Responsibility at KraussMaffei
Everyone is talking about sustainability. We want to talk less and act more. Because that is our corporate duty. But for us, it's much more than that – it's a great opportunity:
- The chance to develop and establish new machines and systems – and thus help our customers to meet legal requirements and increase sustainability in their supply chain and operations
- The opportunity to rethink and optimize production methods – and thus give all employees a much more attractive workplace
- The chance to keep our planet livable – for us and future generations
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We are strengthening our leading position in process engineering for plastics recycling through innovative technologies, particularly in the area of digitalization. To this end, we also work closely with research and science.
Technological Excellence
We have the greatest leverage for greater sustainability through our machines and systems. Here are some current examples of how we use them to help our customers achieve their own sustainability goals.
The BluePower servo drive optimally controls the pumps according to current demand and energy requirements. This significantly reduces the power requirement and therefore lowers operating costs and CO2 emissions in production.
Sustainability starts with our own behavior
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At our Laatzen site, we commissioned a PV system with a projected annual output of 3.7 MWp in 2024. This will enable us to cover 43% of our electricity requirements from May to December.
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At our Jiaxing (CN) site, we commissioned a PV system with a projected output of 1.18 MWp in 2024.
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With our PV system at the Parsdorf site, which is one of the largest rooftop PV systems in Europe with a capacity of 9.1 MWp, we were able to generate 5,192 MWh of solar power in 2024. This enabled us to cover 28.4% of the site's electricity requirements with climate-friendly solar power in 2024.
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In 2024, we installed an efficient cooling system at our Parsdorf site. This allows the production machines and systems to be cooled in a particularly sustainable manner using water from our own absorption well.
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We were able to increase energy efficiency with LED retrofit projects on the lighting systems at the Florence (USA) and Sučany (Slovakia) sites, as well as by installing demand-based lighting and ventilation systems at the Parsdorf site.
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With standardized leak detection on the compressed air system in Sučany (SK), we will reduce the power consumption for the compressed air system by around 10% in the future. The introduction of demand-based power control for the cooling tower there further increases energy efficiency.
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In Laatzen, we put a total of 20 charging stations for electric vehicles into operation.
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In Jiaxing, diesel forklifts were replaced by electric forklifts.
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In Parsdorf, we conducted the first audit as part of the introduction of ISO 50001.