Plastic overmoulding technology In 2003, Bema Beheer B.V. and local partner Ambra d.o.o. founded Bema BA in Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina with support of the former PSO-programme. Bema BA produces injection moulded plastics.Currently, Bema Beheer B.V. wants to team up with the local company Bema BA to produce spacers for the building sector. Spacers are devices that connect prefabricated concrete walls. The spacers that are to be produced would consist of a new combination of materials. The resulting product will be more sophisticated in shape, material usage and measurements than existing spacers. In addition, the mould for making this spacer will be constructed by Bema BA itself, too. These efforts will require the transfer of knowledge to Bosnia and Herzegovina. This knowledge will largely be transferred onto women as unemployment among women is particularly high in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The applicant and local partner will impose regulations for employee safety and provide for company clothing. Water which is used to cool machines will be reused by running it through the heating system of the production facility and offices attached. Working conditions similar to those that are valid in the Netherlands (ARBO i.e.) will be implemented. The partners commit to strictly apply a non-discrimination policy (gender, race, ethnic background etc), and have declared to strongly reject corruption. Partners will apply a separate waste collection policy. Plastics however can be recycled and reused in the own factory and the steel tubes will be supplied ready for use. Bema BA will obtain the ISO 9001 certificate for this new production facility.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe number of new personnel hired at project completion is 11, of whom 9 basic and 2 medium/high jobs. Two years after the completion of the project, this number is expected to rise to 22, consisting of 18 basic and 4 medium/high jobs. Salaries will be paid substantially above the local minimum. Bema BA will cover a meal per shift per employee. All employees will receive health insurance.•	Innovation/Transfer of knowledgeThe technology transfer on sophisticated mould making and more complex injection overmoulding for the purpose of producing spacers is new to Bosnia and Herzegovina.The technology upgrade will generate knowledge and skills that can be employed to produce other sophisticated injection moulded products in the future in Bosnia and Herzegovina.•	Chain effectsExpectedly, there will be 6 suppliers in Bosnia and Herzegovina that will structurally benefit from the additional activity in Bema BA which would be generated by this project. These include suppliers of polypropylene granulate, steel, steel calibration, pallets, cardboard boxes and a transporter.•	EnvironmentThe new production facility will make reuse of cooling water, using it to provide central heating. All plastics are recycled, so there will not be any polypropylene waste. Apart from this, the impact on the environment is neutral.•	Position of womenThe partners want to make sure that women have equal opportunities as men within their company. Because of relatively higher unemployment among women in the region, they would like to hire at least 6 women and to train these as operators, with women at least making up for 55% of new staff hired for the project. The production and export of newly developed spacers for sales to the European construction sector.