MORE SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES

Biomass plastic

We are contributing to the development of a new form of bioplastic as part of a collaborative consortium of organisations. Pararesin is a promising biomass plastic that uses paramylon, a stored polysaccharide in Euglena algae. The consortium aims to have the capacity to supply approximately 200,000 tonnes of the marine-degradable, biomass-derived plastic annually by 2030 as a viable alternative to conventional plastics.

Powdered metals 

We are working through our subsidiary company, Epson Atmix, to build a circular manufacturing infrastructure by creating products for 3D moulding using metal powders refined from waste metals that can be used to create components including car and electrical parts.

Dry fiber technology

Dry Fiber Technology is a proprietary set of technologies developed by Epson. It transforms fibrous materials into tangible value without using water by defibrating, binding and forming fibrous materials for different applications. We have named this type of manufacturing SmartCycle as it creates value from things that were once disposed of as waste and reduces the impact of manufacturing operations. One of the products that uses Dry Fiber Technology is Epson’s PaperLab, the world’s first office papermaking system, a machine that produces new paper from used paper without using water.

Офисная печать

Технология холодной струйной печати Epson Heat-Free помогает предприятиям сократить потребление энергии. По сравнению с лазерной технологией струйные принтеры компании Epson потребляют меньше энергии, что позволяет экономить электроэнергию и сокращать затраты.

Home Printing

Epson’s cartridge-free EcoTank printer range is the more sustainable solution for home printing. It uses refillable ink tanks instead of cartridges – eliminating cartridge production, shipping, and end-of-life disposal. To date, we have sold over 90 million EcoTank printers worldwide, contributing to a significant reduction in the use of plastic, which is one of the main components of ink cartridges.

Textile Printing

Digital textile printing is playing a key role in the sustainable transformation of the fashion industry. When compared to traditional textile printing methods, digital printers such as Epson’s Monna Lisa drastically reduce water consumption. This means less wastewater is sent to treatment plants, and the amount of energy needed to heat water is reduced. Localising fashion using in-house, on-demand digital textile printing means a reduction in CO2 per item, as they are no longer shipped long distances and manufacturers avoid environmental issues associated with traditional dyeing processes.

Label Printing

Independent research suggests that if European businesses switched to on-demand inkjet labelling, energy savings of 28.7 million kWh could be achieved each year – equal to a reduction of 6.7 million tonnes of CO2. They could also eliminate 180 million square metres of label waste, and cut ink waste by an estimated 619 tonnes.

Projector Technology

We’ve developed the world’s smallest, lightest high lumens range of projectors. Environmental benefits of this new, more compact technology include lower power consumption, fewer resources to manufacture and reduced packaging requirements. Our ultra-short-throw projectors and visualisers are improving accessibility in the classroom and supporting virtual teaching methods.

Moverio smart glasses

Epson’s Moverio augmented reality (AR) smart glasses have been developed for industrial applications in remote assistance, workflow guidance, and training. These applications significantly reduce the need for long-distance travel and face-to-face contact, with additional benefits such as faster response times, higher first-time fix rates, increased productivity, reduced travel costs, and associated CO2 emissions.

Manufacturing solutions

The pandemic highlighted European dependency on Far East production. Increased demand for more localised automation (reshoring) is reducing reliance on carbon-heavy offshore production. As the world’s leading manufacturer of SCARA robots, Epson has seen significant demand by SMEs based in EMEAR and, to support this demand, we have developed robotic manufacturing solution software to help smaller companies in setting up localised production lines.

PaperLab

В офисах растут объемы отходов бумаги, которые составляют более 50% от общего объема отходов бизнеса и имеют растущий углеродный след. По оценкам, на бумагу приходится более четверти общего объема отходов на свалках и около 42% мировой заготовки древесины.

PaperLab — это первая в мире безопасная безводная система переработки бумаги для офиса, которая позволяет организациям перерабатывать бумагу за один процесс. Это по-настоящему замкнутое решение, которое значительно сокращает использование бумаги, воды и выбросы углекислого газа.

Благодаря инновационной технологии Epson Dry Fiber PaperLab может производить до 720 листов бумаги формата A4 или 360 листов бумаги формата A3 в час. Он также обеспечивает безопасное уничтожение конфиденциальной информации в бумажных отходах без их вывоза за пределы организации. Выполнение этого процесса за пределами компании может привести к рискам, более высоким затратам и выбросам углекислого газа — всего этого можно избежать, если внедрить настоящие принципы замкнутого цикла.