Oxycentre located in Pont-du Chateau transforms steel sheets into large spare parts for agricultural and construction machinery. Today, she intends to work with less and less polluting material. She cut her first so-called green sheet metal a few months ago, on her 50th birthday:
“We are buying more and more steel produced using hydrogen, and from recycling, in furnaces powered by green electricity“, specifies President Michel Jalbaud. ” For our part, we are gradually adapting our machines. CO2 lasers, which use a lot of gas and electricity, are being replaced by fiber lasers. We therefore consume ten times less energy“
Oxycentre is also betting on rail. The company is located very close to the station in Pont-du-Château, the railway line adjoins the warehouses. “We had to stop rail freight by decision of the SNCF in 2009“After two years of negotiations, and some work at its own expense, the company is once again using the railway between the Puydômoise factory and Dunkerque where its main supplier of raw materials is located. “We fill 5 wagons per week, which corresponds to 13 fewer trucks on the roads. Over the year, 550 road convoys were canceled“
Oxycentre intends to develop transport by rail, between its Pont-du-Château warehouse and its customers throughout France and Europe. “The network exists, we just need to set up warehouses near the stations” reassures Lionel Constant, purchasing manager.
