Manufacturing Today Issue - 223 April 2024 | Page 94

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use aluminum as their primary material , and one-third of that is recycled . That goes to show we were already thinking and operating sustainably . Now , thanks to our work with JLR and the shift toward hybrid and electronic components , we are one of the main suppliers for EMA , the electric vehicle platform . Our goal is to work on all its future models and become a leader in the EV space .”
Manufacturing with sustainably sourced materials has helped Evtec establish itself in the electric vehicle space , as David discusses : “ Going back 20 years , none of the established OEMs would use recycled material , especially aluminum , in any of their vehicles . But as we ’ ve come to understand how industry impacts the environment , and refined the recycling process , that sentiment has changed . Reusability has been at the forefront of our sourcing strategy for at least the last five years . About one third of our business

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“ What ’ s particularly interesting is that we ’ ve already got enough aluminum to last us forever . We don ’ t need more ; we need to make better use of what we do have . If we continue to recycle the material effectively , we won ’ t need to produce more . Our product , the LM24 , is a small step in the larger movement toward sustainable material production and circulation .
“ Sustainability has become a key driver in everything we do . Some companies are effectively greenwashing their brand , paying lip service to environmental consciousness without truly following through on those promises . Evtec does the opposite of that . Our sustainable practices are not part of
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