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Lighting is a major energy cost in industrial SMEs, especially for properties using old or poorly configured lighting technology. 

By improving lighting systems a plant can save significant energy. Replacing existing systems with energy efficient LED lights is a first step, but to gain the most from a lighting refurbishment project, several other factors should be considered. Companies need to consider optimising light in different areas using lighting controls and better placement techniques.

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Maintaining your pumps is not just important for increasing their lifetime and effectiveness, which reduces costs, but also to avoid unexpected breakdowns that can slow or stop production. In most cases, pumps are designed for specific applications, so manufacturer or supplier maintenance and repair guidelines and parameters are needed.

Working together to deliver excellence

In the machining process, cooling lubricants play an important role in carrying away metal chips, cooling the workpiece and lubricating the area between tool and workpiece. The lubricant usually runs in a closed circuit, but sometimes it gets carried out with the metal chips, lost because of leaks, or degraded during regular operations. Changing to minimum-quantity lubrication (MQL) can save significant resources and money.

Foresight for office furniture ... who would have thought!

Dealing with a volatile situation

Sustainable fitness check

• Finnish play and fitness set producer makes the case for sustainable wood
• Wood is CO2 neutral since it absorbs the same amount while growing as emisions generated end of life 

Lappset is a Lapland-based family business founded in 1970. The company has nearly 50 years’ experience in the play and fitness markets. Its factories are located in Finland, Sweden and Estonia, and the distributor network covers almost every country in the world.

Industrial symbiosis is an industrial ecosystem where the unused or residual resources of one company are used by another. This results in mutual economic, social and environmental benefits. It is a process involving several companies – firms that complement one another provide mutual added value through efficient use of raw materials, technology, services, energy, and know-how.

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is an international forest certification system promoting ecologically, socially and economically sustainable forestry. Around 10 % of the world’s forests are certified and, of these, two-thirds – some 300 million hectares – to PEFC standards. PEFC-certified forests are found in over 40 countries.