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How do you support your customers, especially from the automotive industry, with regard to electric vehicles?

Electric vehicles are a great opportunity for Leadec because the automotive factories around the world are where we work. We have been involved in the design or automation of many of the manufacturers’ major factories and take care of maintenance services for years.
 

We bring our expertise to the assembly of an internal combustion engine as well as to that of an electric motor, battery modules or batteries. In France, we already have some maintenance projects for battery production plants.

Leadec offers green solutions, the “Green Factory Solutions.” How important are they in France?

The Paris Agreement for Climate Protection (COP21) calls for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and this is also a high priority in French society. Companies in France are therefore looking for ways and solutions to reduce energy consumption in the long term. The French government is also aiding the industry. We ourselves notice among our customers that they are actively working to reduce their energy costs, for example. We naturally see great potential here to contribute our services.
 

For example?

Leadec plans, installs and maintains photovoltaic systems, for example on factory roofs. This enables companies to generate part of the electricity they need for production processes and the factory building themselves. To ensure that this works optimally, we also modernize the factory’s own power grid into which the solar energy is fed and install battery storage systems on site.
 

We are also converting large areas in factories to LED lighting. The combination of daylight sensor, motion sensor and the LEDs can reduce electricity consumption for lighting by at least 70%.
 

Another example is control and automation solutions such as those used in recycling plants. Here, it is important to use software to control the complex and energy-intensive processes – such as shredding, sorting and drying – in such a way that as little energy as possible is consumed. To do this, the equipment in the plant records the power consumption of the main consumers, measure the volume throughput and use the software in the background to ensure that energy is supplied in an appropriate way.