Doneck Euroflex has modified its manufacturing facility in Luxembourg to create a carbon-neutral process confirmed by the climate protection specialist Climate Partner.
For years, the company has already relied on electricity from hydropower and now also uses natural green gas. The company has been monitoring its CO2 emissions for years, and has in part offset its emissions by participating in a forest protection project in Brazil and an emission reduction program in Peru.
As well the climate neutrality of its in-house processes, Doneck Euroflex is also increasing the use of more ecological resources. It has developed more-resource-efficient, water-based flexographic inks for corrugated cardboard post-print application. The Euroboard WKE series is based on the philosophy of a basic colour system, in which the traditional pigment concentrates are replaced with newly developed varnishes. In doing so, significant parts of the traditional acrylate resins and additives are replaced by alternatives based on renewable resources or hybrid systems. This reduces the use of crude oil-based chemicals and lowers the resource-related CO2 footprint of the printing ink used.
With the company’s automatic dosing system Euromix, the Doneck Network offers the manufacturers of corrugated cardboard the possibility of applying not only the conventional but also the newly introduced printing ink chemicals.
‘Our sustainability strategy determines our daily actions in many aspects. Numerous projects to avoid unnecessary waste, to increase energy efficiency through to a more environmentally friendly vehicle fleet help us to constantly reduce our environmental impact,’ managing partner Arndt Breitbach explained.
