WCA May 2012

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Looking to the future

already bearing fruits today,” said environmental management officer Rainer Pletka. Such a system, according to DIN EN ISO 14001, is meanwhile an elementary requirement for a lot of Würz group customers. “Who manufactures parts with a precision of thousandths millimetres, whose high quality level sets standard for the environmental management as well as for the whole business,” stressed purchasing manager of Kämpfer-Würz, Sascha Knöpp. In November of last year the Würz group was certified by TÜV Hessen in accordance to DIN EN ISO 14001:2009 (environmental manage- ment systems). “The environmental management system contains all environmentally relevant activities based on the standard. The securing of conformity of law forms the basis, a regular inspection of the compliance of internal processes according to the valid legal requirements. “All processes are built on that standard,” explained Pletka. This includes the handling of working materials and hazardous substances, the field of waste disposal and waste management, as well as emergency readiness and averting of danger. K ä mpfer W ü rz – Germany

Kämpfer Würz Umformtechnik, a member of the Würz Group located at Central Hessen, sets standards not only in manufacturing technically demanding products but also in terms of environmental protection. The philosophy of the founder and CEO Raimund Würz to reinvest earned capital purposefully, to permanently develop new manufacturing possibilities and to keep focus on the continuing education of the employees also contains dealing with the question of a careful handling of natural resources. “Environmental protection is an investment in the future, which we are facing by conviction,” said Würz. Quite early (1978), he dealt with alternative energy. In the middle of the 1980s Würz put the first of three wind energy plants (WEP) into operation in direct proximity to the company and was last year awarded by the local press as “wind craft pioneer in the region of Westerwald”. Today Würz produces most modern WEP up to 3.0 megawatt clean electricity. Together with the solar plant and a combined heat and power unit (CHPU), which is running on vegetable oil, much more energy than the company needs itself is generated. With the waste heat of the self constructed CHPU Würz heats all production halls. “The efforts to create a future-orientated environmental management system are The International Wire and Machinery Association has announced the retirement of executive secretary, Phillip Knight. Mr Knight, who had been in the position for ten years, intended to retire in the summer but because of health concerns retired on 29 th February 2012. IWMA Chairman Colin Dawson, on behalf of the executive committee and all member companies, wished Phillip

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Retirement of executive secretary

a long and happy retirement. The appointment of a new executive secretary will be announced in due course. Any enquiries should be directed as usual to the IWMA offices on +44 1926 834680 or via email at info@iwma.org International Wire and Machinery Association – UK

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