Choosing LED lighting already has a positive effect on your sustainability goals. But with 3D-printed lighting from Signify, you can make a significant impact.
3D printing is the sustainable choice in lighting and solves 3 major sustainability challenges:
Choosing LED lighting already has a positive effect on your sustainability goals. But with 3D-printed lighting from Signify, you can make a significant impact. 3D printing is the most sustainable choice in lighting and solves 3 major sustainability challenges:
Using up to 55% renewable or recycled resources
We are on target to produce all printed parts with at least 55% recycled or mass balanced bio-circular1 plastics.
The percentage is higher when we use recycled polycarbonate from post-industrial or post-consumer waste streams.
We even produce lamps made from 100%-recycled fishing nets, helping to clean up ocean waste and making us less dependent of fossil resources.
Up to 40% less components
3D technology allows the creation of shapes not possible with traditional production. As a result, our products consist of fewer components.
3D printing allows us complete freedom when creating our eyecatching designs. It also simplifies the construction: it is no longer necessary to assemble parts with glue or other non-reversible methods, and the use of screws is minimised, which improves recyclability.
Up to 40% less components
Our products consist of less components , the 3D technology allows to create shapes which otherwise not possible with the traditional automation.
There is a complete design freedom in creating the shapes. Assembly of two parts is removed, including assembly via screws, glue or other non-reversable connection methods. This improves the end-of-life and recyclability.
Easy to disassemble
3D printed luminaires are designed for easy disassembly.
The merging of multiple components into one single component makes it easier to assemble and disassemble the products. Special click connections enable fast disassembly.
Up to -76% carbon emissions2
We’ve eliminated long supply chains – sourcing parts from suppliers and storing those in a warehouse – in favour of in-house printing. With shorter supply lines and lighter material, carbon emissions are lower.
Up to -28% carbon emissions in transport3
3D printed parts are light, so they use less fuel in transportation. This results in up to 28% less CO2 emissions.
Carbon-neutral production
Signify is 100% carbon neutral and uses 100% renewable electricity in all manufacturing sites.
Up to -76% carbon emissions
We eliminate long supply chains and warehousing for parts due to in house printing instead of sourcing these from suppliers. With shorter supply lines and lighter material, we are less impactful in production process and transportation.
Up to -28% carbon emissions in transport
3D printed parts are light, which costs less fuel for transportation. This results in up to 28% less CO2 emissions.
Carbon neutral production
Signify is up to 100% carbon neutral and uses up to 100% renewable electricity in all manufacturing sites.
Printing on-demand
With our shorter supply lines and ultra-short production times, we can make last-minute production decisions. By printing on-demand, we don’t have stock of unsold products.
If it hasn’t been produced, it won’t lead to pollution.
Waste as a resource
We use waste to create new luminaires. Up to 46% of all ocean plastic consists of fishing nets, but this is excellent basis for printing luminaires. With 4.5 meters of fishing nets, we can print one luminaire and help to save the lives of four marine animals.
Working towards a zero-waste production
As part of our 3D printing production process, we recycle in-house, re-using waste such as rejected parts that didn’t pass our quality control. We re-use these as base material to print new products.
Printing on-demand
With our shorter supply lines and ultra-short production times we can make last minute production decisions. By printing on-demand we wouldn’t have stock of unsold products.
If it hasn’t been produced, it won’t lead to pollution.
Waste as a resource
We use waste to create new luminaires. As an example, up to 46% of all ocean plastic consists of fishing nets, but this is excellent basis for printing luminaires. With 4,5 meters of fishnets, we can print a luminaire and saves the lives of 4 marine animals. Additional to this we can reuse 24 old CDs to print another new luminaire.
Working towards a zero waste production
In our 3D printing production process, we start in house recycling, re-using our own waste, like filament rejects and misprints. We can re-use this for new base material to print new products.