George Utz plugs into solar energy

Reinforcing its commitment to
sustainability, materials handling
manufacturer George Utz is now
generating its own energy to help
run operations at Alfreton in
Derbyshire, with the installation of
solar energy panels.

The 210 Bosch photovoltaic solar
panels and 3 SMA solar inverters
were installed on the factory roof by
Nottingham energy company Life
Long Energy.

As a plastics manufacturer,
George Utz has always taken its
environmental responsibilities very
seriously and in 2010 was awarded
ISO 14001:2004 accreditation, in
recognition of its efforts to reduce its
impact on the environment.

The company also runs a
recycling facility where old product
is “chipped up” and the materials
re-used to produce new equipment.