Our successful way until today
TechProtect traces its origins back to a spin-off from Hewlett Packard. In 2002 the IT-industry market leader divested its sales-promoting "TradeUp" division. This marked the moment of our birth: LGI Logistics Group International (a Betz Group subsidiary company) founded TechProtect GmbH in conjunction with a private investor.
2002 IT market leader Hewlett Packard divests its sales-boosting "Trade-Up" promotional division
2002 LGI Logistics Group International together with a private investor founds TechProtect GmbH – which has its head office in Böblingen near Stuttgart
2006 Founding of 1WEEE Services subsidiary (in conjunction with Krug & Petersen)
2007 Founding of TechProtect International in Canada
2010 GEEP – Global Electric Electronic Processing – acts as investor at TechProtect GmbH. The Canadian-based company is a global reference for responsible asset management and electronic scrap recycling, and is the number 2 company in its field throughout the world.
2011 The Giampaolo Group of Companies takes over GEEP. Since then, TechProtect has been part of the largest metal recycling business in North America.
Initially the team consisted of 11 marketing, logistics and IT experts, and the portfolio contained two types of marketing programme for the B2B sector.
Today, TechProtect has over 75 employees working on sales marketing programmes and environmentally friendly take-back solutions. Our employees have continuously enhanced the portfolio to meet the requirements of manufacturers of a whole variety of IT and telecoms products. TechProtect designs and implements numerous types of programmes in the B2B and B2C sectors, as well as for the trade.
About
Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) is one of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced service providers in the field of the reconditioning and disposal of electrical and electronic scrap. GEEP is a global company which is able to provide complete, international take-back solutions. GEEP uses its own software-supported technology to recycle electronic scrap and used cables into reusable raw materials in strict compliance with ISO standards and with the aim of achieving zero waste.