Industry & Production - Cosmeva

Cosmeva acquired 7 balers X30 AD with full automatic doors

In order to strengthen its policy for waste recovery, valuation and flow optimization, the manufacturer of cosmetic products Cosmeva invested in 7 Bramidan balers.

Challenges

  • stop Strict policies for waste recovery
  • stop Inefficient and centralized compaction
  • stop Inadequate waste sorting

Machines chosen

Vertical baler model X30 AD

Filling opening: 1090 x 655 mm

Bale weight: 280-350 kg - cardboard

Benefits

  • done Significant savings on the waste bill
  • done Safer and tidier working environment
  • done Increased recycling rates

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Centralized compaction outside was too expensive

Until recently, Cosmeva relied on a complex internal organization for handling its cardboard and plastic waste. Every single production unit was generating a significant amount of cardboard and plastic waste.

Truck lift drivers were fully occupied with collecting waste at every single workshop to bring it outside into compactors and skip containers.

"The back and forth was constant," admits M. Fontaine in charge of the project within the Health, Safety and Environmental department (HSE) of the company. "In addition, the compacted bulky materials did not allow us to have an accurate monitoring of the quantities generated on site," he explains. At last, the lack of selective sorting did not allow Cosmeva to make the biggest profit out of its cardboard and plastic wastes.

Annual savings of 170,000 Euro

At the end of 2013, Cosmeva decided to equip its factory with 7 Bramidan balers model X30 AD (Automatic Door) to optimize internal logistic. "The balers were placed at the production lines with the highest throughput," explains M. Fontaine. "They immediately helped us to increase the efficiency in waste collection on-site from 4 to 1 man."

Female employee with hairnet fills cardboard into Bramidan baler at Cosmeva

Each machine produces cardboard bales of min. 300 kg. The bales are stored and collected once per week by full loads. This system has made it possible to reduce transportation and renting costs by 20,000€ per year. At the same time, the company increased the value of their cardboard waste with 100% to over 90€ per ton. Excluding the investment in the 7 balers, the annual savings for Cosmeva are estimated to more than 170,000€.

Lower carbon dioxide emissions

From an environmental point of view, the vertical balers made it possible for reduce carbon emissions, divided by 12 due to the reduction in waste collections. While reducing its internal costs, they also eliminated intermediaries such as traders, and a direct dialogue between paper manufacturers and Cosmeva was established.

The balers helped us increase the efficiency in waste collection on-site by going from 4 to 1 person.

— M. Fontaine, HSE Manager, Cosmeva

Facts about:

Cosmeva

Cosmeva is a subsidiary of the Fareva group, one of the world’s leading subcontractors in the Industrial & Household, Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals fields. It is located in the south of Paris. Their factory subcontracts the production and the packaging of beauty products for all major players in the cosmetics industry.

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Cosmeva logo

Facts about:

Cosmeva

Cosmeva is a subsidiary of the Fareva group, one of the world’s leading subcontractors in the Industrial & Household, Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals fields. It is located in the south of Paris. Their factory subcontracts the production and the packaging of beauty products for all major players in the cosmetics industry.

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phone +353 1 890 0660
mail sales@bramidan.ie


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