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In this study, an attempt was made in order to measure and evaluate the eco-efficiency
performance of a pultruded composite processing company. For this purpose the
recommendations of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WCSD) and the
directives of ISO 14301 standard were followed and applied. The main general indicators of
eco-efficiency, as well as the specific indicators, were defined and determined. With basis on
indicators’ figures, the value profile, the environmental profile, and the pertinent ecoefficiency’s
ratios were established and analyzed.
In order to evaluate potential improvements on company eco-performance, new indicators
values and eco-efficiency ratios were estimated taking into account the implementation of
new proceedings and procedures, both in upstream and downstream of the production process,
namely:
a) Adoption of new heating system for pultrusion die in the manufacturing process, more
effective and with minor heat losses;
c) Recycling approach, with partial waste reuse of scrap material derived from
manufacturing, cutting and assembly processes of GFRP profiles.
These features lead to significant improvements on the sequent assessed eco-efficiency ratios
of the present case study, yielding to a more sustainable product and manufacturing process of
pultruded GFRP profiles.
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Sustainability Pultrusion manufacturing company Eco-efficiency performance