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a recently improved and certified 0.629 tons CO 2 equivalent per ton of copper, compared with an industry average of 3.965 tons CO 2 equivalent.
“ We see a huge opportunity to play a key role in the concept of reverse distribution, creating a circular approach from collecting and returning copper waste back through our group supply chain. We can capture our customers’ copper waste as a critical resource from direct production scrap, including recycling copper from data center‘ white space’, as server infrastructure is being renewed by fast-moving AI technologies and learning tools. This concept will only have greater importance as world resources are limited, and copper mining capacity takes decades to come onstream.”
It’ s clear to see that Metelec has progressed significantly since we last spoke to Kevin in 2024, and we’ re keen to hear about what’ s next for the business.“ In cooperation with our logistics partner, ARO Logistics, we’ re extending our footprint to open a warehouse facility in Belfast,” he reveals.“ We’ ve been distributing in the Republic of Ireland since 2020 through Metelec Ireland Ltd, and we’ ll continue to serve the Republic of Ireland market from the Tullamore facility. The Belfast facility will provide extra flexibility together with our UK base, as well as benefitting our Northern Ireland customers as these markets continue to grow.
“ Our growth and transformation from a traditional stockholder to a manufacturer of added value components and supply chain solutions continues,” Kevin concludes.“ We’ ve also grown our revenue from around £ 20 million three years ago to pushing towards £ 50 million today. Overall, we’ ll continue to work more closely with our customers with the objective of continuously improving the value of our products and services.” ■
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