Alfa Laval has teamed up with Boliden, a Swedish mining and smelting company, to use their Low-Carbon copper to produce heat exchangers.
The goal is to have the first heat exchanger made using Boliden’s copper ready during 2023. The cooperation will enable Alfa Laval to produce heat exchangers with a reduced carbon footprint. This is part of the company’s multi-channel plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
Alfa Laval president and CEO, Tom Erixon said to drive the transition towards a more sustainable society it's vital the company finds partnerships and collaborations that complement their ambitions as a company.
“Bringing together Boliden’s copper and our energy-efficient heat exchangers means we can contribute to the industry’s transformation towards net zero,” he said.
The cooperation with Boliden is part of Alfa Laval’s strategic ambition to reduce the environmental impact of raw materials.
Boliden’s Low-Carbon copper is produced from copper mined in the north of Sweden and recycled material such as electronic waste, using clean energy which gives the raw material one of the lowest carbon footprints of any refined copper in the world.
The copper will mainly be used in Alfa Laval’s brazed heat exchangers which are used for heating, cooling, evaporation and condensing in numerous applications, including heat pumps.
Boliden CEO, Mikael Staffas, said the company’s Green Transition Metals represent some of the most sustainable options on the market.
“If we want to enable the society of tomorrow, we need to start today. And Alfa Laval is now utilizing the fact that our offering is available today, and by that they are part of leading the industry,” he said.
Boliden is a metals company with 6,000 employees.