Raw Material Sufficiency Tests

A wide variety of industrial sectors depend on the safe supply of raw materials, mainly through extraction, recycling and import. Some raw materials are grouped as critical and these are raw materials of high economic importance and vulnerable to supply disruption. In some cases, their removal also causes significant environmental impacts. Increasing the recovery of critical raw materials is one of the key challenges to be addressed in the transition to a more circular economy.

Production systems used today are still linear and consumption patterns are mainly based on products with short life cycles. This production model results in raw materials, large air emissions and waste generation, which contributes to resource depletion, pollution, climate change and other environmental impacts. However, the world's resources are limited and energy resources are unevenly distributed. In this context, future generations will also need sufficient resources to have a good quality of life.

The circular economy is important in this regard. Areas such as product development, recycling and waste management are issues that require sensitivity in industrial activities today. In addition, environmental benefits such as reduction of raw material consumption and pollution cannot be ignored.

Raw materials are the input goods that a company needs to manufacture its products. Examples of raw materials include steel, oil, timber, forest resources, plastic, natural gas, coal and minerals. Some of them are non-renewable and cannot be replaced as they run out. Some of them are renewable and the circular economy focuses on these resources.

Raw material proficiency tests are largely based on the use of raw material resources and the ability to regenerate itself. The way of production based on sustainable resources is also accepted by the ever-expanding conscious consumers.

Today, manufacturers also apply approaches that take into account the life cycle of products in order to minimize the environmental impact of the production system and encourage cooperation to transform a waste into a resource for a second industry.

Our organization also provides raw material proficiency testing services with its trained and expert staff and advanced technological equipment, among the numerous test, measurement, analysis and evaluation studies it provides for businesses in various sectors.