Kenvue Helsingborg
At Kenvue in Helsingborg, one of the world's largest manufacturers in consumer health, process water had become a growing challenge. When stricter emission requirements made municipal sewage impossible, incineration became the only option, costly and unsustainable. Helios Innovations installed a local treatment facility that purifies the water and sends the concentrate to biogas production, transforming a waste problem into renewable energy.
Helsingborg, Sweden
Process water with high levels of organic substances created a large waste stream that could not be handled with conventional methods. Incineration was the only option, until now. Kenvue needed a local, energy-efficient solution that reduced waste volumes while creating value from residual streams.
A local facility that purifies all process water from two production streams. With CONTESS, water is separated from organic compounds. The clean fraction is discharged to municipal sewage, while the concentrate is sent to biogas production. Continuous monitoring ensures stable operation and high purification performance.
1,000 m³
process water treated per year
≤90%
waste volume reduction
3 m³/day
treatment capacity
125 MWh
renewable energy from concentrate
2025
production start
75%
CO₂ savings
What We Achieved
Energy from Waste
The concentrate can generate up to 125,000 kWh of renewable energy per year through biogas production — energy that was previously lost in incineration.
Reduced environmental impact
The facility contributes to an estimated 75% CO₂ reduction and transforms a linear waste process into a circular one.
Circular Effect
Process water that was once a costly problem has become part of a resource-efficient loop — clean water discharged safely, residuals converted to energy.
The next step in sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing
The installation at Kenvue demonstrates how the pharmaceutical industry can take the next step towards sustainable water management, by combining advanced technology with circular thinking.
By moving from linear waste management to a solution where energy, resources, and environment are interconnected, Kenvue has set a precedent for sustainable manufacturing within consumer health.
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