INDUSTRY NEWS
ENERGY SUPPLY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES
» FREEFOAM BUILDING PRODUCTS are pleased to announce a significant milestone in their journey towards a low carbon , circular operation with the announcement that all electricity used at the UK manufacturing site in Northampton is now supplied from sustainable supplies Freefoam are taking
ambitious steps to save and manage energy .
As an energy intensive business , Freefoam has made a strategic choice to only purchase electricity from renewable resources . Geoff Barnett , UK General Manager , explained : “ As a manufacturing plant , energy is one of our biggest commodities , used to power our mixing and production operations , some of which operate 24 / 7 . Knowing that we are sourcing all our energy requirements from solar power is a significant step towards reducing carbon emissions . Freefoam are serious about sustainability and playing our part in managing precious resources . As General Manager in the UK I am very proud to be announcing this initiative .
“ We ’ re on a journey and have already taken some significant steps with many more to follow . Our aim is to put reduce , re-use and recycle at the heart of everything we do .”
www . freefoam . com
£ 5k to support Ukraine Crisis Appeal
» EDGETECH , A QUANEX COMPANY , has responded to the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine by donating to the Disasters Emergency Committee ’ s Ukraine Crisis Appeal .
Edgetech UK has donated £ 5,000 to support the organisations ’ efforts to help those affected by the conflict .
The company ’ s employees have also donated goods to be sent to the region , collaborating with Feed the Hungry Coventry Food Bank , a local charity Edgetech has supported previously .
Meanwhile , Edgetech ’ s European arm has donated 5,000 Euros to German aid charity Aktion Deutschland Hilft .
Edgetech Managing Director Chris Alderson comments :
“ We all felt moved to show our solidarity with the people currently suffering in Ukraine , and those who ’ ve been forced to flee to neighbouring countries by the violence .
“ I know I speak for everyone at Edgetech and Quanex more broadly when
I say we hope this horrific situation can be quickly and peacefully resolved .
“ We routinely supply customers across Ukraine and the wider region , and our thoughts are with them at this incredibly difficult time .”
To support the Ukraine Crisis Appeal , please visit https :// donation . dec . org . uk / ukraine-humanitarian-appeal
www . edgetechig . co . uk
‘ MEGASITE ’ IS OFFICIALLY OPENED
» VEKA GROUP CEO ANDREAS HARTLEIF has officially opened VEKA Recycling Ltd ’ s new £ 15 million recycling plant at Wellingborough – 15 months after the facility came fully on-stream . Despite being completed against the backdrop of ever-changing COVID-19 restrictions , continuing travel and other restrictions caused by the pandemic meant that the German-based Global head of the VEKA Group could not travel to the UK
to carry out the formal opening .
With the rules finally dropped for travel to the United Kingdom , Herr Harleif made the trip to inspect the Northamptonshire site , the third to be built by VEKA since 1993 and Europe ’ s most advanced . He was accompanied by Norburt Bruns , VEKA Recycling Group Chairman and Managing Director of VEKA Umwelttechnik GmbH , the specialist division of which VEKA Recycling Ltd is a part , UK Managing Director Simon Scholes , and Operations Director Edward Lipinski-Barltrop .
The Wellingborough plant can process over 35,000 tonnes of PVC-U into high-quality recycled PVC-U pellet , increasing volumes of which are now used in brand new window and door profiles , in addition to established high volume users including products for the electrical and HVAC industries .
www . veka-recycling . co . uk
6 MAY 2022 CLEARVIEW-UK . COM