Sixteen anonymized engagements across the fourteen pillars. Every number below is a recurring annual saving, recurring annual revenue, or a one-time transaction value delivered to a plant operator.
Technical Support
Recipe optimization → 11% cost per m²
Re-engineered face/back paper grammage, water/stucco ratio and additive load on a 15 M m²/year line. Cost per m² fell from 0.640 €/m² to 0.569 €/m² (–11%). Kiln gas dropped on the back of the lower W/S ratio; freight dropped on the lower roll weight.
1,065,000 €/yr
recurring savings
Technical Support
Greenfield rescue: edge cracks & uneven bubbles
New plant running 6 h/day at 41 m/min, producing 17,712 m²/day of unsaleable board. On-site technical intervention rebuilt the foam system, retuned the pin mixer and re-zoned the kiln. Saleable output restored, defective output eliminated.
3,264,676 €/yr
recurring savings
Technical Support
Foam generator upgrade
Replaced foam generation system on a 24 M m²/year line. Board weight dropped from 8.34 to 8.02 kg/m² without losing flexural strength — saving 7,846 t/yr of stucco + water.
125,000 €/yr
recurring savings
Sustainability
5.5 MW photovoltaic install, financed
Client wanted to decarbonize the kiln auxiliaries but couldn't fund 3.5 M€ CAPEX. We took the CAPEX onto our books, ran procurement and construction, hit 34% grid offset within 12 months.
250,000 €/yr
savings (3.5 M€ CAPEX absorbed)
Sourcing
Modified starch aggregated buying
Aggregated forward-buy across partner plants locked in preferential rates for acid-modified migrating starch, hedging the volatility that hit single-plant buyers in 2024–2025.
140,000 €/yr
recurring savings
Logistics
Inventory & route optimization
Moved client from ExW to negotiated FCL with our shipping partners, then shifted to higher-strength paper to fit more m² per container. Cut containers from 208 to 180/yr; logistics spend fell 36%.
237,600 €/yr
recurring savings (–36%)
Marketing
Brand repositioning, class C → top 3
Six-month brand reposition for a regional board producer. Profit margin lifted from 6% to 10%; annual benefit grew from 600 k€ to 1.0 M€.
400,000 €/yr
extra revenue
Strategy
Open innovation: paper grammage program
18-month program reducing face paper from 190 to 145 gsm and back from 170 to 125 gsm with our high-performance papers. Paper, logistics and energy savings compounded.
1,075,110 €/yr
total recurring savings
Strategy
SPPA — secure revenue agreement
Asset-owner client converted volatile P&L (losses ↔ profits) into a contracted 3 M€/yr revenue stream, with us running the line. Owner kept the asset; we kept the operational risk. Final realized revenue: 4.5 M€.
3,000,000 €/yr
secured revenue
Innovation
Cement-coated outdoor board
Turnkey new product: proprietary forming machinery + special paper mix + recipe. Opened a 2 M m² market the client could not previously address.
3,000,000 €/yr
new product revenue
HR
Greenfield shift planning
Plant manager wanted 60 operators across two shifts. Specialist HR analysis against the actual line cadence and skill matrix reduced headcount to 45 without losing coverage.
30,000 €/yr
payroll savings
Quality
Lab equipment leasing — line restart
Star product halted by an unidentified quality defect. Leased a curated lab kit, ran root-cause across all relevant variables, defect found and fixed. Product re-commercialized at 45% margin.
1,600,000 €
additional benefit
Technology
CRM for technical sales
Deployed a CRM tuned for board specifiers and distributors. Opened four new markets (now 15% of production); sales forecast horizon doubled from 3 to 6 months.
59,000 €/yr
estimated benefit
Grants
Decarbonization grant
Technical analysis + drafting + submission of a decarbonization grant for kiln electrification. 30% non-repayable funding awarded.
Legal
Trademark protection cleanup
Client losing 80 k€/yr to brand misuse — no trademark filed. Filed and defended trademark, restructured annual renewal at 25 k€.
55,000 €/yr
recurring savings
Finance
Exit strategy planning
Owner wanted a swift exit. Full due-diligence package, targeted buyer scouting and negotiated transition. Sale closed 6 M€ above expectation.
22,000,000 €
transaction value