Green technology in machines and systems

The machines and systems should run as efficiently as possible and also be sustainable. Over the past few decades, high-tec components, automating solutions and flexible modular systems have moved into the packaging and processing industry, and so has green technology. The process technology for this, known under the buzzword greentech, has recently become a significant economic factor worldwide. Even in the corona pandemic, when sales are dropping overall, investments in environmentally friendly futuristic technology have remained a top priority in machine and system engineering.

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES BY 90 %

Greenhouse gases from industrial applications can be slashed by almost 90% when green technology is implemented in machine and system engineering. A study from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) carried out on behalf of the VDMA e. V. (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association) produced this conclusion.

According to this study, switching to sustainable technology could reduce the 35 gigatonnes (Gt) of emissions produced by the industry by up to 86%, or 30 gigatonnes. Simultaneously, green technology has huge market potential, which comes to over 300 billion euros per annum. This corresponds to 12 to 15% of the current total turnover in the industry and will amount to around 10 trillion euros by 2050.

In the Blue Competence sustainability initiative for machine and system engineering, participating companies engaged to abide by 12 guiding principles for sustainability in 2017 in order to work towards overcoming the challenges of our time together using green technology, among other items. Under to this initiative, energy efficiency and resource-saving products with low CO2 emissions will be of even greater value in the future.