The Road to Carbon Neutrality
The Freudenberg Group has made a commitment to reduce its CO2 emissions by 25 percent by the year 2025 (compared to 2020), and the figure for Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST)…
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Edition 02_2022 [EN]
22 posts
Dear Readers,
Sustainability is the main topic of the latest edition of Sealing World. The term “sustainability” is in style, with an almost inflationary growth in usage, not least of all due…
Taking the Lead in Energy Efficiency
When people at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) talk about pioneers in the sustainability field, the name Oberwihl quickly comes up. With a combination of woodchip heating and a combined heating…
Traveling Carbon Neutrally
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has launched HyFleet, a publicly funded research project, with ZF Friedrichshafen AG and FlixBus. By 2024, the partners plan to have jointly developed a high-performance fuel…
Combining Sustainability and Customer Service
At its main distribution center in Hirschberg, Germany, Corteco has stopped using plastic bags when small quantities are shipped. In terms of its impact on the climate and resource use,…
“Teaching” Plastic to Shield
Replacing metal with plastic to reduce vehicle weight and save fuel is not new. But thanks to electrification, the long-term trend is picking up speed. Electronic components such as sensors…
Trending Downward
Using a wide range of measures, the North Shields facility of the Fluid Power Division in England has greatly reduced its CO2 footprint. Natural gas consumption for heating has fallen…
How Do You Define Sustainability?
Dear Readers, Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development emerged from the United Nations Sustainability Summit in 2015. The agenda contained 17 “sustainable development goals,” or SDGs. Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has…
Somersaults, not Electric Arcs
At the end of 2021, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) had a good reason to celebrate. After years of continuous, determined persuasion at Hitachi Energy (formerly ABB Power Grids), FST landed…
Smart Bridging
The German startup, Mitte, has developed a machine that filters tap water and can enrich it with minerals. The goal is to use it in places where tap water is…
