2. 1. About Abbey Steel
2. Steel Sourcing
3. Reclaim and Reuse
4. DVD
5. Carbon foot printing
6. Reused and Recycled
7. Co-Branding Partners
8. Products Available
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Agenda
3. Do you know the difference between
reused and recycled steel?
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4. About
• Abbey Steel & Shearing Company Limited based in Stevenage,
Hertfordshire.
• Steel Stockholder with a difference - Reuse Philosophy
• Specialise in sourcing and converting flat sheet steel that would
otherwise be destined for smelting
• Sourced major UK Automotive Manufacturers
• Reusing material for over 20 years
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5. 5
Blanking
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Where Abbeysteel™ Comes From
Automotive Production & Other Industries
(White Goods, Home Products)
Steel Coils are
put down
blanking lines to
produce panels
ready for
pressing
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Sheared to Required Specifications
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Reused Steel
Steel that can be reused
in its present form
through processing - No
Smelting.
10. • Steel that has been smelted and
turned into new steel by adding to raw
materials.
• Blast furnace routed steel has a
recycled content of 10-25%.
• Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) - Uses
100% scrap/recycled steel for
structural steel.
• The vast majority of products have a
recycled content.
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Steel Production & Recycled Steel
11. Why cant it be reused?
1. Material is in an odd shape
I. Cant be utilised in other applications
II. Not cost effective to re-shear
2. Defective or Suspect
I. Mechanicals and Metallurgical properties
II. Doesn’t press or paint well
III. Don’t want to risk putting into production
I. Difficult to change the steel on the roof of a car
II. Strict quality procedures
3. Past its use date
4. Material is Dented or Scratched
5. Model changes
I. Different material specification required
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12. Abbey Steel DVD
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2 minute DVD produced by the East of England Development Agency
http://www.resourceefficiencyeast.org.uk/case-studies-video.asp?id=4.2#videoAnchoR
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13. Abbeysteel™ Carbon Footprinting
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Source: University of Hertfordshire
• 3.0 Tonne saving for our suppliers
• 4.5 Tonnes saving for our customers
• 7.5 Tonne saving in total
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14. Co-Branding Partners
• Second year of partnership
• Exclusive deal - Only Office Equipment
Manufacturer that can claim reused
Abbeysteel™
• Abbeysteel™ available across Silverline
ranges:
– Executive and M:line filing cabinets
– 50% Reused Material
– Freedom and s:line – 15% Reused
Material
• Saved 3872.25 tonnes of CO2 since April
2009.
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16. CO2 Savings for Silverline
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Cabinet CO2
Savings
Reused % Number of miles/kilometres to produce the
equivalent amount of C02
FCLM2F 93.5 Kgs 45.50% 280.6 Miles 451.6 Kilometres
FCLM3F 129.4 Kgs 46.00% 388.3 Miles 625.1 Kilometres
FCLM4F 163.3 Kgs 45.36% 490.0 Miles 788.8 Kilometres
FCEX2F 100.6 Kgs 53.02% 301.9 Miles 485.9 Kilometres
FCEX3F 140.0 Kgs 54.13% 420.1 Miles 676.3 Kilometres
FCEX4F 177.5 Kgs 53.79% 537.7 Miles 857.4 Kilometres
Website: www.silverline-oe.com/go-green
19. The Proposition
• Differentiation – Environmental Edge
• Green Credentials
• Weighting in public and private sector tenders
• Carbon footprinting
• Adherence to Government and other EU legislation.
• BREEAM, LEED & Ska Rating
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