Sustainable product policies
Sustainability is an important performance measure for product development at SW Umwelttechnik. All products are required to meet high quality standards, to bring our clients returns on their investment, to be ergonomic and user friendly, and to reduce the environmental burden during their operational lives.

Water Conservation and Infrastructure
The products for water conservation and infrastructure are manufactured in-house. The production processes of the two sectors are effectively identical, and are thus highlighted in combination as follows:

Environmental aspects of  the production process
Raw materials are transported by road from nearby suppliers, and are stored in silos. Highly efficient, self-cleaning filter units are installed in order to prevent dust emissions.

The water needed for the production processes is pumped from the recycling plants, and fresh water or in some cases rainwater added to achieve the required volume.

The materials are combined in the mixing plants, intensively purified with additives and recycling solids, and then transported to the processing points.

The various base products are manufactured on semi or fully automated machinery. Small volumes of steam or hot air are used to accelerate the setting process.

The machinery and forms must be cleaned at least once a day; the run-off goes to the recycling plants for re-use in the mixing plant.

Wherever possible, rejects and any production waste are run through the recycling plants, and otherwise they are returned to the suppliers. The latter have no difficulty in processing these innocuous materials and re-using them.

The semi-finished products are then taken to the testing bays, and transported to the assembly areas where the internals and other additional components are installed, and further quality inspections are made. Finally the products are taken to the storage areas, where they are loaded on to trucks or railway wagons for transport to the customer.