How to top a scrap problem

• Component-maker employs TOP 20 to evaluate where energy and material gains could be made
• Targeted measures cut back on unrecovered scrap losses and identify new products

Stafer is an Italian company producing rolling shutter components with a staff of around 70 employees.

Three ways to lose money... one way to stop it

• TOP 20 analysis highlights significant material and energy losses in packaging manfacture
• Measures taken to improve boiler, insulate buildings and rethink production (design and technology)

FILL-PACK is a company operating in the Czech Republic with about 90 employees, producing packaging for automotive and electro-technical industries, as well as for agriculture.

The true value of data 

• TOP 20 analysis reveals a major disconnect between physical and financial operations
• New machinery and systems installed to counter material losses and improve energy management 

A TOP 20 input-output analysis was carried out in a furniture company from the Czech Republic to identify the potential for energy and material savings. The company produces metal and upholstered pieces for a range of applications and has about 50 employees.

Better results with better advice

The core goal of a waste-management system is to think of ways to improve a company's handling of non-product outputs (waste with zero or negative market value), and implement measures to minimise waste generation through more efficient use of resources or re-use of materials and to separate waste for recylcing. 

Older, more conventional sanitary installations can often easily be replaced by water-saving equipment. This cuts back on both fresh water consumption and sewage levels.

Any standard lighting system combines a lamp and a luminaire. Advances in technology have significantly improved the energy efficiency and performance of today’s lighting solutions.

Modernising lighting systems should be a priority refurbishment option, and offers several advantages:

Fresh light on the fine print

• A full lighting system refit made a big difference at August Koopmann
• Yearly savings of around 75 000 kWh in power, 67 % less!
• € 10 500 saved per year, and an ROI of 28 %

August Koopmann GmbH is a medium-sized printing company which prides itself on its quality in a competitive sector.

In a bid to improve its environment and overall offer, the German firm changed all the lighting in its 3 500 m2 production centre to energy efficient LED.

Rainwater and grey-water can be used instead of fresh-water in a number of applications, including toilet flushing, cleaning and irrigation, which reduces fresh- and waste-water volumes and corresponding costs. 

Rainwater collection was just the start...