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Alcomet AD is a Bulgarian leader in the production of flat-rolled and extruded aluminium products. The plant incorporates the entire downstream production cycle from billet- and coil-casting through extrusion and cold-rolling to prefabricated components on a single manufacturing site in Shumen, Bulgaria. Its production facilities have a total capacity of 100 thousand tons per year.
The main objective of the project ALUGREEN (Greener anodizing for cleaner nature) is to increase the company’s competitiveness through the implementation of new innovative green production processes in its anodizing shop. The implementation of innovative technical solutions for the main anodizing line and its adjacent wastewater treatment plant will contribute to optimize Alcomet’s production and straiten its market positions. In addition, a positive environmental effect is expected by reason of a waste reduction, water and energy savings, a reduction of CO2 emissions due to chemical consumption’s optimization.
One of the challenges of the aluminium industry is its high carbon print in the initial production process. Alcomet has decided to put special emphasis on this problem and by implementing this project the amount of scrap in the re-melting operation will decrease, reduce cost and give Alcomet a competitive advantage since customers consider the usage of green aluminium a high priority next to competitive price and good quality.
The implementation of green innovation investment in the anodizing production plant has been observed by Alcomet as a natural consequence of company’s institutional, economic and social sustainability direction. ALUGREEN project would strongly contribute to the company’s objective of economic development through environmental protection.