R-taso delivers modular industrial walkways that have low carbon footprint

Compared to traditional walkway and maintenance platform structures, R-taso offers staircases with about 1,5 times lower CO₂ gas emission. The CO₂ savings are achieved through intelligent design, modular product structure and using the low-emission steel produced by SSAB. Modular product structure and use of special profiles enable R-taso products to require significantly less steel, which reduces their carbon footprint by a third compared to traditional structures. By optimizing and streamlining the design, R-taso wants to save raw materials, minimize emissions and build a sustainable business. A well-designed structure is also easy to modify and reuse later. The long service life of the structure further reduce CO₂ emissions. The long life cycle of the product is beneficial in order to lower carbon footprint for all companies involved.

At the beginning of 2020, R-taso mapped the carbon footprint of production, of which 93% is formed of using steel as raw material. Therefore, the choice of steel is an important part in order to lower CO₂ gas emissions. R-taso uses SSAB’s steel, which has low CO₂ gas emission compared to other steel producers.

The cold-formed profiles used by R-taso in its steel structures are manufactured at the Toijala mill using room temperature. SSAB’s blast furnaces are among the most CO₂ efficient in the world in terms of minimizing emissions from steel production. The coil material produced by the SSAB Raahe steel mill is formed into its final shape in steps in a roll-forming line. The small steps in the roll-forming line make the final shape accurate. Tolerances are similar from batch to batch, making it easy for customers like R-taso to use cold-formed sections and minimize waste in the next steps of the process.