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News Release from: Spectro Analytical Instruments
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 December 2004
Green credentials confirmed by
certification
TUV Industrial Service has certified Spectro as an "eco friendly company".
TUV Industrial Service has certified Spectro as an "eco friendly company" Certification encompasses all actions in the areas of development, procurement, manufacture and logistics as well as in sales, installation, repairs, maintenance and calibration of analytical instruments
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Spectro releases neither large amounts of waste water nor other environmentally damaging emissions", explains Quality Manager Wolfgang Schoemakers, who was responsible for the co-ordination of Spectro's certification.
"We still decided for the certification".
"After all, environmental analysis is one of our most important business areas".
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"Our customers are confronted daily with questions as to ecological sensitivity".
"They can expect environmentally sound production and economics from us".
An additional reason: as the manufacturer of analytical instruments, Spectro supplies many industrial branches in which the customers demand an environmental certificate.
Says Schoemakers: "Especially the automobile industry reminds us increasingly of our duties".
"Like every other supplier, we must be able to prove to the automobile manufacturer that our company produces according to ecological standards".
Spectro can now verify this until 2007, and then must be certified again.
The certification is voluntary, but it requires a great deal of preparation.
Spectro worked together with TUV Industrial Service to develop a list of the individual business activities and to compare these with current environmental legislation.
"It was immediately obvious that the two lists could be easily harmonised".
"The production was already largely in agreement with legal expectations", reports Shoemakers.
Several aspects of the company were, however, optimised during certification.
"We now deal with issues such as waste matter assessment, hazardous material documentation or current guidelines for the handling of cooling water better according to the TUV guidelines".
After having finished with preparations, the certification took place within the framework of an audit in which the TUV examined the operational environmental protection at Spectro in Kleve.
Spectro passed the hearing with no objections and is able to use the title "eco friendly company" for the next three years.
Says Schoemakers: "For us, this certification is an official confirmation that we, as a responsible company, always consider the ecological consequences of our actions".
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