Atmospheric Emissions Management
Reducing emissions is important for NPF, for the community and for the ecosystem in which we live. The objective is pursued through internal management which involves the adoption of procedures, management systems, innovative purification and abatement systems, as well as the innovation of production processes to reduce emissions at source.
Atmospheric emissions are subject to authorization and periodic checks are planned in order to verify compliance with the permitted limits.
The extraction and treatment of emissions generated by production plants are, in addition to being mandatory
from a regulatory point of view, essential for maintaining a healthy work environment.
Energy Efficiency
NPF has always applied a corporate strategy aimed at reducing CO2 emissions and recovering all industrial waste produced by the company, constantly innovating the systems and reducing the need for energy from fossil sources.
Electricity
A further 40% saving was possible through the installation of hybrid presses that allowed us to reduce electricity consumption.
In addition, a 950 kwpp photovoltaic system has been installed, distributed across the entire roof surface, which helps to satisfy the company’s needs.
Methane
With the installation of new generation melting furnaces, methane consumption has been reduced by 30%.
These new, higher-performance furnaces are equipped with a melting chamber that presents a restricted entrance for the aluminum load, avoiding the heat dispersion to the outside environment.
Thanks to these measures,
we were able to reduce CO2 emissions
by 1,200 tons in one year.
Release Agent Recovery System
In 2022, NPF installed a release agent recovery system that permitted to reduce the purchase of release agent as a raw material by 50% and consequently also the disposal of processing wastewater.
This system was designed and built by an internal research and development team.
Raw Material
Important note, NPF uses 100% aluminum ingots exclusively produced from recycled aluminum (secondary aluminum ingots).
Furthermore, the scrap of each piece is recovered and remelted because aluminum does not produce waste and can be remelted infinitely.
NPF has made significant investments to safeguard and protect the environment.
In fact, NPF has always pursued an environmental policy that aims to strengthen the approach towards sustainable development, through a series of interventions such as: management procedures, plant investments
and actions aimed at mitigating emissions, monitoring water consumption, protecting biodiversity and flora.
We are able to evaluate the consumption
of CO2 of every single piece.
This is possible thanks to the use of the SimaPro software, that allows to analyze and monitor the environmental
performance of products and services, by calculating the carbon footprint of the organization and of the
product.
The carbon footprint is a parameter that is used to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions and therefore the
environmental impact of a product throughout its life cycle.
To do this, the primary data relating to the entire life cycle of our products are analyzed. Specifically, this
data concerns the purchase of raw materials, the volumes of aluminum casted, the product bills of materials,
consumption of all types (from energy to waste), and the distribution of the finished product.
Once all the primary data have been collected, they are processed in spreadsheets according to LCA (Life
Cycle Assessment) rule, which generate the environmental impact calculation model in the dedicated SimaPro
software.
Thanks to the application of this model, we are therefore able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of
products life cycle and monitor environmental performance, at the smallest detail level.