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Description
Decription
The company is an international producer of individual and industrial heating and cooling systems.
Viessman eco-designs products: it uses recycled materials and marks each component so that it can be
easily maintained and replaced. The company set up its own take-back system in 1995, inviting clients
to bring back products at their end-of-life. More than 90 % of these returned products are recycled.
As early as 1997, the company carried out a study on how to implement a circular economy. The project
looked at the potential of re-using components, but found that the innovation cycles in the industry
were unfortunately too short for re- use to be a viable option.
Major achievements
By continuously improving its environmental performance, the company:
- increased its productivity by 20 % (lean production),
- reduced its steel consumption per boiler by 30 %,
- achieved a recycling rate above 99 % for all unavoidable waste.
