Fabio Novelli - Transcript

And we've got a third guest to introduce, too. Fabio Novelli, the founder, president and CEO of NTE Process, a technology and process consultancy that designs, builds integrated bulk material handling and process automation systems since 1998. After 25 years, he masters the business of industrial process solutions. Fabio, come and join me.
Warm welcome, Fabio.

Thank you.

And, gentlemen, it's lovely to have you back. I'm delighted that we all chose to match with a blue shirt for this topic, which is incredibly appropriate. Now, let's go to Fabio. You've been undoubtedly listening to Craig and Robert. Now is your chance to join in the discussion as we go into our wrap-up Trends & Talks.
What I'd like to hear from each of you is this: how can companies stick to their sustainability goals and succeed in keeping all their stakeholders happy?
Fabio, let's hear from you first, and I think you're particularly interesting since your company's been working with BKT to help them implement sustainable practises. Is that right?

Yes.

Yes, Saana, that's right. And this focus is design, implementation, innovation, industrial plants. BKT has set some clear sustainability goals and most big corporations are doing the same.

And they've been working with you on, I believe, a new tyre plant, is that right?

Yes, it's a tyre camber plant production in Bhuj in India which produces off highway tires. they focus on unsuitability objectives such as packaging reduction, CO2 reduction, energy reduction and reduction inputs from fossil fuels. For example, rather than moving raw material around the plant in polypropylene bulk bags, we have implemented the use of reusable mobile silos, the result of a lot of energy expended in moving those raw material around the plant. In the last five years, we developed a new patented technology to help with energy reduction. Overall, we looked for every opportunity to reduce not just energy but energy waste. We set up a goal of 70% reduction. Key for achieving this was a technology called Eco Dense Tronic. When implemented in Bhuj, this will save more than two million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. We have got to remember that we need to be sustainable throughout the whole chain, in extraction and processing. So, it means that when companies choose the suppliers, they need to be sure that there is the same attention and focus on sustainability.

Excellent, a great start to our discussion, Fabio, thank you.