ROHS Directive starts to restrict the Phthalates listed in ROHS Annex II. But with regard to REACH Annex XIV sunset date (21/02/2015) there is a discrepancy. Nevertheless, iPoint Compliance Agent enables customers to...
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Exploring efficiency potentials in the recycling industry
Earlier this year, a team of consultants from ifu Hamburg, Member of iPoint Group, held an initial workshop at MinERALiX, a business specialized in the recycling of construction materials. The goal was to help the...
Remarkable MFCA results in a German foundry
The German family business C&C Bark Metalldruckguss und Formenbau GmbH produces magnesium die casts for various purposes. With the help of ifu Hamburg GmbH, Member of iPoint Group, they used material flow cost...
MFCA Hamburg – Resource Efficiency Flagships
How will we make Hamburg’s industry more efficient and sustainable? To answer this question, the “MFCA-Hamburg” project was launched as a cooperation between ifu Hamburg, the Hamburg Environmental...
Will there be a UK REACH?
What will be the challenges Brexit will have to your business on the products and services that you supply? Will there be a UK REACH for the regulation of chemicals on the UK market? The United Kingdom is due to leave...
Envisioning a sustainable future: increasing resource efficiency through digitization
Digitalization and Industry 4.0 loom large on the horizon of manufacturing. For many companies, they represent the vision of a more sustainable future – and, according to Jan Hedemann from ifu Hamburg, Member of iPoint...
Sankey Diagram: Tasty Christmas Special
If you wish to delight all of your colleagues with a tasty christmas present, here is a simple recipe for a huge amount of cookies: Ingredients: 3000g of flour 1000g of sugar 20 eggs (approx. 1200g) 200g of chocolate...
Material Flow Cost Accounting for strategic business decisions
Material Flow Cost Accounting, or MFCA, is most widely known as an instrument used by manufacturing companies to improve material efficiency. The approach analyses the flows and inventories of materials in processes and...
Chocolate efficiently produced: Energy management at Ritter Sport
Ritter Sport, the well-known German producer of chocolate bars in the distinctive, square package, offers a wide range of confections, each wrapped in a different color. But who knew that behind the more than 100-year...