ESTONIA
Our factory in Keila (Estonia) has introduced a more environmentally friendly packaging for its 50 and 100 meter cable rings - where the shrink wrap is made of 50% recycled plastic.
The solution is rolled out in Estonia and for selected cable coils for export to other countries in the region, like for example Denmark.
Keila factory has an annual consumption of 19 tonnes of foil (including pallet wrap), which when the concept is fully rolled out - will create a significant climate saving.
SWEDEN & NORWAY
In both Norway and Sweden, standard installation cables and wires are supplied on reels inside a Buddy - a plastic housing for easy and frictionless pulling during installation.
The black plastic housing (except for the lid that is branded either Prysmian pink or Draka blue), is made of 100% recycled plastic material.
Currently, Sweden offer 56 cable articles and Norway 8 cable articles using Buddy packaging.
NETHERLANDS
The Octabox packaging for VD and E-Line installation wires introduced by Prysmian Netherlands is made of 100% recycled material.
Another product also with a sustainable packaging is VULT installation cables in boxes made from a 75% recycled material.
Both boxes are also fully recyclable upon disposal.
NETHERLANDS
Prysmian Netherlands has tested the use of 12 mμ nano-stretch film for packaging, and is now able to reduce the foil consumption for wrapping of full pallets directly connected to a production line by 75%.
The solution is already partly rolled-out in Emmen and New Bergen and include either replacement or optimization of 10 pallet wrapping machines. The switch is expected to generate a material reduction of between 63-75%.
The team behind is already looking at achieving further material reductions by including cable rings and selected drum types, which could include further 9 packaging machines.
