Alcester-based Seco aims to make manufacturing fast, easy and sustainable with the launch of a series of impactful initiatives to support customers in reducing their environmental footprint and fostering responsible business practices.
Building on the success of a 2024 pilot, Seco is expanding its Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) models for products like stationary turning tools and solid end mills. These enhanced models will provide customers with CO
2 emissions data, use-phase estimates, and insights into the benefits of circular services like recycling and reconditioning. Results will be integrated into Seco’s website and service portals as they become available.
Additionally, Seco’s Cutting Data Engine will soon enable users to calculate CO
2 emissions based on estimated power consumption, offering practical tools to optimise the environmental impact of machining processes. Sustainability assessments will also be available, helping customers evaluate process changes for reduced carbon emissions.
Seco offers expert sustainability assessments to help customers optimize their machining processes and reduce carbon emissions. Key initiatives include integrating sustainability savings into test reports and functionality tests conducted with Seco, available upon request. Additionally, Seco will transform its successful internal sustainability assessments, originally developed for its own manufacturing sites, into a digital, adaptable service, which customers can utilise to assess sustainability maturity.
Seco is strengthening its commitment to ethical sourcing through its annual conflict minerals and cobalt due diligence exercise, ensuring supplier adherence to OECD Due Diligence Guidance. In 2025, greater emphasis will be placed on ensuring compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct.
At Seco, health and safety remain a top priority, with proactive incident prevention measures, enhanced training programs, and a focus on global risk reduction. Additionally, Seco will launch an internal wellness program promoting physical and mental health for employees. The company’s newly digitalised Customer Recycling Programme simplifies the process of returning used carbide tools. Customers can now access a self-service portal to request quotes, order recycling containers, and track shipments, with the added benefit of monitoring CO
2 savings.
This service is currently available in select markets and will expand to additional regions throughout 2025. With these initiatives, Seco reaffirms its dedication to sustainability, innovation, and responsible business, setting a strong foundation for its customers and partners in the year ahead.