Seward Secures Strong Environmental Credentials Through ISO14001 Certification

 Maximising recycling and minimising energy usage and environmental impact

 

Worthing, UK – 18^th September 2014 – Seward Ltd., manufacturer of the world leading range of original Stomacher^® paddle blenders and accessories used in sample preparation for microbiological analysis, has received certification for ISO14001. This internationally recognised certification confirms the Company’s commitment to minimising its environmental impact and continually improving its sustainable development.

 

In line with ISO14001 requirements, Seward’s environmental policy focuses on minimising material and energy wastage, as well as promoting the use of recyclable and renewable materials in its Stomacher bag manufacturing process. Ultimately the Company aims to recycle all waste from its business, so to achieve this it is currently working in conjunction with a private company who operate a ‘Zero Landfill Policy’.

Ensuring that Seward complies with ISO14001, since starting manufacturing Stomacher bags in the UK earlier this year, the Company is now recycling 85% of all its plastic, paper and cardboard material production waste. This is contributing to an overall 40% reduction in general company waste. Seward also aims to ultimately recycle all cans, plastic bottles, batteries and food waste in order to achieve ‘Zero Landfill’ status.

 

Further enhancing its strong environmental credentials, Seward is now also a UK Environment Agency registered EEE (electrical and electronic equipment) producer. This means that it will take back any waste EEE originally supplied by Seward and dispose of it in an environmentally sound manner.

 

“Achieving ISO14001 certification is a key milestone in our ongoing commitment to operating Seward as an environmentally sensitive company and also fully complying with international environmental legislation,” said Dan Crothers, General Manager, Seward Ltd. “Also in line with our strong green credentials, we are keen to talk to customers who have similar environmental policies to us and who are interested in collaborating to reduce the environmental impact of laboratory testing.”

 

For more information on Seward, please visit www.seward.co.uk.

 

About Seward Limited - www.seward.co.uk

Seward manufactures the world leading range of Stomacher^® paddle blenders and Stomacher^® accessories used in sample preparation for microbiological analyses. The company has been manufacturing and developing the world renown and patented Stomacher^® Lab Blender for 40 years. The original and still regarded as the best, over 8 million food samples a day are prepared on Stomacher^® 400 paddle blender units around the world.

 

In addition to sample preparation for food safety analyses, within the bioscience market the new developments of the Stomacher^® 80 and micro 80 are proving invaluable for safe and efficient sample processing. The Stomacher^® 3500 has established itself as the instrument of choice for preparing samples for the new pathogen test protocols requiring jumbo size samples.

The company is based in Worthing, West Sussex, UK with subsidiaries in the USA and Singapore. All Seward machine products are manufactured within the UK and 1 of its 3 worldwide Stomacher^® bag manufacturing operations is also UK-based. This ensures control of quality and price to deliver excellent value to global trading partners and laboratory customers.

Seward Limited continues to develop the product range, now with 3 patents to its credit.  Stomacher^® is the most highly referenced brand name in food safety and life science sample preparation in scientific publications. The company also assists customers with method development through reference searches and sample evaluations within its own development laboratory.

The original and still the best. The Stomacher^® - a Seward product trade name.

 

Seward contact details:

Europe, Middle East and ROW: +44 (0) 1903 823077; info@seward.co.uk

US & Canada: +1 772 621 8220; info@sewardusa.com
Asia and Pacific: +65 6519 2283; stevenlim@seward.co.uk