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Volvo Cars’ engine factory in Skövde, Sweden, has become the company’s first climate- neutral manufacturing plant, having switched to renewable heating as of 1 January 2018. Volvo’s first climate-neutral manufacturing site

Industry diary February 2018 AFRICA ENERGY INDABA 20-21 February 2018 Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 463 9184 Email: bette@energyindaba.co.za www.africaenergyindaba.com March 2018 CorrISA NACE CIP 1: 5-10 March 2018 “We will continue to work actively with our energy suppliers in all regions to secure further access to renewable energy for our manufacturing plants,” concludes Varela. Both Volvo Powertrain and Volvo Cars jointly operate one of the world’s largest automotive foundries in Skövde. This plant is knownworldwideforbeingABVolvo’sbiggest producer of industrial diesel engines world- wide, with Volvo Powertrain AB producing blocks, cylinder heads and flywheels as well as engine mounts and disk brakes. TheVolvoCars factory produces compact inline 5-cylinder petrol engines. Together, the companies produceover half amillionengines per year in Skövde. q VolvoCars is constantly looking at innova- tive ways to move towards its 2025 vision. For example, in 2016, the production plant in Ghent, Belgium, introduced a district heating system that reduced carbon emissions by 40%, saving 15 000 t of CO 2 per year.

S kövde is the first plant in Volvo Cars’ global manufacturing network to reach carbon-neutral status, which marks a significant step towards the company’s vision of having climate-neutral global manufactur- ing operations by 2025. Skövde also becomes one of only a few climate-neutral automotive plants in Europe. “Improving energy efficiency is our first priority and then, for the energy we need to use, we aim for supplies generated from renewable sources,” says JavierVarela, senior vicepresident ofManufacturing andLogistics atVolvoCars. “TheSkövdeplant achievement is an important addition toour broader efforts in minimising our environmental footprint. We are pleased to be a leader within the automotive industry in the move towards

climate-neutral manufacturing.” A new agreement between Volvo Cars and the local provider ensures that all heat- ing supplied to the Skövde plant is generated from waste incineration, biomass and re- cycled bio-fuels. Since 2008, along with the company’s other European plants, its Skövde site’s electricity supply already comes from renewable sources. “This is a proud moment both for the Skövde plant and for Volvo Cars,” says Stuart Templar, director for sustainability. “Environmental care is one of our core values. Along with our plan to electrify all newVolvo cars launched from 2019, climate-neutral manufacturing operations will significantly reduce our overall carbon footprint, support- ing global efforts to tackle climate change.”

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Above: An overview of the highly automated Skövde engine assembly plant. Right: Engine assembly being undertaken at Volvo Cars’ climate-neutral Skövde engine plant in Sweden.

ACHEMA 2018: Chemical and pharma logistics 11-15 June, Frankfurt amMain, Germany Pharmaceutical, packaging and storage techniques are a longstanding tradition at ACHEMA2018, but this year, the exhibition is expanding to also include intralogistics, flow ofmaterial; tracking and tracing; temperature controlled transport; intermodal transport; and supply chain management. If you are a logistics specialist seeking access to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, Frankfurt is the place to be this June. Focal topics for the2018exhibition include: Biotech forChemistry; FlexibleProduction; and Chemical and Pharma Logistics, with the general topics: Chemical and Biochemical Reaction Technology; Chemical Engineering; Mixing and Separation Technology; Pharmaceutical Technology; Laboratory Technology; Materials and Material Processing; Energy and Alternative Feedstocks; and Labour and Process Safety also being covered. ACHEMA is the world forum for chemical engineering and the process industry, an innovations platform and a technology summit. It is the trend-settingmeetingpoint for investment decisions and international network- ing with experts and executives. www.achema.de

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