As good as new... or better

• A Finnish engine manufacturer has maximised material efficiency by combining modular product design to remanufacturing
• Remanufactured engines can be better than the originals

AGCO Power makes diesel engines for many of the world’s leading manufacturers of tractors, other farm machinery and off-road machines, such as harvesters. At the company's factory in Nokia, Finland there is a long tradition of remanufacturing engines. Currently, some 1 000 engines are remanufactured per year.

Guaranteed gearbox returns...

Shared table... a shared cause 

Bread salvagers

• Bread surplus from a Finnish grocery trading cooperative is used to produce bioethanol and animal feed
• Leftovers are collected from over 50 stores and bakeries in and around Helsinki

The Helsinki Cooperative Society Elanto - or HOK-Elanto - is a grocery trading cooperative operating in the Helsinki region.

Closing loops

• Inedible food waste from Finnish grocery stores is collected and made into biogas
• Biogas is then used by the food manufacturer partners of the company

Kesko is the second-biggest operator in the Finnish grocery trade with a market share of approximately 37.2 %.

Right time for textile take-back

When simple is much better than expected...

• Retailer leads the way in its proactive energy saving approach
• Simple retrofit results in wide-scale savings on power and waste

Simple retrofitting that included optimising energy consumption (including lighting and heating) is saving a Scotting retail store energy costs of some € 350 000 annually. Waste has also been significantly reduced thanks to efforts to recycle and convert food waste, in particular, into energy via anaerobic digestion.

Pre-consumer textile waste in the cloth manufacturing sector is currently estimated at around 20 %. However, research suggests this figure could be much higher if all cutting scraps, production rejects (not meeting quality standards) and unsold items are taken into consideration. 

Resource-friendly fabric finish

Biopolishing is a textile finishing process using cellulase enzymes to modify the surface of cotton fabrics. Pilling (lint balls on the fabric) is reduced, colour retention is improved and stronger, longer-lasting fabrics are produced. Processing times can be massively reduced (180 mins to 100 mins), delivering cost savings of some 25 % in the case of combined biopolishing and dyeing.

Warm, comfortable ... and budget-friendly

Effective thermal insulation can help businesses to reduce energy consumption, with associated energy savings and reduced CO2 emissions. It can also improve staff comfort, health and wellbeing.