A company that only produces delivers its material and never sees it again. We produce, deliver, install and collect. That is what allows us to genuinely bring material back into the loop, instead of merely using less of it.
Sandwich panel offcuts collected and processed circularly through CradleCollect.
FALK, up to April 2025Of EPS pallets came back from site, 6% more than the year before.
FALK, 2025Environmental impact of a CradleCore® panel compared with a standard sandwich panel.
FALK 1060 WB 100 mmOf the binder in the Circulayer coating is made from recycled material.
Ansova StaalcoatingHow the loop works
Every link in the group touches the same material: we make it, we install it, and on the next visit we collect what is left along with the packaging. That last stretch, the way back, is exactly where most chains stop.
Panels, concrete, insulation and steel from our own plants, partly from recycled raw materials.
Just in time to site, and recently also with electric self-loading vehicles.
Our own installation teams fit it, so they know exactly what is left over.
Offcuts and pallets go back, instead of into the skip.
Steel back to the blast furnace, PIR back into new insulation and new panels.
Who does what
For us sustainability is not a department but a product. These are the concrete solutions the companies in the group have developed, with the figures they publish themselves.
Most circular panels save material or look for an alternative. CradleCore® addresses the core of the problem: the PIR insulation core itself is recycled. At end of life the steel and the insulation are separated, the steel returns to the blast furnace and the PIR becomes raw material for new insulation boards and panels.
Offcuts from sandwich panels were residual waste for years. Since 1 February 2024 all sandwich offcuts from FALK panels can be deposited at InSus free of charge, and CradleCollect handles the complete collection and circular processing of whatever is left on site.
Ansova powder coats steel up to 10,000 kg and 25 metres in length, more than 2,000 tonnes a week. For those volumes the company developed its own sustainable coating: Circulayer.
COFAC processes aluminium composite into facade elements. That processing creates offcuts, and aluminium composite in particular separates and reuses very well.
Verifiable
Sustainability claims are only worth something once somebody else checks them. That is why our products are listed in the National Environmental Database and the systems behind them are certified.
Certified environmental management system, so environmental performance is organised and audited.
Assessment of responsible sourcing of construction products, rated ‘Very Good’.
Environmental Product Declarations for all CradleCore® products, registered in the National Environmental Database.
From CradleCore® panels to collecting the offcuts: we are happy to explain what is feasible on your site and what it means for your environmental or BREEAM® score.
