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NTN-SNR manufacturing plants news

Group news - 17/05/2010  

NTN-SNR manufacturing plants reduce the negative impacts on the environment.

 

Argonay plant

The Argonay Plant has invested in a change to gas heating. This modification is due to the extension of the plant, but also for economic earnings and environmental concerns. The results: 30 % reduction in energy consumption, 30 % reduction in CO2 consumption, and reduction of 42 tons of dangerous classified products for the environment (fuel). Heat exchangers connected with gas boilers allow the regulatation of the workshop in cold or hot air according to needs.

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Argonay and Seynod plants

 Déchetterie_argonay Construction of new waste reception centres organized to optimize waste sorting and to secure the chemical storage.

 

 

Curitiba plant (Brazil)

On 21st September 2009, during the Brazilian "Day of the tree", the staff of 3 production teams, the plant manager and members of “ISO 14001 team” of SNR do Brasil were invited to plant a tree, to emphasize the importance of the environment.

 

 

All the manufacturing plants strengthen the security of waste transport

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Since 2008, the «Quality and Environment» Department, in collaboration with the plants and the Purchases-Transports division, has worked actively for transport waste safety in accordance with European regulations ADR (*). From now on in every truck carrying the concerned waste, an operator controls the safety instructions, the vehicle agreement, the certificate of driver training, the labelling of vehicles, according to a check-list…

(*) Agreement for Dangerous goods by Road