Sustainability overview
The Benefits of Aluminium
Aluminium remains the ultimate sustainable solution for high performance windows, doors and roof lanterns due to the hard-wearing nature of the material and highly efficient recycling processes. Manufactured in the UK, Sheerline is committed to keeping our products' environmental impact as low as possible.
Responsible manufacturing
Made from the most recycled and abundant metal and produced in the most energy efficient aluminium window facility in the UK, all Sheerline products are manufactured in the most sustainable way possible.
Our state-of-the-art, energy efficient SMS HYBREX press, which uses the latest servomotor technology delivers energy savings of up to 55% compared to traditional presses.
Reducing waste
The innovative design of all our systems vastly reduces fabrication waste, minimising the unnecessary consumption of raw material which helps reduce our products' carbon footprint. This coupled with the high level of energy efficiency built into every window and door, helps build towards a greener future for all.
Since our formation we have invested over £19 million in our advanced production facility, implementing processes to reduce waste. This includes recently investing over £1.3 million in our own Qualicoat approved powder coating facility. Our GEMA automation system also has a built-in powder reclamation feature which increases efficiency of the paint process to further reduce waste.
Recycling
For Sheerline, sustainability has been built into the foundation of the company from the outset.
Using UK-sourced aluminium enables us to keep our carbon footprint low and enables offcuts to be recycled and sent back to the same Welsh aluminium foundry we source the majority of our aluminium logs from. Supporting UK based closed loop recycling.
One of the key benefits of recycling aluminium is that the material does not degrade during the process, so an off-cut that was sent back could well be used during the next extrusion process