English - Industrial Research Institute

II. In-plant
demonstrations
LCPC has collaborated with 31 SME’s in Lebanon
distributed among several industrial sub-sectors.
These sectors are:
Dairy sector
Agro-food canning sector
Paper and cardboard sector
Aluminum production sector
Ceramic production sector
Plastic production and recycling sector
Textile sector
Olive oil sector.
The CP options implemented in each SME that participated
in the LCPC programmes have led to a total
yearly savings of more than One Million USD.
Yearly savings in us dollars
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
49,600
dairy
217,000
Agro-
food
252,342
card-
board
274,264
plastic
52,273
textile
182,772
other
1,028,251
total
Dissemination Seminar for Textile
Sector and Others
The dissemination seminar for the Textile sector and
others was held at the IRI on the 9th of March 2010.
During the seminar, In-plant demonstrations of the
Textile sector and others were presented and relative
manuals were distributed to the participants.
The manuals detailed the CP methodology and techniques
in general and their application at the Textile
SME’s in particular. In addition they summarized
the successful stories of the SME’s that participated
with the LCPC, shedding the light on the savings
they achieved in energy, water and other raw materials
consumption.
During the ceremony, certificates were distributed to
4 SME’s from the textile sector and 2 SME’s from
the Agro-food sectors that applied the CP concept
in their industries as well as to five CP experts that
have participated in latest In-plant demonstration organized
by the LCPC.
Initial Seminar and site visits: Olive
Oil Sector in Lebanon
The Initial Seminar introduced the SME’s of the olive
oil sector in Lebanon to the concept and methodologies
of CP and the purpose of the demonstration
project and took place in the IRI premises on
Wednesday 9th June 2010.
The LCPC screened and selected 6 companies from
14 applicants to undertake the In-Plant demonstration
programme:
Company Boulos for Industry and Trade
Said Saifan Foundation
Presses Sheikh Sleiman El Daher
Agricultural Cooperative Association
in Rashaya El Foukhar
Badawee Olive Oil
Presses Modern El Rashid.
After the selection of SME’s, LCPC team and CP assessors
undertaked site visits to collect primary data
and sign the binding contract between LCPC and
each of the selected SME’s. These site visits took
place on 22nd – 23rd of July 2010.
CP implementation at UNIPAK: Paper
and Cardboard Sector
LCPC developed and implemented new services integrated
with CP methodologies in one industry within
previous sectors: Paper and Cardboard Sector.
UNIPAK: Union Packaging Corporation
This company is implementing CP methodologies
and is a part of the IPA programme including site visits.
The first site visit took place on 19th November
2010.
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