The most effective way of making a plastic product environmentally friendly is to make sure that the products is recycled. When it is not possible to design the entire product in the same material it needs to be easy to take apart.
In September 2020 Nolato made the largest ever acquisition in its 82-year history, when North American GW Plastics became part of the Nolato Group.
As of Q1 2024 we announced the merger of our Integrated Solutions and Industrial Solutions into a single business area—Engineered Solutions. In this article you can read more how this move, aligned with our customers’ global market strategies, enables us to offer comprehensive solutions with a strong local presence across multiple locations.
Bio-based plastics possess the same qualities as plastics made from oil, but emit sustainably lower amounts of CO2 over its lifetime. One way for Nolato to ensure that we create positive change is to innovate how we produce our products to minimize carbon emissions, and bio-based plastics have shown great potential for becoming the plastic material of a sustainable future. Read more about bio-based plastics here.
As a further step towards sustainable operations, Nolato purchases electricity from new solar farm in southern Sweden.
Nolato produces injection-molded components for medical devices at its plant in Sligo, in the north of the Republic of Ireland.
The new extrusion line will not only boost productivity, cut energy consumption and reduce waste, but will also improve the quality of gaskets. Read more here.
Joints should be regarded as permanent or temporary (permitting occasional access). Permanents joints and seams should be welded, soldered, or conductively bonded with a special adhesive.