IDALSA actively participated in the Sustainability Roundtable, a discussion session focused on crucial issues such as energy transition, environment, and circular economy. These topics represent key sectors in the economic partnership between Spain and Morocco. IDALSA‘s intervention in this roundtable solidified its commitment to constructive dialogue on sustainable matters.

During the session, which saw the participation of prominent representatives from the business sphere, IDALSA shared its experiences and strategies to address sustainability challenges. Fernando Lou, General Director of IDALSA, highlighted the importance of integrating responsible practices into the company’s daily operation, emphasizing IDALSA‘s commitment to the circular economy and its contribution to global sustainability.

As an active participant in this business forum, IDALSA demonstrates its commitment to sustainability and international collaboration, contributing to the exchange of ideas and experiences between companies from Spain and Morocco.

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“The aim of this project is to provide existing process industries and their workers with operational agility, performance improvement through different indicators, and sustainability tools based on state-of-the-art AI for the design, development, engineering, operation, and monitoring of their plants, products, and value chains.”

With over 28,500 projected use cases in the European Union and a target of over 42,000 users, s-X-AIPI aims not only to revolutionise the industry but also to improve workers’ conditions. The goal is to update skills and qualifications, ensuring safer and more attractive working conditions.

As we have seen, s-X-AIPI emerges as a transformative force driving the European industry towards the digital age, embracing artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency, reduce environmental footprint, and empower workers in the process. Undoubtedly, a major milestone in this new industrial era increasingly focused on sustainable productivity.

With a firm commitment to digital transformation and sustainability, IDALSA demonstrates its leadership in the industry by adopting innovative solutions that not only drive operational efficiency but also promote responsible business practices and the circular economy. The future of the European industry appears more innovative and sustainable thanks to the vision and action of companies like IDALSA.

IDALSA, with digital transformation and sustainable development.

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In the current context, where awareness of environmental and climate challenges is increasing, reducing carbon emissions has become an urgent priority. From the industry to the shared mobility sector, companies are seeking ways to reduce their carbon footprint and actively contribute to a more sustainable future. During this event, various companies, including IDALSA, gathered to exchange experiences, successes, and challenges in implementing projects aimed at reducing their carbon emissions. From innovative technological solutions to resource management strategies, the event, held in collaboration with Siemens and Ibercaja, provided a detailed insight into these organizations’ commitment to combating climate change and towards a cleaner, more sustainable future.

IDALSA highlighted the significant contribution of recycled aluminium in reducing the carbon footprint, both in its manufacturing process and as a replacement for primary aluminium, throughout the entire lifecycle of products made with this material. Additionally, the company shared its experience and the qualities of its product as support for weight reduction in the automotive sector, and its contribution to low-emission mobility.

The event featured Mar Paños, general director of industrial promotion and innovation in the Government of Aragon, María Teresa Ruiz, responsible for European funds and sustainability in Ibercaja’s corporate banking, and Miguel Ángel Almalé, territorial director of Siemens Technical Solutions, as key speakers.

IDALSA, working today to improve tomorrow.

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With this renewal, it again emphasizes its commitment to good governance practices and its high positive impact on sustainability, recertifying as a socially responsible entity. The renewal process for this seal is the result of continuous efforts to meet rigorous evaluations and criteria established by the Government of Aragon, in collaboration with key entities such as CEOE Aragon, Cepyme Aragon, UGT Aragon, and CC.OO Aragon.

Corporate Social Responsibility, at its core, represents a set of commitments of various kinds, including economic, social, and environmental aspects, adopted by companies, organizations, and both public and private institutions. These commitments go beyond compliance with current legislation, contributing to social and economic progress within the framework of sustainable development, emphasizing the promotion of transparency, respect for employees, relationships with stakeholders, and a commitment to the environment.

Several factors have been key in its certification, such as the promotion of circular economy and responsible waste management, as well as the development of ethical policies with stakeholders. The company continues its steadfast commitment to sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility and takes pride in its contribution to a more ethical, socially, and environmentally responsible world.

IDALSA, an example of commitment to sustainability and social responsibility.

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Through its involvement in this project, IDALSA will integrate new, eco-friendly, and dependable Artificial Intelligence tools into its facilities. These tools will enable the optimization of resources and processes, resulting in improved traceability across the supply chain and a more valuable contribution to a Circular Economy ecosystem.

The “M12 Review Meeting”, held last May at the AIMEN Technology Centre in Pontevedra, Spain, brought together all participating partners of s-X-AIPI. The purpose was to analyse and assess the project’s progress at the 12-month mark since its beginning.

IDALSA remains dedicated to digital transformation and sustainable development.

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An extensive path that has meant reaching competitive levels of knowledge and experience within our specialised activity. These values, together with the personal commitment not only of the owners but also of all those who form part of the staff, have enabled us to successfully overcome difficult moments and scenarios, managing to emerge stronger and with great prospects for the future. During all this time, our commitment to continuous improvement and quality has led us along the path of excellence and we can be satisfied not only with what we have already achieved but also with the solid foundations for the future that we have all built together. A solid structure based on a job well done, the cohesion of a prepared and committed staff, the concern for research and innovation as part of progress, the frequent collaborations with organisations and universities, etc.

More than 30 years of persistence and work that position us optimally and competitively in the international market, with an ambitious and careful projection for the future that not only serves to consolidate IDALSA and its activity but also contributes decisively to the positive results of the local and regional economy and to the maintenance and creation of quality employment. This is the IDALSA of the coming years.

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IDALSA’s continuous concern to reduce its waste, following the best available technologies that allow us to continue contributing to the sustainable development of the aluminium recovery activity, has taken a new step by signing a Collaboration Agreement with the Canadian company KPM (Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc) whose recent projects on stabilisation, recycling and recovery of aluminium secondary materials were analysed in REWAS 08.

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One of the main conclusions generated at the Congress in relation to the management of industrial waste was: “the need to adopt organisational and operational measures to reduce, to economically and technically feasible levels, the amount of by-products, waste and polluting emissions generated that require treatment prior to final disposal”.

The congress organisers invited Professor Antonio Gil, from the Public University of Navarra, to give a lecture within the thematic area “Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering”. The subject of the work presented was “Industrial Waste Management”, in which IDALSA’s aluminium recycling and salt slag treatment processes were presented as an example of the implementation of clean technologies at industrial level. Specifically, the company has incorporated high-efficiency oxy-combustion technology in the burners of the melting furnaces due to the increase in melting speed, over 40%; the reduction in energy consumption, between 35 and 50%; the reduction in emissions, less N2, in flames; the pre-treatment of aluminium slag to reduce the fluxing salts required; the productive use of state-of-the-art furnaces specialised in recycling aluminium scrap and by-products using a minimum amount of fluxing salts and the use of new salt mixtures to reduce the rate of waste per kilogram of aluminium obtained and, therefore, the toxicity of the residual fraction.

In relation to the recovery and valorisation of salt slags, a waste generated in the recycling of aluminium, the Argonne National Laboratory, together with the US Department of Energy, states: “Among the different possibilities considered, it seems that recovering only the aluminium and taking the non-recoverable contaminated salts and oxides to safety deposits is the closest to the positive balance of the cost/benefit analysis, as long as the aluminium content of the salts is higher than 5%”. Professor Gil reached the same conclusion, stating that “the recovery of these new wastes is not economically viable, the best option being to minimise their production, recover the aluminium metal fraction and deposit the remaining fraction in a controlled landfill”. For Professor Gil, “to date, there is no real market for the fraction known as NMP, non-metallic products”.

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