Fives made two commitments to the environment: firstly, taking action at its industrial sites to control its own impacts and, secondly, designing technologies which combine energy and operational performance for its industrial clients.
Since 2012, the Group has supported its subsidiaries to achieve ISO 14001 certification, and develops eco-design tools and methods.
In 2019, Fives will continue this action by reinforcing its commitment to combat climate change and developing solutions encouraging the circular economy. The Group will set a global objective to reduce energy consumption.
ISO 14001 standard
33
industrial sites
certified in 2018
vs. 14 in 2012
The transition to the 2015 version of the ISO 14001 standard has allowed all teams in charge of the development of new products to include environmental criteria in their process.
130
.
6
GWh
The Group’s energy
consumption
94
%
of
consumption
is represented by
industrial sites
Working to develop energy efficient solutions also involves contributing to economic and operational performance.
Taking action on energy consumption means responding to several challenges, beyond the environmental aspect: reducing costs, harnessing assets thanks to a modernized production tool, and anticipating future regulations.
By listening to its clients and the markets, thanks to its technologies and expertise, Fives is able to offer solutions and services which contribute to the circular economy: product durability, product revamping, or recycling solutions.
Le FCB Rhodax® is a vibrating cone crusher developed by Fives which allows material interparticle bed crushing.
Already used to crush mineral materials, FCB Rhodax® 4D now has a new potential application to process waste from deconstruction: it can process concrete to separate cement from aggregates and reuse aggregates, and use the fines from crushing as additions in cement plants.
Working to develop energy efficient solutions also involves contributing to economic and operational performance.
Taking action on energy consumption means responding to several challenges, beyond the environmental aspect: reducing costs, harnessing assets thanks to a modernized production tool, and anticipating future regulations.
By listening to its clients and the markets, thanks to its technologies and expertise, Fives is able to offer solutions and services which contribute to the circular economy: product durability, product revamping, or recycling solutions.
Le FCB Rhodax® is a vibrating cone crusher developed by Fives which allows material interparticle bed crushing.
Already used to crush mineral materials, FCB Rhodax® 4D now has a new potential application to process waste from deconstruction: it can process concrete to separate cement from aggregates and reuse aggregates, and use the fines from crushing as additions in cement plants.
Fives Cryo: a clear drop in energy consumption thanks to a structured approach and team work
Fives Cryo, located in Golbey (France), designs and creates cryogenics exchangers, and has a manufacturing process which consumes large amounts of energy:
electricity consumption of brazing furnaces and brazing stations, gas for exchanger drying... In 2018, energy was a significant portion of the company’s budget. Specific actions have helped reduce energy consumption by 15% in five years.
Key stages
The results were obtained by optimizing the operation of the furnaces, heat chambers and extraction towers, controlling workshop temperatures, raising staff awareness and making investments, such as the creation of a hot air curtain in a section with heat recovery from the compressor room.
This success is down to everyone’s hard work. We need to continue our efforts and take a creative approach to identify other areas for improvement.
We will define our next road map using the new energy audit that will be completed in 2019.
Mickaël Grivel
President of Fives Cryo
