Circular economy: electric excavators support environmentally friendly material flow

The PRADIER Group is a manufacturer of materials for the construction and housing industry based in the Rhône valley in France. The family-owned company produces aggregates, precast concrete elements and blocks as well as mixed asphalt products and recycles inert materials obtained from demolition work. To increase the environmental friendliness of these processes, the company's management spent years developing a logistics system in which the river acts as the center of all business operations. The result is a circular economy principle that has been in place for several months now, according to which the company keepsvarious resources and goods circulating between the two sites along the Rhône by ship. The two electrically driven material handlers 840 E and 855 E serve as the hub and focal point of the processes, ensuring efficient and energy-saving material handling.

In order to find the optimal material handler for the implementation of the circular economy, the Chairman of the Group Roland Pradier and Director of the Strategy Committee Maxime Cendres relied on the strong cooperation of SENNEBOGEN with the local service and sales partner SYGMAT, which delivered the material handlers to the Group. The machines had to fulfill the high requirements of the logistics scheme to be implemented and ensure a fast and efficient flow of materials between the sites in Lyon and Mondragon. In addition to a high working radius, in order to be able to unload the ships safely and quickly from the jetties built above the shore, the machines had to work in a particularly energy-saving and environmentally friendly manner at the same time. The choice quickly fell on the two SENNEBOGEN electric material handlers 840 E and 855 E that meet the company's high standards. Both machines are installed stationary on the docks and are supplied directly from the facility's power grid. At the same time, the machines operate noise- and emission-free and ensure a pleasant working environment despite the demanding continuous operation.