION 9