Lightweight casting company, Sarginsons Industries, is investing a six-figure sum in new energy efficiency measures at its Coventry foundry.
The company is in the process of installing two new gas furnaces, a new air compressor system and new LED lighting across its facility.
Anthony Evans, managing director at Sarginsons Industries, said: “Sarginsons is at the forefront of technological advances in the manufacturing industry and is constantly working on new measures to improve our carbon footprint and reduce emissions and to support our clients to do the same.”
The £130,500 investment, which includes grant funding of £26,365, will see Sarginsons reduce its CO2 emissions by as much as 335 tonnes of CO2 per annum as a result of the significant savings in the company’s annual electricity consumption.
By securing this grant funding, Sarginsons has become the first company to utilise the Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme, which is part financed by the European Regional Development Fund and is being delivered by Coventry City Council, Coventry University and Coventry University Enterprises Ltd.
The programme is open to businesses with less than 250 employees situated in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Sarginsons has been at the forefront of diecasting for 80 years and is one of the few European companies to offer low pressure diecasting, sandcasting and gravity diecasting in a single foundry.
The manufacturer is renowned for its excellence in the field of automotive lightweighting and the company counts some of the most respected names in the automotive, petrochemical, energy and engineering sectors as clients.