Optimised gluing processes thanks to green gluing

With its energy-efficient application systems, the Swiss company Robatech enables the economical use of adhesives in industrial processes.
Today's Robatech headquarters. Today's Robatech headquarters.
Sustainability also plays a major role in production at the company headquarters in Muri. (Image: Robatech)

In May 2019, the Robatech Group launched a new branding and has been drawing attention to its innovative and sustainable solutions with Green Gluing for a year now.

The donation from the voting campaign launched at the time has now gone proportionately to the three environmental organisations Rainforest Alliance, Ocean Conservancy and Birdlife International. CHF 5 was credited to the account of the organisations concerned for each vote cast. The interim results in the ranking reflected the following over time the explosive nature of current environmental issues In May, the topic of Plastic avoidance the environmental debate. When the forest fires broke out in the Amazon in August 2019, the tide turned. Rainforest Alliance ended up receiving just under 50 per cent of the CHF 10,000 cap.

Behind the voting campaign and the new company branding is a corporate philosophy that Swiss manufacturer of industrial adhesive application systems characterises: Every sustainable measure, no matter how small, can make a difference.

Even though adhesive application itself is not necessarily environmentally friendly, Robatech's energy-efficient application systems, that adhesives in industrial processes are very Used sparingly can be made. With a fine Adhesive spray application for pallet stabilisation even eliminates the need to use tonnes of plastic film to wrap pallets. Robatech also guarantees an exceptionally long service life for its application systems. Long backwards compatibility for spare parts of 30 years.

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Sustainability also plays a role in production. In 2014, Robatech installed a solar panel on the roof of the warehouse. Solar system. The plant covers around 50 per cent of the total energy requirement at the Company headquarters in Muri off. In winter, the waste heat from the compressed air system is used to heat the warehouse.

Packaging is also used multiple times. Green Gluing therefore stands for much more than Optimised gluing processes, It combines innovation and efficiency for greater sustainability in companies and is designed to offer precisely the service that keeps Robatech devices running for a long time.

Source: Robatech