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1&2 3 1. 4 2. Business areas Customer value through whole chain Engineering Celsa Steel Service is the provider of reinforcement solutions for all types concrete constructions in the Nordics Fabrication Logistics Accurate Specifications Finding Solutions Unlimited Possibilities Customized Deliveries 1. 2. 3. 4. ABOUT CELSA STEEL SERVICE Celsa Steel Service manufactures and sells reinforcing products and services to the Finnish concrete construction industry. The production sites in Åminnefors and Espo are situated close by the most active and populated construction areas in Norway, minimizing transportation distances. Celsa Steel Service has the expertise to provide advice and assistance for the reinforcement of concrete and offers products and services that serve to reduce workplace execution times through efficient planning and adequate logistic solutions. Celsa Steel Service is the largest manufacturer of concrete reinforcing products in Finland. Products range from cut and bend, mesh, BAMTEC ® , to an extensive production of prefabricated reinforcement elements (special welded products). Celsa Steel Service – EPD – FIN 2
ABOUT THE EPD This Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) contains the real facts from a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and provides information that can be used in order to put into perspective different steel sourcing. For Celsa Steel Service the EPD is a document that, together with the environmental report from Celsa Armeringsstål, shows a company investing in technology and technical solutions that affects the total environmental impact of its products. Celsa Steel Service AB is certified according to ISO 14001, and works for a sustainable development of the environment. This dedication motivates a quest to minimize material and energy use, but also to seek possibilities to increase the efficiency and reduce heavy work and unhealthy environments for people working with reinforcement. The company, as a part of CELSA Group, has the safety as the first priority and the company has incorporated safety in all its daily activities. For the products delivered by Celsa Steel Service, the upstream processes that include the scrap processing and the steel works is the dominating emitter. Apart from the upstream processes, the environmental burden is dependent on transportation distances, efficient logistics, the level of prefabrication with minimum material use, and efficient installation at the construction site. Construction sites have the potential to be more sustainable by limiting the number transports, handle materials more efficiently, and implement routines to reduce wastes. Material for the production of reinforcement steel comes from the group’s steel and rolling mill in Mo i Rana, Norway. Celsa Nordic has during many years invested in new technology, not only to conform to, but to exceed environmental demands in Norwegian legislation. All these investments have together a major impact in the production of more environmentally friendly reinforcement steels in all stages of the production; i.e. the steel mill, the rolling mill, and transportation. Environmental benefits also come from the location of the mill in northern Norway. The use of hydropower reduces indirect emissions and the water used in the processes is naturally sourced from immediate surrounding water magazines without any energy input for retrieving it. The water is available in the processes but is also generating electricity in the industrial park before reaching sea level. Celsa Nordic has been an environmental pioneer in Norway by: • Producing its first environmental report according to NS-EN ISO 14001 already in 1996 • Becoming one of the first mills in Europe to get the EMAS mark in 2010. • A 100 % scrap based production, being the largest recycling company in Norway. • Reducing mercury emissions as well as primary and secondary dust emissions, recognized by the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif). “We take into account the environmental, social and economic consequences of the strategic decisions we make in all our daily tasks” Celsa Steel Service – EPD – FIN 3
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