Helexia investment in solar self-consumption
The solar self-consumption allows lowering the energy bill, preparing the company to be more competitive and protecting it from the variations of the energy cost price in the market. Helexia's investment of about 1 M€ allows Plasgal to enjoy clean, renewable energy without diverting capital from its core business. It is the combination of economy and ecology.
Plasgal's environmental and social sustainability
One of Plasgal's concerns is to continuously implement a circular economy, with recycling and reuse of internal production waste. The products produced are used in different sectors, such as the pharmaceutical industry, automotive, agriculture, hospitals, food industry, among others.
During the Pandemic, Plasgal adapted its unit for the production of medical supplies and protective equipment to fight the Covid19 pandemic. It produced daily about 10 thousand individual protection kits and although it is not a manufacturing company, it designed and produced a coat composed of arm, leg, foot and hand protections, using low density polyethylene, in order to have flexible equipment for people to move around, resistant and waterproof.
This demonstrates the adaptive capacity of the company, as well as the social concern - the municipality of Leiria was only charged for the cost of processing material.