Huu Nghi Production-Trading Joint Stock Company: Cleaner Production Brings Exceptional Results
Thứ tư, 25/08/2010
Through applying uncostly cleaner production solutions, the Huu Nghi Production-Trading Joint Stock Company can save a round sum equal to 40 percent of its factory profit in a year, said director and chairman of the Board at the Huu Nghi Production-Trading Joint Stock Company, Vu Hong Son, in a recent talk with Vietnam Economic News' Lan Phuong & Minh Ky.
Through applying uncostly cleaner production solutions, the Huu Nghi Production-Trading Joint Stock Company can save a round sum equal to 40 percent of its factory profit in a year, said director and chairman of the Board at the Huu Nghi Production-Trading Joint Stock Company, Vu Hong Son, in a recent talk with Vietnam Economic News' Lan Phuong & Minh Ky.
The company operates a factory specializing in calcium carbonate powder production and trading that is located in the Thuy Van Industrial Park in Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province. The factory currently produces a stearic acid coated powder for using in the painting, plastic and rubber industries and uncoated powder for using in the paper industry. The factory produces 32,000 tonnes of powder/year. The products are for domestic consumption and export to several countries such as the Republic of Korea, India, Bangladesh and Russia.
A big disadvantage in stone powder production is that the process discharges in the environment a huge amount of dust, badly affecting the laborers' health. Besides, as the factory produces stone powder with super-fine particle sizes dust is inevitable in the whole production process that has badly influenced the laborer productivity. The factory's main input material is white stone that is piled in open ground before it is used for production. Therefore, the laborers often have to wash the stone material before using it into production, causing a waste of time. The input material is also affected by a vast amount of dust from a nearby cement plant. These factors cast adverse impacts on the stone powder quality.
In this situation, director Vu Hung Son said the management had recognized the importance to invest in cleaner production solutions to reduce dust as well as save energy and materials. The reality also shows that these practical solutions have helped the factory minimize negative impacts on the environment and production.
The factory began applying cleaner production solutions in late 2009. Particularly, in the first phase the factory spent VND260 million on materializing 36 out of 45 solutions on cleaner production. Accordingly, efforts were made to control material selection and procurement, invest in high-pressure water tap, restructure the stone grinding area and shorten the time for transportation, check-up and remove substandard powder bags. These solutions help the factory save VND1.05 billion a year through lower material consumption levels (saving one percent of white stone, one percent of power, 16 percent of water, 24 percent of stearic acid coated powder, 14 percent of 25kg ragged bags and 4 percent of 500kg ragged bags. Besides, cleaner production solutions help the factory prevent discharging to the environment 380 tonnes of solid waste and save 1,600cu.m of water every year. Director Son said it only took nearly three months for the factory to recover its initial investment capital of VND260 million in the first phase. The benefit the cleaner production program has generated was equal to 40 percent of the factory total profits in 2008 (VND2.6 billion). Most importantly, the factory has established an environmental index management system to keep eyes on the whole production process.
In the second quarter of 2010 the factory thinks of commencing the program second phase, in which it will consider expanding stone material washing areas and creating observation windows to control the dust. A set of other measures such as building roofed material holding areas, installing a dust purifying system and an automatic packing system will hopefully be applied in the coming period. Once these measures were brought into use, the factory can save around VND1.1 billion, 30 percent of material consumption, improve workplace environment and reduce the occupational disease rate./.
A big disadvantage in stone powder production is that the process discharges in the environment a huge amount of dust, badly affecting the laborers' health. Besides, as the factory produces stone powder with super-fine particle sizes dust is inevitable in the whole production process that has badly influenced the laborer productivity. The factory's main input material is white stone that is piled in open ground before it is used for production. Therefore, the laborers often have to wash the stone material before using it into production, causing a waste of time. The input material is also affected by a vast amount of dust from a nearby cement plant. These factors cast adverse impacts on the stone powder quality.
In this situation, director Vu Hung Son said the management had recognized the importance to invest in cleaner production solutions to reduce dust as well as save energy and materials. The reality also shows that these practical solutions have helped the factory minimize negative impacts on the environment and production.
The factory began applying cleaner production solutions in late 2009. Particularly, in the first phase the factory spent VND260 million on materializing 36 out of 45 solutions on cleaner production. Accordingly, efforts were made to control material selection and procurement, invest in high-pressure water tap, restructure the stone grinding area and shorten the time for transportation, check-up and remove substandard powder bags. These solutions help the factory save VND1.05 billion a year through lower material consumption levels (saving one percent of white stone, one percent of power, 16 percent of water, 24 percent of stearic acid coated powder, 14 percent of 25kg ragged bags and 4 percent of 500kg ragged bags. Besides, cleaner production solutions help the factory prevent discharging to the environment 380 tonnes of solid waste and save 1,600cu.m of water every year. Director Son said it only took nearly three months for the factory to recover its initial investment capital of VND260 million in the first phase. The benefit the cleaner production program has generated was equal to 40 percent of the factory total profits in 2008 (VND2.6 billion). Most importantly, the factory has established an environmental index management system to keep eyes on the whole production process.
In the second quarter of 2010 the factory thinks of commencing the program second phase, in which it will consider expanding stone material washing areas and creating observation windows to control the dust. A set of other measures such as building roofed material holding areas, installing a dust purifying system and an automatic packing system will hopefully be applied in the coming period. Once these measures were brought into use, the factory can save around VND1.1 billion, 30 percent of material consumption, improve workplace environment and reduce the occupational disease rate./.