Orbit One’s Sustainability Report for 2022 is now finalised and can be ordered from us or downloaded from our website. The report includes details of a number of improvements and initiatives during the year and shows a clear positive trend in relation to important key ratios. The report also describes our work with social sustainability.
Please feel free to download the report digitally from our website:
The report can also be ordered via email:mats.eriksson@orbitone.se
“Our Sustainability Report for 2022 includes details of a number of concrete improvements that we have achieved by utilising know-how and investments to radically reduce our environmental impact. In Ronneby, for example, we have succeeded in reducing our energy consumption from 3.1 GWh to 1.9 GWh while also increasing our efficiency and manufacturing volume”, explains Mattias Lindhe, President & Chief Executive Officer of Orbit One.
• New selective soldering machine reduces energy consumption
One of Orbit One’s largest investments in 2022 was the new selective soldering machine that was installed in Stockholm. The new selective soldering machine uses significantly less energy. The previous wave soldering machine required energy to melt around 600 kg of tin, whereas the new selective soldering machine only needs to work with around 10 kg.
• Production of our own nitrogen gas reduces transportation
In conjunction with our investment in the new selective soldering machine in Stockholm, we also installed our own nitrogen gas generator for the nitrogen gas needed in the soldering process, thus reducing the need for long truck shipments to refill our nitrogen gas tanks and the environmental impact entailed by such shipments.
• New energy-efficient robot cell in Ronneby
A completely new energy-efficient robot cell was built in Ronneby in 2022. The new robot cell is ideal for large-volume production, which is increasingly in demand, not least due to the fact that many customers want to move their production closer to their market in order to reduce their environmental impact.
“The situation on the component market is now showing more available capacity. However, the increased capacity is not the result of greater production capacity, but rather an effect of a certain slowdown in the level of demand from China, in particular, as well as other countries in Asia”, says Marcus Gunnebrant, Orbit One’s Chief Supply Chain Officer.
Shorter lead times
“The decrease in demand has eased the pressure on suppliers, and we are also seeing a reduction in lead times to some extent, although they are still relatively long compared with the pre-pandemic situation. There is also uncertainty as to what will happen in Q4 2023 and Q1 2024, depending on whether demand from China increases again as a result of higher levels of consumption.”
Stable transport situation
“We are also seeing increased stability in the transport sector, and at present there are no signs of any major problems. Freight prices are holding at a stable level, and we are even seeing some price decreases in relation to shipments by sea.”
Review the components included in products!
“As usual it is important for customers to review the components included in their product design. In this area, Orbit One can assist with the performance of “BOM Scrubbing”, which means that we analyse current components in order to replace discontinued components, purge outdated and incorrect data, and identify better alternatives in terms of price, quality and producibility”, Marcus Gunnebrant concludes.
Would you like to know more about the component situation?
Feel free to contact our Chief Supply Chain Officer, Marcus Gunnebrant. You can call him on
+46 70 965 21 38
or reach him via email at:
As part of Orbit One’s CSR work, we are supporting Missing People’s activities in Sweden. Missing People is a nationwide non-profit organisation that helps relatives and the Police in their efforts to search for people who have gone missing.
Would you also like to help?
Click on the link to find out more!
www.missingpeople.se
As demands and requirements on sustainable nearshoring and ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) increase at a rapid rate, it feels good to be able to present yet another Sustainability Report from Orbit One – a report full of concrete measures and improvements, both large and small. Our initiatives include everything from electric vehicles in our company car fleet to major investments aimed at achieving energy savings and environmental improvements.
Our work with sustainability, Lean manufacturing, automation and digitalisation provides a clear signal as to where we are heading and how we can compete with distant low-wage countries. This is also extremely important from a customer perspective. We are always close to our customers, who have full transparency and insight into how we work. This creates credibility, trust and long-term profitable business relationships for both parties.
The spring has quickly come and gone, and I can already promise that there will be many exciting new developments at Orbit One in the autumn. But first it is time for summer and some much deserved relaxation and enjoyment during the holiday period. On behalf of myself and the entire team here at Orbit One, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers, suppliers, colleagues and friends a wonderful summer!
Your product is our mission!
Mattias Lindhe
Group President, Orbit One Group
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