HOW GREEN IS YOUR SUPPLIER?

A good indicator of energy-efficiency is the distance that a product travels from the point of manufacture to the end customer or point of usage. EDCO USA manufactures vacuum pumps and cups in the USA near St. Louis, Missouri. PIAB assembles vacuum pumps in Sweden and manufactures suction cups in Singapore and Malaysia but only has a distribution center and sales office in Hingham, Massachusetts.

A second measure of energy and resource efficiency is whether the materials of construction can be easily recycled when the products' useful life is over. The vast majority of EDCO products are made of metals such as aluminum and brass for which there is a ready scrap market. Most EDCO plastic components are made of unfilled resins which can be recycled. In contrast, PIAB products are primarily made of glass-filled plastics which can't be recycled and thus end up in a landfill.

The math is simple. The unambiguous conclusion is that your company can significantly reduce its' carbon footprint by replacing PIAB vacuum products with EDCO USA products.

Circumference of the Earth (Distance Around) = 24,900 Miles