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Bushcraft Essentials considers itself a “social enterprise” - meaning that it’s overriding corporate concern is not profit maximization, but the well being of the human beings and the environment in it’s sphere. To this end, all stoves are manufactured in Munich, Germany, to the highest manufacturing specifications possible, and contain no plastics in the products or in the packaging - opting instead for cotton bags and cardboard. Decisions such as tumbling stoves in corn granulate, as opposed to polishing them were also undertaken for the well being of the local environment and employees.
Says founder and CEO Detlev Hoppenrath : "With our activities in the field of Bushcraft we associate the hope of being able to contribute to find more people to a healthy understanding of nature."