Sustainability is an important issue for Sandvik and creates a 'buzz' for local bee population
06/03/2019 Sandvik Coromant
Sandvik has been 'creating a buzz' at its high pressure tubing manufacturing facility in Werther, Germany, with the installation of a colony of bees at the site.Occupying two hives, the Sandvik colony was established in 2017 in co-operation with the Peter-August-Böckstiegel-Gesamtschule and now exceeds 100,000 bees which produce enough honey to be given to customers visiting Sandvik.
The project began with Thomas Froböse of Sandvik and Matthias Wach from the school who, along with his pupils, was already working on a gardening project, this was extended to include the Sandvik car park. All of the 300 sq metres of the new car park was transformed with new flowers and perennial herbs that were bee and insect friendly and later the hives were added. The bee hives are looked after by experienced bee keeper Matthias Wach and his pupils from the school.
Haydn Eagle, Sales & Marketing Director at Sandvik High Precision Tube, said: "There has been a much publicized decline in the bee population in recent years which in turn has a damaging effect on the whole ecology system due to the lack of pollination. Much of this has been caused by fewer wildflower-rich habitats and the increased use of pesticides, which are very harmful to bees.
"Creating and preserving a sustainable environment is part of our philosophy here at Sandvik and we thought that working with the local school to create a suitable environment for the bees to flourish would go some way to helping the bee population."
For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth Diskin
Sandvik Materials Technology,
SE-81181
Sandviken
Sweden
Email: elizabeth.diskin@sandvik.com
Web: materials.sandvik
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