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COMPANY UPDATE
Company update
by artificial intelligence in the
future.
SUSTAINABILITY AND
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Sustainability and corporate
social responsibility in all fields
of activity are among Steklarna
Hrastnik’s key commitments,
which is also confirmed by the
company’s investments in the
best available production technol- 50 per cent.
ogy in the transition to Industry
4.0, which will improve its energy
efficiency and additionally reduce
its ecological footprint.
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Reducing ecological footprint with be connected to the hydrogen
new solutions production plant – a part of a
Steklarna Hrastnik’s commit- pilot device that will produce a
ment to responsible environmen- pure, carbon-free source of ener-
tal actions is also evident from gy – hydrogen. This will develop
its indicators of sustainability. new technologies for melting
Investing in innovative solutions glass using hydrogen and the
associated with the utilisation of resulting decarbonisation of fuel,
waste heat, replacing fossil fuels which will consequently reduce
with environmentally friendlier Steklarna Hrastnik’s carbon
resources, increasing the utili- footprint. The company is also
sation of melting furnaces and planning to install another 400
other solutions have enabled the kW solar power plant, which will
glassworks to reduce energy con- allow the glassworks to generate
sumption per ton of melted glass three per cent of the electricity
by 10 per cent in 2018 compared consumed in the plant. Q
to 2017, while CO2 emissions
were reduced by 6 per cent, NOx
emissions per ton of melted glass
by 40 per cent, and water use by
Together with its partners, the
company is continually searching
for new solutions. The recently
installed solar power plant will
STEKLARNA
HRASTNIK 1860
Cesta 1. Maja 14
1430 Hrastnik - Slovenia
Tel.: +386-3-5654600
Fax: +386-3-5644282
E-mail: info@steklarna-hrastnik.si
www.hrastnik1860.com
Larisa Kobe
Public relations
Tel.: +386-30-440332
E-mail: larisa.kobe@hrastnik1860.com