Arburg, a global manufacturer of injection moulding machines for plastics processing, has reached another milestone by achieving ISO 50001 certification from TÜV Süd. The certification commits the company to make efficient energy usage in all its business areas. The achievement enables the company to move forward in terms of environmental protection and efficient use of resources and energy.
The Arburg Customer Center as a shining example of energy efficiency.
The international ISO 50001 standard for energy management system was published in English in June 2011 and in German in December 2011. The main objective of the standard is to promote continuous enhancement of energy-related performance in an organization. It summarizes the requirements that an organisation must fulfil to introduce, implement, maintain and improve an energy management system.
Arburg’s focus on the production of efficient injection moulding machines in an energy-efficient manufacturing system had already been implemented in environmental management in accordance with ISO 14001. Now, ISO 50001 enables the company to implement and comply with individually measurable energy-efficient methods.
For decades, company-wide savings potential has been a key feature in all investments and developments and plays a major role in energy consumption. This strategy is applicable to products, productions and buildings. In terms of product, the series of energy-optimised machine technology is continuously expanded. This increases the numbers of Arburg’s Allrounder injection moulding machines, which now carry the e² energy-efficiency label.
The company’s facility management are powered by block-type thermal power plants, photovoltaics, geothermal energy, production-generated heat, wind power and the usage of rain water.