Nordzucker_GB 03-04_E_.pd 1 - Nordzucker AG

Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnik
und Automatisierung. The automatic
bagging station for 50-kilogram bags
commissioned in Schladen will increase
both safety at work and efficiency in the
factory.
Efficient Use of Energy
In the Clauen factory, installation of a
steam dryer with a water evaporation
rate of 50 metric tons per hour has
reduced energy requirements in the drying
station by about 80 percent. The new
system provides for uniform pellet drying
during the entire campaign and saves
the costs of the primary energy that had
been used before. The Munzel factory
has been equipped with a new boiler
which generates the energy required in
the liquid sugar plant. Since it can operate
on the biogas produced in the factory’s
waste water treatment plant, the
use of fossil energy has been reduced. An
additional vertical pulp press in the
Nordstemmen sugar factory has helped
reduce maintenance costs and energy
requirements.
Environment and Resources
Conserving Production
In the Uelzen plant, the expansion of the
beet storage area and the reclaiming
duct marks the completion of the third
construction phase for the dry beet yard.
Gentle handling of about 35,000 metric
tons of beets safeguards beet supply to
the factory at weekends. A new beet
conditioning plant has also been installed
in Uelzen. Since it has been encased for
noise protection, the noise pollution level
has been halved. Limited periods of contact
between beets and washwater as
well as four new flume water filters have
much reduced the organic waste water
load. In the Güstrow factory, the acidulation
basins have been provided with
covers, thus reducing odour emissions
considerably. In the Schladen factory, a
closed turbine cooling cycle has replaced
a system for which well water had to
be tapped. This has cut the cooling water
requirements by more than half. The
drives of the vertical pulp presses in the
Nordstemmen factory have been encased
to help reduce excessive noise exposure.
Environment
Our company policy and the environmental
regulations that serve as a binding
basis for the actions of our staff
reflect the significance we attach to high
quality standards in all fields.
Certification
The continuous improvement of environmental
standards has been one of our
central issues for many years. Since 1995,
all the German Nordzucker locations
have regularly taken part in the European
Environmental Management and Audit
System (EMAS II). In addition, they have
obtained DIN ISO 9001:2000 and 14001
certification. The annual factory audit
was made in October 2003.
In 2003 we subjected the Nordzucker
plants in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary
to an environmental impact assessment
for the first time. Adaptation of EU law is
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