EuroWire March 2021

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“Greenology” concept to aid sustainability targets

Sustainability is increasingly relevant, and all industries are affected. For over 15 years, Sweden’s Axjo has been working to produce sustainable materials, with recycled raw materials and smart product solutions driving sustainable development. The company, which manufactures packaging for the cable industry, is now making a major push with its new Axjo Greenology® sustainability concept. For Axjo, innovation, efficiency and sustainability have involved technologies for weight reduction, mono-material design and the use of 100 per cent PCR (post-consumer recycling). With the Greenology sustainability concept, involving customers in the development of the products, Axjo is pushing the industry to work with more sustainable materials and processes. The concept centres on helping, educating, and driving sustainable development forward at cable factories, and will be developed at various stages. It could, for example, involve offering 100

per cent recycled materials or certified products, local suppliers or full control over processes and flows with life cycle analyses etc. “The purpose of the concept is to make it easier for our customers to reach their sustainability goals,” said Jacob Nilsson, CEO of Axjo. “This will be adapted at different levels where, from a larger perspective, we can also work out an overall involvement where we develop completely customer-specific total solutions in collaboration with the customer.” One example is the development of XLPE, where Axjo, together with NKT, Borealis and RISE, has designed a process in which cross-linked XLPE has been regenerated in new cable drums. This allows the use of residual production scrap, which would otherwise have become waste. The products have been on the market for over a year. The re-use of 1,000kg of XLPE provides a saving of 2,000kg of CO 2 , helping customers in terms of sustainability and profitability, as the waste does not need to be sent to landfill or incinerated. Work on the new Axjo Greenology concept is based on the UN’s climate Davis-Standard GmbH has announced that SIFEM Electronique will serve as its sales agent in France. SIFEM has more than 40 years of experience in industrial projects and extrusion applications encompassing film, sheet, pipe and profile, and wire and cable. representative, it will be responsible for facilitating direct contact with plastic converters and stakeholders throughout France, specifically identifying converting needs and marketing packaging solutions. “SIFEM has reputation for being a dynamic and responsive partner,” said sales and project manager Daniel Schiller. “Their team is known for listening to customers, whether it is for new equipment, a replacement or retrofit project, repair or technical services. As Davis-Standard’s

▲ ▲ The Axjo compound takes advantage of materials that have already exhausted their life cycle

goals, and the company has selected a number of areas that it identified as having the greatest direct or indirect environmental impact. To make it easier for customers to make sustainable choices, the Axjo Greenology Index contains six different criteria in which everything from the origin of the raw material to the recycling potential is evaluated to create an average rating for each product. Axjo AB www.axjo.com

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SIFEM to represent Davis-Standard in France

“We look forward to working with them as they market our multi-faceted converting solutions and other extrusion technology in France. We also look forward to expanding our reach there and being able to offer regional service through our facility in Germany.” Davis-Standard designs, develops and distributes extrusion and converting technology. Its systems encompass product lines to support manufacturing applications and customers within all major industries, including agriculture, automotive, construction, healthcare, energy, electronics, food and beverage packaging, and retail. Davis-Standard, LLC www.davis-standard.com SIFEM www.sifem-extrusion.com

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