Signode is committed to sustainability through innovative techniques that maximize space utilization and safety while minimizing waste, pollution, energy consumption, and costs. They are developing new products and initiatives to reduce packaging waste, including replacing wood with poly saddles for coil unitization, saving over 7,000 trees annually. Going forward, they aim to replace more wood items to save even more trees while improving packaging sustainability.

1. Sustainability
- A Way of Life @ Signode
Sustainability
- A Way of Life @ Signode

2. Approach to SustainabilityApproach to Sustainability
Signode is Committed to Protecting Natural Resources
while helping your Business Grow with
Innovative unitization techniques that maximize space utilization
Increased safety and performance with lower energy and maintenance cost.
Manufacturing processes designed to minimize waste, pollution and energy
consumption
Helping Customers Reduce Packaging Waste and Disposal
Costs - Developing ideas for recycling and reusing the products.
Developing New Products that Reduce Waste and Pollution

7. Initiative – Wood AlternateInitiative – Wood Alternate
Problem Statement
• Environmental issue and Cost Saving
• For Isolation mode wood consumption is 75000 CFT/annum.
• Dimensional Issues with the wood resulting in damage to Quality
• Unsafe to handle with splinters
Objective Set
• Reduction of wood consumption
• Reduce dependency on wood-a
natural product
• Establish reverse logistics
• Saving of environment and cost
in long term.

8. Description of the InitiativeDescription of the Initiative
Unitization of coils in isolation mode with poly saddles instead of
wood item – A.
Put Continuous efforts for 4 years to get approval from railways for
every 3 months . Finally we got final approval in June 2013 based on
4 year successful arrival report in small scale.
Destination covered – Faridabad, Boisar, Chennai, Nagpur
Phase Completion Dates
Define: June,2013
Measure: July, 2013
Analyze: June, 2014
Improve: Feb, 2015
Control: July,2015

9. Tangible BenefitsTangible Benefits
Saving 7000 Trees
/Annum.
9%
2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
Before After
Reduction in Fretting Corrosion
@ Boiser
2250
1810
1500
2000
2500
Before After
Wood Cost Reduction by 20% Cost
Reduction on Wood (Rs. /Coil)

10. Way Forward - Fy 17 - 20Way Forward - Fy 17 - 20
Replacement of Item B & C in the Wagon Unitization. – Potential
of Saving in Wood with 2000 Trees / annum.
Wood Alternate for Hot Coils on wagons – Potential savings of
More than 15000 Trees / annum.
Project Initiated for Working on
Environmental Friendly Packaging
Delayering of the Packaging
Recycling of the Components where were ever possible

11. Advantages to Tata Steel – On 2 Yr HorizonAdvantages to Tata Steel – On 2 Yr Horizon
Carbon Credits on Wood alternate.
Cost Reduction as Long Term initiative with delayering and
simplification.
Improved Safety & Quality with less consumables.
Branding with Environmental Friendly Packaging