Sustainability and Our Carbon Footprint
Although it is a necessary part of modern manufacturing, sheet metal fabrication is not an environmentally friendly industry. In recent years, we have come leaps and bounds in terms of developing greener fabrication technologies that consume less power, use fewer hazardous chemicals, and produce less waste, but there is still a way to go before sheet metal fabrication can be considered a sustainable industry.
Lastly, it can be used outside, as it is weathertight. It is fully compliant with the relevant standards. This means that we do not have to manufacture up to 5 different designed cabinets and keep them in stock in each of our 7 warehouses in NZ and Australia — a significant sustainable move.
Furthermore, where we can, we use shipping and trains to move our products between warehouses, helping to keep trucks off the road.
Also, we are reducing the messy chemical storage for our customers, who generally clean out their chemical cupboards and only store what they use once our cabinets are installed to make the customer compliant.
That’s just one product — how about our Lithium-Ion charging and storage cabinets…
Our R&D on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint is paramount and a major goal for our company.