Seco's Innovations for a Sustainable Manufacturing Future

CO2 reduction Seco expands sustainability efforts with CO2 tracking and recycling innovations

2025-03-03 Source: Seco Tools 1 min Reading Time

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As the manufacturing industry pushes toward a greener future, Seco is taking further steps to integrate sustainability into every stage of machining. From ethical sourcing to digital sustainability services, the company is helping customers reduce their environmental impact.

Seco offers expert sustainability assessments to help customers optimize their machining processes and reduce carbon emissions.(Source: Seco) — Seco offers expert sustainability assessments to help customers optimize their machining processes and reduce carbon emissions.
(Source: Seco)

Building on the 2024 pilot, Seco is expanding its Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) models for products like stationary turning tools and solid end mills. These enhanced models will provide customers with CO₂ emissions data, use-phase estimates, and insights into the benefits of circular services like recycling and reconditioning. Results will be integrated into Seco’s website and service portals as they become available.

Additionally, Seco’s Cutting Data Engine will soon enable users to calculate CO₂ emissions based on estimated power consumption, offering practical tools to optimize the environmental impact of machining processes. Sustainability assessments will also be available, helping customers evaluate process changes for reduced carbon emissions.

The company also offers sustainability assessments to help customers optimise their machining processes and reduce carbon emissions. Key initiatives include integrating sustainability savings into test reports and functionality tests conducted with Seco, available upon request. Additionally, the cutting tool manufacturer will transform its internal sustainability assessments, originally developed for its own manufacturing sites, into a digital, adaptable service, which customers can utilize to assess sustainability maturity.

Seco is also strengthening its commitment to ethical sourcing through its annual conflict minerals and cobalt due diligence exercise, ensuring supplier adherence to OECD Due Diligence Guidance. In 2025, greater emphasis will be placed on ensuring compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct, the company announced

Additonally, Seco’s newly digitalized Customer Recycling Program simplifies the process of returning used carbide tools. Customers can now access a self-service portal to request quotes, order recycling containers, and track shipments, with the added benefit of monitoring CO₂ savings. This service is currently available in select markets and will expand to additional regions throughout 2025.

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