More renewable sources for sustainable production.

In recent years, the circularity of Nature's production process has inspired industrial models that are increasingly focused on energy saving. The awareness that the planet's resources are not unlimited has been compounded by climate change, socio-economic uncertainties in the markets, and, most recently, geopolitical turmoil across the continents. This has led to the emergence of a circular economy in several industrial sectors, which has resulted in the development of ecosystems capable of regenerating resources and ensuring the necessary eco-sustainability.

The issue that more and more companies are addressing internally is the reduction of waste and the reuse of processing scraps. At PM Serramenti, the application of more sustainable production practices cuts across the entire process, where biomass available in large quantities—wood waste and shavings—becomes a renewable source to replace fossil fuels. Every scrap at PM Serramenti is valuable. In operation since 1995, the 500-kilowatt industrial biomass boiler was replaced in 2017 by an even more powerful boiler: it burns all the wood residues released by the production departments, from cutting to sanding, to produce up to 1 megawatt of power and heat the factory areas, office rooms, and water in the bathrooms.

All new machinery installed in 2021 to replace previous equipment in the PM Serramenti production process is equipped with industrial inverters capable of varying motor speed and modulating frequency to reduce energy consumption. In line with these energy-saving investments, a 340-kilowatt photovoltaic system has been in operation since 2022, enabling the company to produce 65% of the plant's electricity requirements and avoid releasing tons of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. After all, self-consumption is the starting point for PM Serramenti to embark on the necessary path towards energy self-sufficiency and to continue to fuel the eco-sustainable project of a carpentry workshop that, like a forest, runs on solar energy.