GF Building Flow Solutions (formerly Uponor) has made further advances on its journey towards carbon neutral operations adding Hutchinson and Zella-Mehlis to its range of manufacturing locations that have reached carbon neutral status (scope 1 and 2) This result highlights GF Building Flow Solutions’ ongoing commitment to minimize resource consumption Chief Technology Officer at GF Building Flow Solutions said: “GF Building Flow Solutions strives continuously to pioneer sustainable water solutions for buildings while reducing its operations’ environmental footprint helping also customers reach their sustainability goals Out of GF Building Flow Solutions’ 13 manufacturing sites Our factory in Nastola (Finland) reached carbon neutrality in December 2023 and our factory in Virsbo (Sweden) reached it earlier this year.” GF Building Flow Solutions’ pipe production process at the Hutchinson site consumes ample electricity causing most of the factory’s emissions and offering a major opportunity for emission reductions Key actions at the plant in Hutchinson included focusing on electricity consumption energy efficiency and the use of green electricity since 2021 These measures have reduced the site’s emissions by about 94% as compared to the baseline year 2019 The Zella-Mehlis manufacturing site started the transformation to carbon-neutral production already ten years ago when it transitioned to 100% certified green electricity Key measures at the plant in Zella-Mehlis covered energy-efficiency actions in manufacturing and in the buildings including the installation of a heat pump-based heat recovery system in 2023 to replace district heating These measures have reduced the site’s emissions by about 95% as compared to the baseline according to GF Building Flow Solutions’ Carbon Neutral Factory concept will be offset through a combination of tree-based carbon removal verified and retired using the Verra registry and biochar-based carbon removal using the Puro.earth or Carbon Standards International registry I’m proud of our track record of reducing electrical energy consumption and now Hutchinson achieving the designation of being a Carbon Neutral manufacturing site,” says Jon Sillerud Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain at GF Building Flow Solutions Americas “This demonstrates our continued commitment to being an industry leader on sustainability.” For more information about GF’s Sustainability Framework: https://www.georgfischer.com/en/sustainability-at-gf/sustainability-framework-2025.html In association with George Fischer Sales Ltd Rogier Van Dis and Sam BarkerGF Building Flow Solutions,.. 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Learn how your comment data is processed. winner of the crystal globe a few days ago Discover the complete and precise programme for the 2025/2026 Biathlon World Cup The 2024/2025 edition of the Nordic combined world cup drew to a close on Saturday with the men’s gundersen contested on the ski.. it was the turn of the combined athletes to compete in the reserve jump at the.. German combined skier Svenja Wuerth announced that she would be calling time on her career at the end of the season... the FESA Cup Nordic Combined took place in Oberhof (Germany) the FESA Cup ski jumping competition moves to Oberhof (Germany) for the finals of the 2024/2025 season the FESA Cup finals in ski jumping and Nordic combined will be held in Oberhof (Germany) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page She was a great entrepreneur and made economic history: Ursula Ida Lapp She was not only an energetic and very successful entrepreneur but also a woman with heart and high social responsibility She left a long lasting mark on the LAPP company Together with her husband Oskar Lapp (1921 – 1987) which today is the world market leader for integrated connection solutions This would not have been possible without Ursula Ida Lapp Ursula Ida Lapp was born in Benshausen (Thuringia) She was Paul and Anna Emmelmann’s second daughter Her father was a carpenter and her mother came from a family of gunsmiths Ursula Ida and her sister Gisela now had to take care of the household and kitchen Ursula Ida attended primary and secondary school in Benshausen She was talented in music and dreamt of a career as an operetta singer Ursula Ida trained as an office clerk at Mercedes an office machinery manufacturer in Zella-Mehlis Ursula Ida appeared on stage and sang the main role in the operetta “Das Walzermädel von Wien” her later husband Oskar Lapp noticed her for the first time They met shortly afterwards at the shooting club festival in Zella-Mehlis just back from captivity as a prisoner of war Her initial sympathy quickly grew into attraction and a deep love The wedding bells sounded for Ursula Ida and Oskar Lapp The young Lapp family didn’t feel at home in the GDR While Oskar Lapp is curing a sudden gall disease at his sister’s house in Pforzheim wife Ursula Ida is being investigated by the state authorities at home in Benshausen She didn’t have it easy and had to report to the police every day Then she left for the West via Berlin with her son Siegbert and only a handbag Starting a new life was difficult for the young family as all their belongings and assets were left behind when they escaped to the West Oskar Lapp found a job in Echterdingen as a consulting engineer at for a manufacturing company in North Rhine-Westphalia He developed the first rectangular connector for the industry He invented the first industrially manufactured power and control cable – an invention that revolutionised connection technology the invention was the first industrial product ever to be given a brand name The name ÖLFLEX® was created at the kitchen table It stands for oil-resistant and flexible cables The married couple Lapp founded the company U.I With a bank loan of 50,000 marks as start-up capital Ursula Ida Lapp registered the company U.I There she didn’t let herself be shaken even by critical enquiries “I don’t properly speak the Swabian language but I can certainly work like the Swabians.” As often happens with businesses in their infancy the Lapps initially did business from the garage of their home in Stuttgart-Vaihingen Lapp set quality standards that are still applicable worldwide in cable production today ÖLFLEX® was the right product at the right time and was a huge hit Oskar Lapp took over the sales work and visited companies Ursula Ida Lapp stayed at home because the children were still young she wrote promotional letters and took care of the bookkeeping the couple hired an electrician to support them who often travelled to the freight station with Ursula Ida Lapp with a handcart and later in a Volkswagen bus The economy was getting underway and the demand for ÖLFLEX® was enormous The money earned by the couple was invested in expanding the company The couple found their first sales partners in Switzerland and Israel back in 1960 The garage and garden were also used for the company Lapp Kabelwerke GmbH was founded in Galileistraße in 1963 the company headquarters was moved from the family home to Schulze-Delitzsch-Strasse – today’s company headquarters The first international subsidiary was founded in 1976 by the Lapps in the USA More brands were added: UNITRONIC® data communication systems SILVYN® cable protection and guiding systems ETHERLINE® data communication systems for ETHERNET technology and FLEXIMARK® marking systems To offer customers the best service in the field of connection technology produced and supplied “everything from a single source” – a principle that remains LAPP’s recipe for success today Ursula Ida Lapp was always at her husband’s side She advised and supported him wherever she could and had his back The children also learned how to help at a very early stage On 25th April 1987 Oskar Lapp suddenly died of a heart attack His sons Siegbert and Andreas Lapp took over the management of the company together with their mother and successfully carry on running the company in the founder’s spirit The company grew both nationally and internationally determination and entrepreneurial vision are virtues shared by the two second-generation leaders of the company Ursula Ida Lapp established the Oskar Lapp Foundation in memory of her husband and the entrepreneur The number of international companies was growing The LAPP Group is now represented in the main international markets in Asia Andreas Lapp became Chairman of the Board at LAPP Holding AG managed the Innovation and Technology department Ursula Ida Lapp was Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board LAPP was the first cable and connection technology provider to enable its customers to buy quickly and conveniently on the Internet LAPP was growing worldwide: the largest production plant in Forbach Investments were also being made in America and India offer customers a greatly improved local service To mark the 50th anniversary of ÖLFLEX®, LAPP organised a superlative event – the ÖLFLEX® World Tour where special events were held for customers and employees LAPP opened a second plant at Bhopal in India and launched its own production plant in Shanghai in 2013 With its new service and logistics centre in Ludwigsburg LAPP set new standards for logistics and service in the cable industry With over 320,000 square feet of floorspace it stores up to 90,000 cable drums that can be loaded onto trucks via 30 ramps Fully automated warehouse technology guarantees that LAPP customers throughout Germany receive the goods they’ve ordered within 24 hours Founding of additional foreign subsidiaries The company also expanded with further acquisitions They were setting the course for the future The new Chairman of the Supervisory Board at LAPP Holding AG is the former Member of the Board for innovation and technology Company founder Ursula Ida Lapp was named Honorary Chairwoman The third generation assumed responsibility within the company His brother Alexander Lapp took on global responsibility for the future topic of digitalisation and the further development of e-business Ursula Ida Lapp’s greatest wish has been fulfilled: to see her grandchildren also assume responsibility within the company Ursula Ida Lapp’s last big public appearance: the traditional anniversary celebration took place in the Ursula Ida Lapp Hall at the community centre in Stuttgart-Möhringen Ursula Ida Lapp received special applause when she gave a short speech and waved into the camera together with the 126 beaming long-serving employees Ursula Ida Lapp celebrated her 90th birthday The jubilarian could only receive congratulations from her balcony in her home in Stuttgart A singer stood in the garden and sang operetta melodies Ursula Ida Lapp fell into a peaceful sleep She passed away on the same day and month as her beloved husband Oskar Lapp The Lapp Group is one of the world’s leading providers of intelligent connection solutions These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies but some parts of the site will not then work These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day The Walther Model 6 semi-automatic pistol represented the company’s first attempt to break into the 9mm military sidearm market in 1915 Essentially an upscaled version of their successful .32 caliber Model 4 blowback pistol the Model 6 retained the basic unlocked action but with a heavier slide and spring to contend with the 9mm Parabellum cartridge’s greater power the simplistic blowback system proved ill-suited for the round’s pressures leading to rejection by German forces who preferred a locked breech So while a number were privately purchased and saw use the Model 6 never achieved widespread adoption Yet it kickstarted Walther’s move toward full-size military handguns presaging their subsequent P38 and PPK fame The Model 6 ultimately faced obsolescence as combat pistol design progressed “Manufactured in limited numbers during the First World War the Model 6 was Walther’s first move into the full-size military pistol market In overall design the Model 6 shows a very strong mechanical resemblance to Walther’s vest pocket guns while also meriting comparison to the Fabrique Nationale product of the time as well as later developments by Star with full-power straight blowback semi-automatic military pistols with the left side of the slide marked “Selbstlade-Pistole Cal.9m/m Walther’s-Patent.” over the Walther banner ahead of a small “GERMANY” export stamp and the early one-line address “Carl Walther Blasii was one of the communities merged together to form Zella-Mehlis in 1919 which would remain Walther’s headquarters until the post-WWII Soviet occupation.” Lot 479: Rare Walther Model 6 Semi-Automatic Pistol – Very Scarce Walther Model 6 Semi-Automatic Pistol with Inscribed Grip Strap from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/74/479/rare-walther-model-6-semi-automatic-pistol If you want to subscribe to our monthly newsletter CarbonMedia 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