Products & Innovations
Our products and solutions not only fulfil the highest quality requirements. We measure and verify the environmental impact of our products and work to reduce our ecological footprint. We also take a forward-looking approach when it comes to using renewable resources.
A sustainably produced product requires appropriate processes and structures along the entire value chain. We want to use resources responsibly rather than simply consume them. We therefore develop product concepts for the more efficient utilisation of natural resources, for increasing the material efficiency of the product and for the environmentally friendly handling of chemicals and waste. The aim is to implement suitable concepts in stages and to incorporate them into the product portfolio in the long term.
We have set ourselves the goal of ensuring that all key product groups at LAPP have a product carbon footprint. Purchasing copper with lower CO₂ values is also being explored.
One building block for reducing the carbon footprint is the use of bio-based plastics. The ETHERLINE® FD P Cat.5e for Industrial Ethernet, for example, is the first Ethernet cable from LAPP to feature bio-based sheathing. The CO2 footprint of this special outer sheath is 24% lower than that of a conventional outer sheath, that of which is based exclusively on fossil raw materials. Further information can be found here.
You may also wish to read our whitepaper on biobased plastics.
Focus on sustainable industries
We are also focussing our portfolio on sustainable industries. Solar and wind energy help us to overcome the challenges relating to climate change. LAPP offers solutions for applications in the solar and wind energy sectors and is constantly developing these further.
The use of photovoltaic systems has been an important pillar of renewable energy for many years now. In doing so, we are constantly refining our products and solutions to meet and exceed requirements in terms of durability, robustness and flexibility. Even in wind energy, the fastest-growing market among renewable energies, LAPP meets the complex requirements and specific guidelines with extensive development and production experience spanning several decades.
In the field of electromobility, LAPP impresses with innovative solutions, offering infrastructure operators, charging station and vehicle manufacturers user-friendly charging cables for charging on the public grid and at household or industrial sockets. In doing so, we aim to contribute to the further development of the electric mobility infrastructure through our solutions.
In the huge growth market of rail transport, LAPP ensures safety and reliability with an extensive portfolio of system solutions that are specially tested and certified for railway technology.