AGFA-GEVAERT : Manufacturing industry recognizes sustainability efforts of Agfa Graphics
January 19, 2012 at 07:07 pm IST
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In a celebration at the Park Lane Dorchester hotel, Agfa
Graphics Ltd won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Award for Sustainable
Manufacturing, sponsored by Arup, a global professional
services firm headquartered in London.
Press release
Mortsel, Belgium
January 19, 2012 02:00
On their website, Arup justifies the sponsoring of the MX
award stating that "businesses with the ability to produce
first-class products, using sustainable processes, need to
be seen as role models. They deserve our admiration and for
their achievements to be celebrated to the wider
industry."
"We highly appreciate this award as a recognition of
our focus on sustainability," said Dominiek Arnout, VP
Operations at Agfa Graphics. "The manufacturing
industry values our continued efforts on sustainability by
awarding one of our production plants, and appreciates our
concern for the environment, the people and the community
Agfa Graphics is part of."
Besides the ISO9001 quality standard, Agfa Graphics
streamlines their efforts to achieve sustainability in the
form of energy management, workers concern and Safety
Health & Environment (SH&E) compliance across the globe
over their various manufacturing plants. Throughout all
their production facilities Agfa Graphics adheres to local
restraints and regulations and commits to all norms
regarding environmental management (ISO14001), occupational
safety and health management (OHSAS18001). Moreover and by
implementing SERP, a global Sustainability and Energy
Reduction Program, the company intends to prepare for
upcoming changes and expectations based on worldwide
standards.
Dominiek Arnout continues "As a sustainable supplier
Agfa Graphics will be capable of delivering the right
products for the market place in general, and in particular
for the graphic industry where sustainable print production
becomes increasingly important. Proof of this are
initiatives taken by many of the leading printing and
publishing companies to reduce the carbon footprint of
their operations and the announcements that sustainable
production of media will be an important future-relevant
subject at the upcoming drupa 2012. One of the products
Leeds is involved in, is our award winning :Azura TS
printing plate. This uses a water based coating process,
compared to conventionally processed plates, reduces waste
generation by about 80%."
The Agfa Graphics' strategy of sustainability through
ongoing innovation dovetails into this general concern of
the printing industry. It encouraged a global approach
under one management to streamline all efforts across Agfa
Graphics' manufacturing plants and to develop synergies
that can be found between the various facilities.
"All of our manufacturing plants worldwide will
benefit from the work that led to this MX Award for
Sustainable Manufacturing through exchanging of best
practices that have been benchmarked by the award winning
Agfa Graphics Ltd production plant in Leeds (UK),"
said Graham Cooper, Worldwide Sustainability Manager at
Agfa Graphics.
About the Manufacturing Excellence Awards
Developed in conjunction with WMG, Manufacturing Excellence
is the most successful and long established manufacturing
awards programme in the UK, and the only one that provides
such a detailed benchmarking and assessment process to help
improve your business.
Manufacturing Excellence works with all manufacturing
businesses, whatever their size, age, sector or area of
expertise to help improve their processes and showcase
their excellence.
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Paul Adriaensen
Public Relations Manager
Septestraat 27
2640 Mortsel - Belgium
tel:++ 32 (0) 3 444 3940
paul.adriaensen@agfa.com
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