2017 Sustainability Overview | Prysmian Group

ON THE ENVIRONMENT SIDE PRYSMIAN GROUP 2017 SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW LOWERING IMPACT ACROSS THE WORLD Power Cables. As in the previous years, in 2017 too several important initiatives have undertaken to mitigate and abate the environmental impact of the Group products and systems, involving all businesses. Rayong, Thailand. Improvements made to the coolingwaterrecirculationsystem,toreduceleaks inthecircuits,minimisingconsumption. Slatina, Romania. Reduction in process waste in theproductionofpowercablesachieved. Velke Mezirici, Czech Republic. Heat recovery system from the compressors installed, contributingtoreducepowerconsumption. Amfreville, France. Temperature control system improved to optimise energy consumption, reusing wood packaging upgraded to replace aluminium. Gron, France. Actions been carried out to improve water recirculation. Nuremberg, Germany. Larger pipes installed for the return lines of the extrusion lines, to reduce losses and water consumption. North Dighton, Massachusetts. Reduction of sheath strips and better management of the shelf life, reducing relative waste, new collection points for polyethylene and PVC waste, reduction in the oil waste from the machines. Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. Amount of waste compounds reduced, compounds classified as hazardous decreased, increase of packaging sent for recycling. Santa Perpetua, Spain. Reduction of waste of mixtures sent for disposal obtained. Delft, Netherlands. Recovery of SF6 gas started, to limit its release into the environment. Pikkala, Finland. Lower consumption of cooling water achieved. Claremont, North Carolina. Reduction of waste and energy consumption in the two production units. Calais, France. The "Munster" unit re- phasing project has allowed the reduction of natural gas consumption in the Optical Fibre unit.