Air pollutants at Georg Fischer result primarily from the supply and use of energy sources. Measures for reducing energy consumption thus also target lower CO2 emissions.
Location
Action
Result
GF Automotive, Altenmarkt (Austria)
Installation of additional air treatment equipment in the magnesium foundry
Improvement in air quality at workplaces, treatment of waste air and heat recovery
GF Automotive, Leipzig (Germany)
Installation of an amine scrubber in small core production
Reduction in odour emissions
GF Automotive, Singen (Germany)
Start-up of a cathodic dip coating plant for cast parts
Elimination of transport costs since 20% of the cast parts previously had to be transported to a paint plant 250 km away At the same time: Reduction in consumption of solvent-containing materials
GF Automotive, Leipzig (Germany)
New and modern paint plant using water-soluble paints
Big reduction in use of solvents and therefore of VOC emissions, elimination of costly disposal of paint sludge