Product category:
Architectural Ironmongery
News Release from: Tuscanor
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 February 2008
Tuscanor carbon footprint
Tuscanor supplies only British architectural ironmongery made by Kirkpatrick and their emissions to the atmosphere are minimal.
Whatever your views on global warming it is something that we cannot ignore even if we want to Nearly every single day there seems to be a news bulletin about the subject
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 30 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Launch of architectural ironmongery website
Tuscanor have launched an online shop supplying British foundry products.
Large organisations tend to make a lot of noise about their care for the environment and about reducing their "carbon footprint".
It led us to thinking about what impact our products may have on the environment compared with similar, but inferior copies imported from India or China.
Tuscanor supplies only British Architectural Ironmongery made by Kirkpatrick Limited in Walsall.
Kirkpatrick have a modern foundry with an Electric Induction furnace.
It is very efficient and because they operate under the Environmental Protection Act their emissions to the atmosphere are minimal.
Add the fact that Kirkpatrick's products do not need to be sent half way around the world to satisfy the UK market and it is probably a "no brainer", to use popular parlance.
Kirkpatrick Antique Black Ironmongery is more environmentally friendly than cheap imports!.
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