{"id":3957,"date":"2025-03-03T14:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/kunskapsbank\/about-the-raw-material\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:52:04","slug":"about-the-raw-material","status":"publish","type":"kunskapsbank","link":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/knowledge-hub\/about-the-raw-material\/","title":{"rendered":"About the raw material"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Circular services<\/strong><br\/>ProfilGruppen helps customers develop circular business models. Among other things, we offer recycling of customers&#8217; aluminum scrap. Together with our partners, we handle dismantling, sorting and re-melting to make new products.  <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Infinitely recyclable<\/strong><br\/>Aluminum is a durable, lightweight, and malleable material that can be recycled endlessly without losing its properties. Recycling requires only 5% of the energy used in primary production, making aluminum an ideal material for a circular economy. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Primary aluminum<\/strong><br\/>Manufacturing aluminum from raw materials is energy intensive, but we work with suppliers who use renewable energy. Average emissions in Europe are below 7 kilograms of CO\u2082 per kilogram of aluminum, and with fossil-free energy sources this can be reduced to 4 kilograms. We support the development of technologies such as inert anodes to further reduce emissions.  <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Recycled materials are in demand<\/strong><br\/>We use aluminum scrap from both our own and our customers&#8217; processes and from recycled products. Around one third of the European market&#8217;s aluminum is recycled, but the potential is even greater as three quarters of all aluminum produced is still in use and not yet recycled. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Efficient material management<\/strong><br\/>We recover all scrap from our production and send it to local smelters for re-melting and re-use. At the same time, we actively work to minimize the amount of scrap through smart design and efficient processes, reducing both environmental impact and costs. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Operational targets give clear results<\/strong><br\/>ProfilGruppen has targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption. In 2023, our scope 1 and 2 emissions amounted to approximately 0.086 kilos of CO\u2082 per kilo of aluminum thanks to certified fossil-free electricity. In addition, our customers&#8217; choice of aluminum from Nordic suppliers contributed to a global saving of up to 570,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent compared to coal-based alternatives.  <\/p>\n\n<p>ProfilGruppen combines sustainability and continuous improvement to deliver aluminum solutions that strengthen a circular economy and reduce climate impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2001,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"avdelning":[140],"class_list":["post-3957","kunskapsbank","type-kunskapsbank","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","avdelning-aluminium-the-material"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kunskapsbank\/3957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kunskapsbank"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kunskapsbank"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"avdelning","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.profilgruppen.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avdelning?post=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}