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Green power for NSK's Europe plants
04 February 2022
BEARINGS MANUFACTURER NSK has reinforced its commitment to sustainability by ensuring all five of its European production plants switch to greener electricity.

NSK has signed a contract with the electricity provider of its two UK manufacturing facilities in Newark, Nottinghamshire (industrial bearings and linear guides) and Peterlee, County Durham (automotive bearings) that ensures the supply of ‘green electricity’ generated from wind power. In other words, the provider confirms that it is producing green electricity from renewable sources to match the consumption demands of NSK’s UK-based plants.
With these contracts, all five NSK European production plants – including Munderkingen in Germany and Kielce and Wałbrzych in Poland – are now sourcing green electricity, as is the company’s European headquarters and technology centre in Ratingen, Germany. This positive development is one of many steps that NSK is taking to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment, and is part of the company’s European target to achieve the operation of carbon-neutral manufacturing facilities (scope 1 and 2 emissions) by 2030.
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