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Nimlok Exhibition Stands and the Environment

Sustainability at core of the company’s exhibition products

For more than 35 years Nimlok products have provided the exception in its chosen field- sound and sustainable display and exhibition stand solutions.

From our founding in 1970, reusability has been the core value of all Nimlok's products. We have always believed passionately that there is a better way than the "build and burn" philosophy that has dominated the majority of display and exhibition construction. The Nimlok Way is with modular, reconfigurable exhibition stands and solutions: engineered from the start to be used again and again- as the marketing needs of the stand evolves, so does the system to accommodate it.

Testament to the reusability of Nimlok products is the very large quantity of Nimlok equipment still in daily use after more than a quarter of a century.

Even at the end of their long "useful life" Nimlok products continue to be environmentally sound as they are manufactured using 80% recyclable material.

From the outset Nimlok has offered to properly dispose of any equipment no longer wanted by our clients as part of the original purchase contract. This is now known by more fashionable terms such as "Source responsibility" but has always been part of our philosophy- and will continue to be.

A Culture of Environmental Awareness and Best Practice

Nimlok is the worlds largest supplier of modular and reusable display and exhibition equipment, yet remains a family business. Great people and our strong culture are foremost contributors to our success and we highly value the ethical and long-term perspective. This perspective includes the desire to make Environmental considerations central to the way we do business in the 21st century. With this goal in mind, we are proud to be actively participating in the following initiatives:

ISO14001
Nimlok has now gained the ISO14001 environmental British Standard.

BS8901, 2007
Nimlok's Managing Director has been part of a Trade Association working committee drafting a standard to ensure environmental sustainability and responsibility within the entire events field. This is the first time that the events industry has had a environmental standard and naturally Nimlok will be working hard to set an example with full and early compliance.

Recyclability
Nimlok operates a recycle program for all paper, cardboard, and aluminium so that the unavoidable waste from both administration and production are recycled. Its marketing strategy has deliberately moved away from paper based campaigns where possible and demonstrates a reduction of 50% in printed matter for the last two years alone.

Harmful compounds
Nimloks leading edge graphics production facility has avoided the use of solvent based printing processes and invested heavily in alternative methods which have less social and environmental impact.

Carbon Footprint
With global warming now acknowledged to be a serious threat to our planet, and future generations, Nimlok is working hard to measure and reduce carbon emissions. Consultation with the Carbon Trust has been initiated with the desire to be carbon neutral where possible.

Nimloks Enviromental Objectives 2007-2008

Objective - To comply with all environmental legislation
Targets - To be aware of all relevant environmental legislation and be fully compliant.
Measured by - Internal Audit, External Audit by CWIC and BSI

Objective - To be recognised in the exhibition industry as the most environmentally friendly company
Targets - To raise awareness of the environmental issues in the exhibition industry, ensuring that our environmental responsibility is prominently displayed to customers and staff.
Measured by - Customer Survey, Survey of other AEO members by the MD.

Objective - To reduce our emission of solvents to the atmosphere.
Targets - To comply with legal limits, and seek to reduce by finding alternatives for Solvent based adhesives (we are already one of the only companies in the exhibition industry not to use solvent based inks).
Measured by - Monitoring the use of solvent based adhesive.

Objective - To improve the usage of natural resources, specifically gas, electricity, and petroleum.
Targets - To reduce all gas electricity and Petroleum usage by 5%.
Measured by - CWIC reports

Objective - To reduce the new material in exhibition displays by efficient design and maximising the reconfiguration of exhibition stands and the use of hire components.
Targets - To increase the relative use of Hire solutions by 10%.
Measured by - Internal MRP Systems.

Objective - to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill
Target -To reduce to zero the waste going direct to landfill, and by 50% the amount ultimately being landfilled Measured by Monthly reports from waste carriers

Objective To carry out our activities in such a way that they will prevent pollution of the environment as far as is possible
Target- To reduce the overall pollution from nimlok by 2%
Measured by Monthly reporting

Nimlok WEEE Complance Statement

The European Union's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was implemented in member states during 2006. There are a number of obligations imposed on Nimlok Ltd as a supplier of electrical and electronic equipment. Nimloks compliance approach for each of these obligations is provided below

Producer responsibility
As a B2B supplier the producer responsibility is transferred to our customers, as stated in our standard terms and conditions, however as a responsible company we will if the lights are returned to us at the end of their life in a non contaminated condition arrange for their safe disposal or recycling

WEEE Marking
All products that are subject to the WEEE Directive supplied by Nimlok from November 2007 are compliant with the WEEE marking requirements. Such products are marked with the "crossed out wheelie bin" WEEE symbol shown right in accordance with European Standard EN 50419.

Nimlok Cert No: WEE/CJ0392TX

Information For Users
According to the timelines and requirements of European Union member state WEEE legislation, the following user information is provided in English for all Nimlok supplied products subject to the WEEE directive.