Sweet energy savings
April 1st 2009 Thorntons has reduced
energy consumption and
costs at its main chocolate
production site in Derbyshire
by standardising on Hawker
LifeTech high frequency
battery chargers from
EnerSys across its materials
handling fleet. The company
predicts it will achieve a twoto-
one return on investment
over the contract's lifetime.
"This is part of a wider
programme to reduce our
carbon footprint," says Dan
Crow, facilities manager.
"We wanted to reduce our
materials handling energy
bills and lift truck downtime
and the EnerSys chargers
have helped us do this."
The decision to adopt
Hawker LifeTech high
frequency chargers was
taken during 2007 when
Thorntons appointed Linde
Material Handling UK as its
lift truck supplier.
EnerSys and Linde
completed a site survey
which included a calculation
of potential energy savings
that could be achieved by
switching the entire fleet to
high frequency charging.
Crow says they projected a
£14000 saving on a £7000
investment.
The Hawker LifeTech high
frequency chargers are said
to offer energy efficiency
that can be up to 20%
higher than traditional 50Hz
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