Lagermetall has been environmentally awarded

Kvarntorp Ecocycle Centre is a network striving for increased environmental co-operation between local authorities, the business community and the Örebro University. By gathering resources and knowledge, Kvarntorp Ecocycle Centre will facilitate environmental research and the development and setting-up of commercial efforts within the field of the ecocycle and recycling.

This will in turn result in the development of new technologies for recycling residual products. As regards organisation, Kvarntorp Ecocycle Centre functions as an economic association, and its members comprise local authorities and companies in the county of Örebro.

Thursday the 18th of april 2002, Kvarntorp Recycling Network held their general meeting for 2002. The general meeting was ended through awarding the Recycling-prize for the year of 2001 to a company who has been working with improvement of the environment and lasting development within the same field. The winner year 2001 is Lagermetall AB in Örebro.

 

Näringslivsdirektör Lennart Waara, Örebro kommun; pristagaren miljö-och Qualityschefen Niclas Boson från Lagermetall AB och så projektledaren för numera Kvarntorp Recycling Network Leif Lewin.

The motivation of the jury goes as follows:

"The award for 2001 is given to Lagermetall AB for their work with getting lead out of metal alloys.

The heavy metal lead (Pb), has for a long time been seen as almost impossible to replace as an alloying metal, in bronzes and brasses, used for achieving increased machinability. The negative effects from lead on humans and in the nature, has however rapidly increased the wish and demand for finding other alternatives.

The company Lagermetall AB in Örebro, Sweden, discovered that a new, unique method for production of leadfree copper-alloys had been developed by The Federal Metal Co. in Ohio, USA. In this new method, lead is being replaced by Bismuth (Bi) - a metal far better than lead from a health- and environmental perspective.

As a European partner, Lagermetall AB, have made a revolutionary effort to "convert" the conservative metalbusiness in Europe. The Örebro based company´s large environmental commitment and wide competence have made sceptical manufacturers to realize that lead can be replaced in copperalloys, without losing any major abilities in the metal".

Örebro the 18th of april 2002
Kvarntorp Recycling Network
Christer Forsgren, Chairman
Leif Lewin, Project leader

Members in the Kvarntorps Recycling Network is, for example, the following companies;
Kumla : Kumla kommun, SAKAB, ADR-Haanpää, Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Ekholms Bildemontering AB, Yxhult AB, Kemwater Närke AB, SweConDa AB, Scantec AB/Ytongbanan, Akzo Nobel Rexolin AB Örebro : Örebro kommun, ALMI Företagspartner, Reci Industri AB, IL Recycling AB, Närkefrakt Ek. för., Wennlöfs Elektronikåtervinning AB, Stiftelsen Activa, Peab Sverige AB, Örebro Bildemontering AB, Örebro Bilskrot AB, Scandiaconsult AB, T-Schakt AB, FöreningsSparbanken, Stena Gotthard Återvinning AB, Birka Service AB, Skanska Sverige AB, Swerock, Mellersta Regionen, Structor Hållén Stråth AB, Miljökonsulterna MHS AB Hallsberg : Hallsbergs kommun Degerfors : DegerforsElektronik & Byggåtervinning AB Karlskoga : Plastretur AB, Askersund : Svensk Glasåtervinning AB, Hammar Lindesberg : Minpro AB Stråssa, Nammo LIAB AB.