Putting a lid on energy losses
Ramondín Cápsulas produces several types of lids and caps for a range of products including tin capsules (its flagship product), laminate capsules, champagne capsules, PVC capsules and screw caps. Ramondín manufactures over 50 % of the world’s tin capsules. Headquartered in Álava, the company exports nearly 75 % of its production and has a presence in the principal wine and spirits producing countries (Australia, Chile, the USA, etc.).
Aware of its environmental impact, the company developed a plan to reduce its carbon footprint by controlling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through up-to-date information on the quantity of gases emitted. Ramondín Cápsulas obtained this information by using a carbon footprint calculator which informed its GHG-capping strategy.
The majority of its emissions (79 %) came from raw materials used during manufacturing (tin, aluminium and PVC), followed a long way behind by electricity use (9 %), and then product shipping (8 %).
After identifying the principal areas of improvement and factoring all options for reducing emissions, Ramondin Cápsulas developed a series of measures:
Other measures to improve resource efficiency and waste production explored include:
Key results
Implementing a package of measures, as illustrated above, led to:
Ramondín Cápsulas’s effort to improve resource efficiency and reduce GHG emissions and waste earned it a prize in the European Business Award for the Environment, in the Basque Country section.
Source: Ihobe (2001). Environmental Excellence In Basque Businesses: Case Studies, http://www.ihobe.eus/Publicaciones/Ficha.aspx?IdMenu=97801056-CD1F-4503-BAFA-F54FA80D9A44&Cod=B61E6F5A-DF26-4209-B66D-83B6B1578338&Idioma=e
Company website, http://www.ramondin.es