We're on a Sustainability Journey

Historically, our industry hasn’t had a great track record for sustainability, and that’s something we’re changing.

We’re making changes across the business, we already use bio-based raw materials from renewable plant-based sources in our formulations, and we've calculated our carbon footprint for our latest financial year by calculating our scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions using the GHG Protocol. We are now in the process of creating a carbon reduction plan to improve our environmental impact.

But we're not stopping there….

Using the 4 R principles of reduce, reuse, recycle and recover, we are working to reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill and increase the amount of renewable energy we use across our sites.

Reduce

Our expertise lies in supporting you to design with improved sustainability in mind, offering services like mass casting and blocking-up to optimise material use and reduce waste material compared to traditional methods. We use bio-based raw materials in our existing tooling board formulations. We offer tooling solutions for direct-to-part tooling in carbon fibre production. This means you can reduce the number of steps in your manufacturing process by removing the need for a mould tool and enabling components to be manufactured directly from the master model or pattern.

Reuse

Our durable HD PU tooling boards are engineered for repeat use, enabling you to extend the product lifecycle and reducing the need to replace tools as often compared to standard tooling materials. Buoyancy modules can be refurbished through our repair service to extend their usable life and maximise use. Smaller offcuts of tooling boards can be bonded together to create larger blocks, reducing material waste.

Recycle

Recover

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You can read more about how the 4 R principles are guiding our sustainability strategy in our blog post.