Hexagon Composites : NEPD 3714 2656 Hexagon Ragasco Composite LPG Cylinder 24 5 l

Environmental Product Declaration

In accordance with ISO 14025

Owner of the declaration:	Product name
Hexagon Ragasco AS
Program holder and publisher:	Composite LPG cylinder 24,5 l
The Norwegian EPD foundation
Declaration number:	Manufacturer
NEPD-3714-2656-EN	Hexagon Ragasco AS
Registration number:
NEPD-3714-2656-EN
Issue date: 26.09.2022
Valid to: 26.09.2027

The Norwegian

EPD Foundation

General information

Product:

Hexagon Ragasco composite LPG cylinder, 24,5 L

Program Holder:

The Norwegian EPD Foundation

Post Box 5250 Majorstuen, 0303 Oslo, Norway

Tlf:[phone]

e-post:[e-mail]

Declaration Number:

NEPD-3714-2656-EN

This declaration is based on Product Category Rules:

NPCR 023: Packaging products and services v1.1 (2021)

Statements:

The owner of the declaration shall be liable for the underlying information and evidence. EPD Norway shall not be liable with respect to manufacturer, life cycle assessment data and evidence.

Declared unit:

1 Composite LPG cylinder with a capacity of 24,5 L

Functional unit:

One delivery of 10 kg of propane gas with a Hexagon Ragasco composite LPG cylinder, 24,5L with an expected lifetime of 60 deliveries over 30 years, cradle-to-grave.

Verification:

Independent verification of the declaration and data, according to ISO14025:2010

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Julie Lyslo Skullestad, Aase Teknikk AS (Independent verifier approved by EPD Norway)

Owner of the declaration:

Hexagon Ragasco AS
Contact person:	Margrethe Skattum
Phone:	[phone]

e-mail: [e-mail]

Manufacturer:

Hexagon Ragasco AS, P.O. box 50, 2831 Raufoss Industrial Park, Norway

Phone:	[phone]
e-mail:	[e-mail]

Place of production:

Raufoss, Norway

Management system:

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 ISO 50001:2018

Organisation no:

878612752

Issue date:

26.09.2022

Valid to:

26.09.2027

Year of study:

2019

Comparability:

EPDs from other programmes than the Norwegian EPD Foundation may not be comparable.

The EPD has been worked out by:

Alexander Borg

approved

(Manager of EPD Norway)

EPD for the best environmental decision

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Product

Product description

Hexagon Ragasco is the largest global manufacturer of composite LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas, i.e., propane/butane mixes) cylinders.

The company has over the last 22 years developed and operated a fully automated manufacturing plant in Raufoss, Norway, with an annual production capacity of 2 million cylinders. Since the year 2000, the company has sold over 20 million cylinders in approx. 100 countries. The cylinders are fully compatible with Bio- LPG, also called renewable LPG.

The Hexagon Ragasco cylinders are designed in compliance with international T4 composite cylinder standards like EN 12245, EN 14427, ISO 11119-3, TC SU 5931 and special permit DOT-SP 12706. The products have unique benefits which give environmental advantages in all phases of their lifetime:

• Lightweight: reduced product weight by approx. 50% compared to steel cylinders, resulting in reduced raw material consumption, reduced carbon emissions during transportation and reduced material for end-of-life handling.
• Rust-freematerials: prolonged lifetime in high humidity climates, eliminates the need for refurbishment as required for steel cylinders and which generates toxic residues such as paints and chemicals.
• Durability: durable cylinders with proven lifetime of 22 years (and counting). The first cylinders produced in the year 2000 are still in the value chain in Norway and Finland.

In addition, the products have enhanced safety as they do not BLEVE1 if exposed to a fire.

Hexagon Ragasco offers casing spare parts to customers to ensure the longest possible lifetime of the products in their value chain.

Based on the use of Norwegian hydroelectric power and Lean Manufacturing principles, Hexagon Ragasco manufactures in compliance with international industry-, environmental- and energy standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.

Since 2000 the company has re-used its own liner waste directly in production. Hexagon Ragasco continuously invests in more environmentally-friendly processes in production, such as incineration facility, energy recovery systems, water cleaning systems, grinders for thermoplastics, etc. The company also investigates new circular solutions for end-of-life of the composite cylinders through several funded R&D projects with strategic partners. Focus is put on product- and technology innovations covering the whole value chain to secure a sustainable business for customers and stakeholders, including lifetime prediction and real-life ageing in several climatic regions in the world.

1 Boiling Liquid Expansion Vapour Explosion

Hexagon Ragasco performed their first Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in 2015, while this EPD is now based on updated 2019 production figures. Hexagon Ragasco published an EPD for the product stage (A1-A4) in 2021, and this EPD is an update of the existing EPD, now covering cradle-to-grave.

Hexagon Ragasco will use LCA as a strategic calculator/tool for future technological development and sourcing. It will also give the company the possibility to further improve the product's environmental carbon footprint in the value chain, including the use phase, end-of-life phase and into new circular products.

LPG is a transition fuel for cleaner cooking, replacing wood, charcoal, kerosene, and other highly polluting energy sources in large parts of the world. The use of LPG eliminates the soot and particles released through combustion and thereby improves the air quality and the health of millions of people around the world. As an example, since 2016, Hexagon Ragasco has sold 1 million cylinders to Bangladesh which has potentially helped avoid emissions of approx. 137,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalents by replacing highly polluting and dangerous fuels.

Hexagon Ragasco composite cylinders are in use across a wide range of domestic and leisure applications:

As well as industrial applications:

Hexagon Ragasco products

Product specification

All manufacturing processes are done in-house and are fully automated, starting with the raw materials through to the completed cylinders on pallet ready for shipment.

Hexagon Ragasco manufacturing facility (above and below)