Case Study: Smurfit Kappa achieves 50% vacuum unit electricity cost reduction with EnergyCAP's Wattics

Smurfit Kappa - Customer Case Study

Smurfit Kappa Ireland, a leading global producer of paper-based packaging, wanted to identify electricity saving opportunities on one of its GopFert die cutters. EnergyCAP’s Wattics platform was used to monitor the line and uncover where energy was being wasted, particularly around the vacuum unit and idle periods.

EnergyCAP implemented a 3-phase meter setup with once-off software profiling and Wattics Smart Alarm to track consumption and alert operators to anomalies. The solution revealed that the vacuum was often left on unnecessarily and that the machine remained in idle mode over weekends, leading to an average 50% reduction in the vacuum unit’s electricity cost after 11 weeks and a 10–15% decrease in overall production line cost, with projected ROI within one year.

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