The SECO/WARWICK Group is the Winner of the Social Responsibility Program Leaders and the Emblem in the category of ECO Company (Polish: EKO Firma) 2023, once again proving that care for the natural environment is in its DNA.
Caring for the environment is an important value of the SECO/WARWICK Group. It is understood not only as sustainable production of ecological and innovative solutions, but also as care for energy savings, involvement in ecological social campaigns or supporting Partners who contribute to improving the natural environment.
This is a part of long-term strategy. SECO/WARWICK implements innovative technologies allowing our company to make many pro-environmental changes in the energy, aviation, automotive and recycling industries. Thus, it makes the world a better place – an ecological place.
Furnaces that change the industry colour to green.
The innovations implemented at SECO/WARWICK directly related to the manufactured furnaces concern ecology, among others. Vacuum furnaces use vacuum (heat treatment under pressure created by air evacuation) as the protective atmosphere for heat treated part surfaces.
“Vacuum heat treatment has a number of ecological advantages. Thanks to the vacuum-processed element’s high quality, the finished work does not require additional mechanical treatment, saving emissions, time and costs. No need for protective gases, zero start-up time, and minimal preparation time also increases the total value of vacuum processing.
“Using SECO/WARWICK vacuum solutions, customers around the world reduce their carbon footprint. Low Pressure Carburizing (LPC) is a green alternative to traditional carburizing processes. It is available in CMe, Pit-LPC and Vector furnaces. It results in shortening the carburizing time by 5 times, which leads to both cost and energy consumption reduction,” explains Maciej Korecki, Vice President of the Vacuum Segment at the SECO/WARWICK Group.
For aluminium technologies, an example of an ecological solution is the patented Vortex® Jet Airflow technology for processing aluminium coils that reduces processing time by up to 30% compared to other available technologies. The EV/CAB solution is SECO/WARWICK’s response to modern electromobility needs, or the eco-friendly JetCaster vacuum casting system with a gas crystallization method, which enables users to produce twice as many castings with a comparable level of energy demand, resulting in a reduction in production energy consumption by 40 % and cooling water consumption reduction by 50%.
SECO/WARWICK proves that industrial technology can go “green.”
SECO/WARWICK changes its technologies to green by providing solutions that reduce production energy consumption, increase production efficiency, shorten process and treatment time, and reduce energy and process gas consumption.
“The ECO prefix is inscribed in our name and the Group’s DNA. We do not talk and do not think differently about ecology other than Secology, because we look at environmental protection so broadly. Secology is therefore a set of projects and ecological social initiatives, ecological investments within the company and green technologies that we use or create. Therefore, Secology is not a new science or religion, it is the attitude and strategy of the SECO/WARWICK Group visible in various aspects of its operation,” says Katarzyna Sawka, Vice President of Marketing at the SECO/WARWICK Group.
SECO/WARWICK puts great emphasis on the rational use of energy and water, waste segregation, and minimizing paper utilization in administrative and office activities. The Group willingly invests in projects improving ecology, including the application of photovoltaics (solar panels), on-demand thermostat control systems and modern building heating systems. The company is also investing in an electric cars fleet and has built a charging station for such vehicles on the plant premises.
Every year, the SECO/WARWICK team engages in a number of ecological activities. Together, we plant forests, clean green areas, take care with recycling and water consumption, and are involved in a number of initiatives in the field of corporate social responsibility.
