31/08/2020 09:38

The ReCircle Recycling System

ReCircle is a system that allows for 100% closed-loop recycling of glass, PET & HDPE plastic containers, and steel and aluminium cans by guaranteeing zero contamination of used-materials, enabling households and offices etc to guarantee their u...

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03/08/2020 11:05

Caterpillar Energy Solutions' biogas generator sets support recycling management...

More than 2 megawatt (MW) of electrical power is produced by two MWM (Caterpillar brand) gas generator sets on Mallorca from treated biogas and are therefore essential components in the Mallorcan government’s fight against waste, which is now p...

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05/11/2018 11:51

Sustainable chrome plating for a broad range of plastics

The majority of chromium plating industries worldwide use a hexavalent chrome based pre-treatment. The major disadvantage linked to this practice is that hexavalent chromium Cr VI is carcinogenic, and electroplating traditionally needs several thick ...

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07/08/2018 13:03

Fluid Intelligence

Fluid Intelligence Oy is a Finnish limited liability company led by a team of experienced oil specialists and machine learning experts. The company, a member of Cleantech Finland hub, has been quickly recognised as an established expert in the field ...

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09/07/2018 09:20

OPICON – Reuse of Sand and Manure for Biogas

OPICON is a subdivision of Stjernholm A/S, which delivers environmental engineering solutions for cleaning sandy manure at dairy farms in Denmark as well as the rest of Europe. OPICON has developed a sand washer process system for reusing the sand fo...

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02/03/2018 10:12

Johnson Controls's industrial compressors: resource efficiency opportunities acr...

Industrial compressors are very large energy-producing devices used in refrigeration, as well as heating and cooling by a wide range of industries including food production and petrochemicals. Waste leftover from the production process, replaced part...

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18/01/2018 10:28

Recycling superalloys: ensuring sustainable production of high performing aircra...

Alloys, a mixture of elements with the characteristics of metal, are resistant materials that engineers are continually looking to develop into more advanced alloys or ‘superalloys’. An example of a superalloy is rhenium, which has unique propert...

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29/11/2017 09:06

BILA – award winning production optimisation

BILA is a Danish company that supplies robotic solutions to industrial companies looking to optimize their production. Leasing out (also referred to as product-as-a-service) and buy-back of used robots is an integrated part of BILA. Right now, leasin...

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16/08/2017 10:02

VALTRA's remanufactured spare parts

VALTRA, a tractor manufacturer, has found ways of generating new growth from service-based business models typical of the circular economy by providing maintenance services across Europe. As part of this concept, Valtra has developed so-called remanu...

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31/05/2017 12:06

Philips' circular vacuum cleaner

Performer Ultimate FC8955, our first vacuum cleaner in a closed loop recycling system. Old Philips vacuum cleaners are collected in western Europe and recycled by our partner Coolrec. Our partner Veolia mixes the plastics from the recycled vacuum cle...

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02/05/2017 14:48

COSMOTE provides refurbished equipment

OTE Group is the largest telecommunications provider in the Greek market, and, together with its subsidiaries, forms one of the leading telecom groups in South-Eastern Europe. Aimed at continuously optimising customer experience, OTE Group proceeded ...

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11/04/2017 12:40

Revertia's Reuse Program of Obsolete Computer Equipment

Revertia is a Spanish company founded in 2010. Its primary purpose is to provide services in the management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and contribute to the efficient use of resources. The start of Revertia is linked to the i...

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11/04/2017 11:44

Caterpillar's remanufacturing of end-of-life components

Remanufacturing is an exchange business: Customers return their end-of-service-life component to the original manufacturer, and get a remanufactured component in exchange. These end-of-service-life components are called ‘cores‘, and can r...

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