Silverline has a strategic partnership with Abbeysteel™

the world’s first green brand of sustainably sourced

steel.

Silverline offer a range of storage solutions products with

Filling Cabinet Ranges Executive and M:Line containing

around 50% reused material and the S:Line and Freedom

ranges around 15%.

In July 2011, Silverline reached a record breaking milestone in Co² savings.

A trophy and unique certificate presentation was awarded in December at

Abbeysteel in Stevenage to Silverline reaching 10,000 tonnes of C02 saved from

being released into the atmosphere.

It was awarded by Stephen McPartland, Chair of the House of Commons select

Committee for Furniture to Silverline Chairman Stanley Ensinger.

The honour was in addition to

the usual quarterly certificate

that is issued to congratulate

Silverline for using Abbeysteel.

Stanley Ensinger, Silverline OE Ltd, Stephen McPartland, Chair of the

House of Commons select Committee for Furniture, and Phil Cooper,

Managing Director at Abbey Steel & Shearing Co Ltd.

About Abbeysteel™

Abbeysteel™ is the world’s first green brand of sustainably sourced steel that

has been created to showcase a prime steel by-product that is sourced from a

range of UK multi-industry applications. Abbeysteel™ combines the uniqueness

of a trademarked raw material and that of a sustainable material resource for

businesses that would like to show a reduced impact on the environment by

reusing materials.

Abbeysteel™ explained

Abbeysteel™ has been created

through identification of a waste

stream in the UK manufacturing

sector that is produced by some of

the UK’s larger industries. These

industries consume large quantities

of steel within their operations and

they produce material that is a pure

by-product of their processes.

This material is surplus to

requirements as they cannot utilise

it in any of their own application and

it would destined fro re-smelting and

forming into new steel. But instead

Abbeysteel reclaim this prime grade

steel, process it and put it back into

the supply chain. The steel we

typically receive is mild sheet steel

in the form of cut outs and off-cuts

in various specifications.

Abbey Steel has branded this

material as Abbeysteel™

Sustainably Sourced Steel – a

unique raw material that has had its

lifecycle extended, through

reworking it into a diverse range of

UK manufacturing industries.

How is Abbeysteel™ an

environmentally friendly

material?

Steel, unlike other materials, has a

unique property that allows it to be

continuously recycled and reused.

However not all steel needs to be

recycled as a percentage can be

reused in its present form. Re-

smelting steel produces on average

2.3 tonnes of Co² per tonne

recycled.

Extending material lifecycle through

reprocessing enables its diversion

away from the smelting process and

utilising it in its present form. Reuse

of materials instead of recycling

them is what makes Abbeysteel™ a

green manufacturing material.

www.abbeysteel.com

About Abbey Steel & Shearing Company Ltd Established more than 30 years ago, based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Abbey Steel supplies manufacturer’s throughout the UK with a resource for all their steel; sheet, blanks, shapes, strip and coil requirements, together with a comprehensive processing service so that all metarial is precision sheared to their required specifications. BS EN ISO: 9001:2008 & BS EN ISO: 14001 Certified

Purchasing 1 Standard 4 Drawer Executive Filing Cabinet saves 177Kgs of Co² which is equivalent to 532 miles –

the average mileage of an economy car over a six week period or the same as the Co² emitted from a refrigerator

for 17 months.

Silverline have partnered with

Abbey Steel, owners of

Abbeysteel™ to help reduce our

carbon footprint.

Abbeysteel™ is a re-used steel by-

product that is sourced from the

automotive trade, that provides a

significant reduction in Co², for the

Executive and m:line ranges of

filing cabinet.

As authenticated by third parties.

Today we live in an environmentally conscious economy

where demand for products with improved environmental

performance is demonstrated by increasing consumer

preference, Government intervention and EU regulation.

In response we have augmented our existing filling

cabinet range to use Abbeysteel™ Sustainably Sourced

Steel a unique raw material that can show a significantly

reduced carbon footprint of the products that contain it.

Abbeysteel™ features in our Kontrax and Executive filing

cabinets ranges and as a result they now contain around

44% reused material.

In using Abbeysteel™ we are making the following

carbon savings per individual cabinet

FCEC2F Kontrax 2 drawer filing cabinet 75.9 Kg’s

FCEC3F Kontrax 3 drawer filing cabinet 111.7 Kg’s

FCEC4F Kontrax 4 drawer filing cabinet 145.62 Kg’s

FCEX2F Executive 2 drawer filing

cabinet

82.9 Kg’s

FCEX3F Executive 3 drawer filing

cabinet

122.3 Kg’s

FCEX4F Executive 4 drawer filing

cabinet

159.84 Kg’s

To put these Co2 savings in perspective, purchasing one Silverline four drawer executive filing cabinet

made with Abbeysteel™ produces a saving equivalent to driving an average economy car for six weeks.

Silverline can offer businesses the opportunity to

Demonstrate enhanced green credentials to customers and stakeholders

Demonstrate a reduced carbon footprint

Enhance and support existing activities to reduce operating impact on the environment

Buy office furniture with a certified reused content and guaranteed carbon savings.

Contact

+ 44 (0)1638 582700

www.silverline-oe.com

enquires@silverline-oe.com