IT supplier for Special Olympics World Games
IT supplier for Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (German Protestant Church Congress)
IT Distri Award Gold for Refurbishing & Remarketing
Sustainable growth (c) AfB gGmbH
Our History
For more than 18 years, AfB has been campaigning for ecological action in the IT industry and for inclusion in the labour market.
Please have a look at our milestones.
2023
2022
Gold for Refurbishing & Remarketing, IT-Distri Award 2022
Leading Employer Award 2022
290 jobs for people with disabilities
AfB Managing Director Yvonne Cvilak is one of the Top 100 Women in Social Enterprises
10 years as Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher, 500,000 WIN licences installed
Black Lion Business Award Baden-Württemberg 2022, 1st place in the category "Diversity Human Resources"
2021
AfB wins the German Sustainability Award 2021 in the category "Society & Fairness"
Recruitment of the 500th employee
Expansion of the refurbishment centre in Sömmerda from 600 to 3,200 sqm
Opening of the new AfB location in Strasbourg
2020
AfB wins the Inclusion Award of NRW 2020 in the "Work and Social Purpose" category
AfB wins the Digital Leader Award 2020 special prize "Social Purpose"
AfB is awarded as " Sustainability Hero 2020" in the category "Circular Economy"
AfB is awarded with the SFE CEFEC AWARD as "Europe's Social Firm of the Year 2020"
AfB is nominated for the German CSR Award
AfB is nominated for the CSR Prize of Germany
Yvonne Cvilak becomes Managing Director
2019
Opening of the 20th AfB location in Slovakia
Award as Project Sustainability 2019
Recruitment of the 400th employee
Closure of the AfB-Shop Stuttgart
Winner German Local Sustainability Award ZeitzeicheN 2019
3rd place at the SIGNAL IDUNA Environment and Health Award 2019
Move to new AfB headquarters at Carl-Metz-Str. 4 in Ettlingen
2018
Organization of the first in-house IT symposium "AfB-Forum" in Ettlingen
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new AfB headquarters in Ettlingen
Start of the cooperation with Jesuit-Worldwide-Learning
AfB is honured with Rudolf Freudenberg Award in the category "overall entrepreneurial performance"
Opening of the shop in the Köln-Arcaden
2017
Opening of the recycling center in Paderborn
Opening of the logistics location and shop in Paderborn
Opening of the shops in Caen and Grenoble (France)
Joining the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
Paul Cvilak is honored with the Medal of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2016
3rd place in the Deichmann Promotion Award and 5,000 euros in prize money in the category "Career promotion by companies"
Kick-off of the collaboration of AfB, Fujitsu and Diebold Nixdorf
Relocation of the store in Essen to Steinmetzstraße
2015
Recruitment of the 300th employee
AfB shop Hannover moves into new premises in Meelbaumstraße in Hannover-Hainholz
First declaration of compliance with the German Sustainability Code (DNK) as a social enterprise
2014
Innovation Award of the German Economy 2014 in the category "Innovative Personnel Concepts
Opening of the first Swiss AfB shop in Urdorf
Awarded with the “Impact Label” by the non-profit analysis and consulting firm PHINEO
2013
Founding of the AfB Foundation in Switzerland
Second AfB shop opens in Vienna
2012
German Sustainability Award in the category: “Germany’s Most Sustainable Future Strategies".
First AfB subsidiary in France
10th branch store opens in Berlin.
First hardware pick-up from Spain and Italy
2011
In October 2011, the AfB site in Jülich moves to neighboring Düren
Warehouse and office in Ettlingen move into the new building next to the salesroom
First AfB store outside of Germany: opening in Vienna in August 2011
2010
Recruitment of the 100th employee
Hannover location moves to “Lange Laube.“
2009
Cologne store moves into the new offices in Köln-Ehrenfeld.
New location in Essen (8th branch office)
Award won in the “365 Towns in Germany – Land of Ideas 2009“ competition under the auspices of Horst Köhler
AfB opens site in Unna
2008
6th AfB branch opens in Hanover
2007
Opening of an AfB branch in Cologne
Opening of an AfB branch in Stuttgart
Inauguration of the first AfB branch outside Baden-Württemberg in Nuremberg
2005
Relocation of warehouse and office to the new premises in Ferdinand-Porsche-Straße in Ettlingen
2004
Foundation of AfB gemeinnützige GmbH on October 4 with the office in "Erlengraben" in Ettlingen and the warehouse in Emmendingen near Freiburg
2023
IT supplier for Special Olympics World Games
IT supplier for Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (German Protestant Church Congress)
IT Distri Award Gold for Refurbishing & Remarketing
2022
Gold for Refurbishing & Remarketing, IT-Distri Award 2022
Leading Employer Award 2022
290 jobs for people with disabilities
AfB Managing Director Yvonne Cvilak is one of the Top 100 Women in Social Enterprises
10 years as Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher, 500,000 WIN licences installed
Black Lion Business Award Baden-Württemberg 2022, 1st place in the category "Diversity Human Resources"
2021
AfB wins the German Sustainability Award 2021 in the category "Society & Fairness"
Recruitment of the 500th employee
Expansion of the refurbishment centre in Sömmerda from 600 to 3,200 sqm
Opening of the new AfB location in Strasbourg
2020
AfB wins the Inclusion Award of NRW 2020 in the "Work and Social Purpose" category
AfB wins the Digital Leader Award 2020 special prize "Social Purpose"
AfB is awarded as " Sustainability Hero 2020" in the category "Circular Economy"
AfB is awarded with the SFE CEFEC AWARD as "Europe's Social Firm of the Year 2020"
AfB is nominated for the German CSR Award
AfB is nominated for the CSR Prize of Germany
Yvonne Cvilak becomes Managing Director
2019
Opening of the 20th AfB location in Slovakia
Award as Project Sustainability 2019
Recruitment of the 400th employee
Closure of the AfB-Shop Stuttgart
Winner German Local Sustainability Award ZeitzeicheN 2019
3rd place at the SIGNAL IDUNA Environment and Health Award 2019
Move to new AfB headquarters at Carl-Metz-Str. 4 in Ettlingen
2018
Organization of the first in-house IT symposium "AfB-Forum" in Ettlingen
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new AfB headquarters in Ettlingen
Start of the cooperation with Jesuit-Worldwide-Learning
AfB is honured with Rudolf Freudenberg Award in the category "overall entrepreneurial performance"
Opening of the shop in the Köln-Arcaden
2017
Opening of the recycling center in Paderborn
Opening of the logistics location and shop in Paderborn
Opening of the shops in Caen and Grenoble (France)
Joining the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
Paul Cvilak is honored with the Medal of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2016
3rd place in the Deichmann Promotion Award and 5,000 euros in prize money in the category "Career promotion by companies"
Kick-off of the collaboration of AfB, Fujitsu and Diebold Nixdorf
Relocation of the store in Essen to Steinmetzstraße
2015
Recruitment of the 300th employee
AfB shop Hannover moves into new premises in Meelbaumstraße in Hannover-Hainholz
First declaration of compliance with the German Sustainability Code (DNK) as a social enterprise
2014
Innovation Award of the German Economy 2014 in the category "Innovative Personnel Concepts
Opening of the first Swiss AfB shop in Urdorf
Awarded with the “Impact Label” by the non-profit analysis and consulting firm PHINEO
2013
Founding of the AfB Foundation in Switzerland
Second AfB shop opens in Vienna
2012
German Sustainability Award in the category: “Germany’s Most Sustainable Future Strategies".
First AfB subsidiary in France
10th branch store opens in Berlin.
First hardware pick-up from Spain and Italy
2011
In October 2011, the AfB site in Jülich moves to neighboring Düren
Warehouse and office in Ettlingen move into the new building next to the salesroom
First AfB store outside of Germany: opening in Vienna in August 2011
2010
Recruitment of the 100th employee
Hannover location moves to “Lange Laube.“
2009
Cologne store moves into the new offices in Köln-Ehrenfeld.
New location in Essen (8th branch office)
Award won in the “365 Towns in Germany – Land of Ideas 2009“ competition under the auspices of Horst Köhler
AfB opens site in Unna
2008
6th AfB branch opens in Hanover
2007
Opening of an AfB branch in Cologne
Opening of an AfB branch in Stuttgart
Inauguration of the first AfB branch outside Baden-Württemberg in Nuremberg
2005
Relocation of warehouse and office to the new premises in Ferdinand-Porsche-Straße in Ettlingen
2004
Foundation of AfB gemeinnützige GmbH on October 4 with the office in "Erlengraben" in Ettlingen and the warehouse in Emmendingen near Freiburg
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