UK Plastics Manufacturer, Tex Plastics, Saves 26.7% on Energy Bills
Plastic injection moulding company - Tex Plastics - faced mounting energy costs which were almost becoming unsustainable. But by working closely with Best.Energy to install Eniscope and Virtual Energy Monitoring (VEM) to deliver total energy visibility, this client has achieved incredible savings amounting to £237,000 annually.
Take a look at the Tex Plastics case study video for more details:
The Challenge
Plastics manufacturing is an energy intensive industry, with power-hungry heating and cooling processes and machinery running every day. Tex Plastics faced increasing energy costs in the UK, and their bills have increased four-fold in the past 3-4 years! So the company partnered with Best.Energy to find a solution to cut their energy costs and increase their efficiency.
The Solution
Ian Rumble, Engineering Manager at Tex Plastics, explained:
“When we started looking at our energy, we wanted to find the best way to reduce our power consumption, and live monitoring was the way to go forwards.”
So, Best.Energy installed 3 Eniscopes monitoring 15-20 key assets on site, and also initiated VEM to monitor energy use and wastage patterns for Tex Plastics. This provided total energy visibility across their north Devon site, with real-time data available for the Engineering and Management teams to view and take action when needed.
The Results
Thanks to minute-by-minute asset level data and VEM, Best.Energy’s award-winning AI-driven Eniscope analytics pinpointed exactly how, when, and where energy was being wasted unnecessarily.
From idle times and machinery being turned on too early, to air conditioning running out-of-hours, to inefficient energy-sapping machinery; VEM highlighted exactly where key energy savings opportunities were for Tex Plastics.
As a result, more efficient practices and processes were implemented, saving Tex Plastics thousands of pounds a year on running costs, while working towards their sustainability goals.
Tex Plastics has achieved more than 26% energy savings so far, which is equivalent to saving £237,000 on energy costs annually, and a net cash flow gain within just 3 months!
Justin Davies, Managing Director from Tex Plastics said:
“Primarily, the best way to save electricity is not to use it, and that was the principle of getting involved with Best.Energy to help us manage, record, and measure our consumption.”
Manufacturing is a sector that can see substantial benefits from energy monitoring and targeting, and the future is bright with Tex Plastics leading the way.
