Industrias Guidi's 60th Anniversary

SUSTAINABILITY,
ANOTHER KEY
ELEMENT
IG continued to advance its policies towards a
competitive performance. In 2015 the company
finalizes the homologation process to obtain
the ISO 14001 Certification which is key for
an efficient environmental management
system. With this Certification IG managed
to identify and prevent environmental risks
connected to its activity. It also gave the
company the possibility of strengthening
its competitiveness contributing towards a
sustainable development, managing waste
properly and reducing costs in the productive
process. Some examples are: the use of green
technology in the construction of Zarate plant
such as polyurethane foam panels, automatic
shutdown of engines of scrap conveyor belts
during breaks in Burzaco Plant, the decrease of
transport between plants and Tier II suppliers
–reducing time and kilometres –, and changing
the lighting installations to a LED system in
both plants, among others.
Carlos Pan points out: “The ISO 14001
certification allowed IG to assure that it is an
environmentally friendly company. Also it is to
be noted that we do not work with heat related
processes, we do not generate neither gas nor
liquid waste at an industrial level. We operate in
a clean way in both plants.”
Due to the work developed before the
certification IG managed to reduce losses
originated in the three compressors. Nowadays
IGB works with only one, consuming less energy
and improving its performance regarding the
carbon footprint.
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