Kömmerling Unearths Green Brochure

Within an industry which is currently focussed on the issue of sustainability, manufacturer of co-extruded PVC-u profile, Kömmerling, has launched a new environmental brochure, the latest addition to its range of marketing literature.

Explaining the Lichfield-based company’s commitment to ecological issues, the environmental brochure outlines Kömmerling’s responsibility to researching and developing environmentally-friendly products and processes and also explains the two green initiatives, recycline and greenline.

Sales Director Kevin Warner comments, 'Kömmerling takes very seriously its role to protect the environment and this brochure passes the message on to our fabricators and their customers. We are working on issues that meet the environmental standards of the future, today.'

Kömmerling was ahead of its time in being the first extruder to develop a lead-free stabiliser, the greenline formula, to use throughout the manufacturing process. Stabilisers are required in the manufacture of PVC-u, however the traditional lead stabilisers raise concerns for the environment. By developing a calcium-zinc chemical stabiliser, Kömmerling has avoided the use of lead entirely at its highly advanced manufacturing plant in Pirmasens, Germany.

Similarly, the recycline initiative, launched earlier this year, displays Kömmerling’s underlying commitment to a sustainable industry. In conjunction with Penfold Plastics Limited, all Kömmerling fabricators are now offered a recycling service for off-cuts and waste PVC-u profile, keeping it out of landfill sites.

'Both schemes are in keeping with the industry initiative Vinyl 2010 in which we have been actively involved. We are proud to say that those who choose to use Kömmerling’s advanced generation of PVC-u windows and doors will also be supporting a more sustainable building product and the future of the planet.'

For a copy of the new brochure, which is printed on Forest Stewardship Council accredited paper, or for further information on either the greenline or recycline initiatives, please visit the website at http://www.kommerling.co.uk or call on 01543 444 900.