Supporting sustainable growth and profitability through the development of leadership and strategy, and the application of innovation to products, processes and services.

Dissemination Seminar

Results from Applied Research Project in the Surface Engineering & Printed Circuit Sectors

Date: Friday 29th June

Venue: Birmingham

To find out more click download the event flyer here

European Conference

“Tapping the potential of resource efficiency in the European manufacturing industry”

On 20 June 2012, the REMake project on recycling and resource efficiency in manufacturing is organising a major European conference on “Tapping the potential of resource efficiency in the European manufacturing industry” in Brussels.

Industry representatives and manufacturing SMEs will demonstrate how to become more profitable by using less resources through eco-design, process efficiency and value chain improvements. Based on these first hand experiences, over 100 industry representatives and policy makers will discuss suitable policy measures to improve resource efficiency in manufacturing.

To find out more about the event, click here and download the agenda.

If you would like to attend, please register by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your full name and organisation.

The event is being held in the framework of the REMake project on Recycling and Resource Efficiency in Manufacturing. REMake helps manufacturing SMEs tap into their potential for resource efficient growth. It provides expert support to allow companies to assess their savings potential and discover how material efficiency measures and life-cycle approaches increase their profitability. For more information please visit: www.ecomanufacturing.eu

Workshop: Introduction to Sustainable Design

Advantage through more sustainable products

This stimulating workshop will introduce simple tools and thinking that will help you understand and quantify the eco credentials of products, and identify imaginative and surprising opportunities for improvements - to product design, or even the way you might do business. The free-to-use tools, which include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and carbon footprinting, will be deployed in a case study worked through in groups, generating proposals for improvements to a common product found in everyone’s home. This workshop will equip you with lasting skills to apply inside your own organisations.

Who Should Attend

• Influencers of product and service design –executives, managers, engineers and designers across all sectors

• Those looking to understand and use life cycle thinking, LCA and sustainable design tools

Date: 6th June

Venue: To Be Confirmed

To register visit http://sustainabledesignguide-estw.eventbrite.com