Manufacturing-Journal | 7 |rently in large quantities with the poten-tial for future growth. With Outokumpu Circle Green, these enablers of the green transition can be manufactured with an even lower carbon footprint.Partnerships accelerating green transitionThe Circle Green product line with up to 93% lower carbon footprint than the in-dustry average* is the first commercial towards-zero stainless steel in the mar-ket. It was created to accelerate the green transition and extremely advanced circu-lar economy. To achieve such a low level of emissions, Outokumpu uses 100 per-cent low-carbon electricity, low-carbon raw materials, such as recycled steel, and reinvented production processes.“Circle Green is our spearhead climate so-lution, and we are extremely pleased that our long-time customer Alfa Laval is now switching its Outokumpu stainless steel orders in the main classic grades to Circle Green. Alfa Laval and Outokumpu share the same ambition to drive green transi-tion by helping our customers to lower their carbon footprint through reducing the emissions in the entire supply chain. This cooperation is great example of how the green solutions like renewable en-ergy call for low-carbon stainless steel,” says Thomas Anstots, President, business line Advanced Materials at Outokumpu. “If all the stainless steel in the world was produced with the same methods used for our Circle Green production, it would reduce global carbon emissions from the entire stainless steel value chain by 364 million tons per year.” The Circle Green grades delivered to Alfa Laval include Cir-cle Green Supra 316/4401, Circle Green Core 304/4301 and Circle Green Supra 316L/4404. Circle Green will be delivered from Outokumpu mills in Dillenburg, Ger-many, and Tornio, Finland. For the Circle Green classic grades: global average CO₂ emissions (2023) are 7 kilos of CO₂e per kg of stainless steel (Outokumpu’s cal-culation based on data provided by CRU and worldstainless), and Outokumpu Cir-cle Green CO₂ emissions are down to 0.5 kilos of CO₂e per kg of stainless steel.This is Alfa LavalAlfa Laval is a world leader in heat trans-fer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, and is active in the areas of Energy, Marine, and Food & Water, offer-ing its expertise, products, and service to a wide range of industries in some 100 countries. The company is commit-ted to optimizing processes, creating re-sponsible growth, and driving progress to support customers in achieving their business goals and sustainability tar-gets. Together, we are pioneering posi-tive impact. Alfa Laval has 20,300 em-ployees. Annual sales in 2022 were SEK 52.1 billion (approx. EUR 4.9 billion). The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. This is OutokumpuOutokumpu is the global leader in stain-less steel. The foundation of our business is our ability to tailor stainless steel into any form and for almost any purpose. Stainless steel is sustainable, durable and designed to last forever. Our customers use it to create civilization’s basic struc-tures and its most famous landmarks as well as products for households and vari-ous industries.Outokumpu employs approximately 8,500 professionals in close to 30 coun-tries, with headquarters in Helsinki, Fin-land and shares listed in Nasdaq Helsinki.More info: www.outokumpu.com
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