Beneva a.s., Saturnin technology
Summary:
Innovative system for reusing and recycling metal offcuts from automotive production, reducing waste and creating new semi-finished products.
Main description:
Beneva a.s. is a Czech manufacturing company, established in 2016, specializing in the production and supply of steel parts, primarily for the automotive industry. The company is the developer and exclusive operator of the SATURNIN® system, a unique industrial circular economy tool that transforms how steel waste is handled across multiple industries.
Beneva identified a growing problem in the automotive and metal processing sectors: large quantities of valuable steel offcuts generated daily, often ending up either in energy recovery or conventional recycling, with significant material losses and environmental impact. Through operational audits and cooperation with strategic customers like Škoda Auto, the company recognized the untapped potential of these high-quality offcuts.
SATURNIN® is an innovative system that matches high-quality steel offcuts with industrial demand, repurposing them directly as certified low-carbon input materials without traditional recycling. The system handles purchasing, quality control, reprocessing, and delivery of these materials, reducing carbon emissions and raw material consumption.
This system was piloted with Škoda Auto within the SATURNIN project, creating a logistics and certification chain for steel offcuts, returning them as usable certified semi-finished products or blanks. Thanks to this, Beneva reduces dependence on primary resources, lowers harmful emissions, and significantly cuts material costs for customers.
Resources needed:
Technical: Existing CNC laser cutting machines, bending presses, welding equipment, sorting and storage capacity
Organizational: New logistics routes for offcut collection, collaboration with automotive production planners
Financial: Minimal, as existing production equipment is reused; primarily organizational and process adjustments
Human: Internal process specialists, logistics coordinators, operators for sorting and secondary production
Environmental benefits:
- Reduction of approximately X tons of sheet metal waste annually
- Decreased demand for virgin material
- Lower CO₂ footprint related to material production and transportation
- Higher material efficiency in automotive manufacturing processes
Economic benefits:
- Cost savings on material purchases for semi-finished products
- Reduction in waste management and disposal costs
- Increased utilization of existing production capacity
- Strengthened supplier-customer relationships through sustainable cooperation
