Bruynzeel Storage Systems was founded in 1897 in the Netherlands. Initially, the company produced wooden shelving systems for a range of applications. In 1970, Bruynzeel produced its first mobile shelving systems made from steel. Today, the company is the market leader in Europe for innovative and space creating solutions for archives, museums, retail, offices, libraries, smart warehouses, healthcare, and vertical farming. Its mission is to help companies and institutions reduce their CO2 footprint by using Bruynzeel space creating solutions.
Bruynzeel is a leader in sustainability, having already achieved climate neutral status in its own operations for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. The next step is to decarbonise the company’s operations fully by achieving net-zero indirect emissions. Bruynzeel has set itself the goal of achieving this target by 2045 at the latest. To help Bruynzeel on that journey, the company purchases ArcelorMittal steels with XCarb® green steel certificates. pallet retrieval system
Most of Bruynzeel’s storage solutions are made with steel due to the flexibility of the material. “Steel is easy to shape and form into the required dimensions and shapes,” notes Bart Sijben, Chief Operating Officer of Bruynzeel. Ultimately, the choice of steel is up to the final customer. “We mainly use unoiled cold rolled steel to create our storage solutions,” explains Bart Sijben. “We also use Magnelis®. It is the perfect choice for applications when we want to avoid pure-zinc coatings. Zinc is not the best corrosion protection solution in indoor projects for a range of sustainability, environmental, and recycling reasons.”
industrial shelving “While ArcelorMittal is developing its low-carbon technologies, we will continue to support the steelmaker on its own journey to net-zero,” says Bart Sijben. “ArcelorMittal is the market leader and produces high quality products. We also appreciate their excellent service and short lead-time offer. We feel closely linked. ArcelorMittal has the same culture as Bruynzeel despite ArcelorMittal being a large organisation.”